#the head of maintenance

[187days]

Day Seventeen

The ninth grade English teachers recently had students choose an image of themselves and write one-page personal narrative about it. They made a display out of string and clothespins, printed everyone's pieces in color, and hung them on the display. It's SO cool, and so much better than white walls. I took a "five minute field trip" with my second section of Global Studies so we could look at their work. They were all talking about wanting to find theirs when they came into class, so I figured we should just do that to start with.

Then they- and the students in my other two sections- used today's class to finish putting together their geography projects and practice presenting them. The practice went the best in my third section; groups actually made notecards, went out into the hall to practice (I stood in the doorway so I could see them). and so on. In the other two sections, it was less extensive and far more reluctantly done, but I was able to show a few students that it was beneficial because they were able to correct their pronunciation, get comfortable reading some of the larger numbers that might've tripped them up, and things like that.

Whether they practiced or not, though, I'm looking forward to their presentations. It's been a while since I've done a group project like this with freshmen, so it's been a learning experience for me as well as for them, and I think it's been a good one.

In APGOV, I was back at the front of the room- after days of project work, presentations, and guests- to begin the first unit of the actual AP curriculum: foundations of American democracy. I called students' attention back to the lessons we'd done on in the first couple days of school about the years leading up to the Revolutionary War. Then I showed a Crash Course episode on the subject, asked questions to review their knowledge of the Declaration of Independence, and lectured on the task our Founders had to form a government once the Declaration had been signed. They're supposed to read the Articles of Confederation and US Constitution by Monday (we have a guest speaker tomorrow), so this lesson is segueing into the next one really obviously.

What else?

I screwed up a bit, but it's not totally my fault. I've always moved the tables in my room around for various activities, but their default layout is rows. A teacher trick I learned years ago to ensure they got put back into those rows correctly was to mark their placement on the floor with a sharpie. I've done it for years, but we've got a new Head of Maintenance this year, and he came in to fix a busted lightbulb, saw the marks, and made the custodian assigned to my hallway clean them. I found out and apologized immediately; it had just never been an issue before! The custodian told me not to worry about it because he's super nice, but still.

I also had a couple meetings today, and I think I handled those well. It's Thursday, so, of course, we had a PLC meeting in the morning; we spent it discussing some upcoming events and directives from the leadership team, then filling out the professional goals paperwork we're required to do each year. And, during my prep, I had a less formal meeting with Dean 1 about the challenges the new teachers are facing. There's nothing extraordinary, it's all typical new teacher stuff, but he wanted my thoughts on what would be most helpful.

And, as longtime readers know, one thing I'm rarely shy about is giving my thoughts. It's good to have admins who appreciate that trait!

[cadaverousdecay]

i’ve been letting my hair grow out except i sometimes shave the sides, but i haven’t shaved them in awhile and now whenever i put my hair up to get it out of my face i look like this

[avocado62524]

[4thwallbreakerdraws2]

Some more RTV AU lore

I’m case anyone wondered why I never drew Lucian’s sister before…THIS IS THE REASON.

Also some sona lore yayay

[2-dsimp]

I'm sorry, but why is the incubus have a hair like a mop with pink glitter thrown on it like those from the gender reveal parties 😭😭😭

I'M SORRY ILY AND UR STYLE BUT LIKE THE HAIR😭😭😭😭😭

Look at what you’ve done dear anon I hope you’re proud of yourself. Don’t you know that he’s the black sheep of his family?

He’s sensitive Aubrey! (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)/

[pcktknife]

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[gideonisms]

I could fix gideon nav. Let me at her

[taryn40k]

And with that, we are leaving Titan! :D Goodbye to Democles and Silux, along with some of the children of the Husk! They were told they could never become Astartes because of their psyker status, but as it turns out, they might be able to! :D And they have a new momma bear to take care of them and make sure they grow up big and strong for the Imperium!

[yellllowstar]

slowly I'm recovering the beauty of discovery

(creature by half•alive)

(textless + timelapse below cut)

[floofballsammy]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN AO3 IS DOWN????? WHAT DO YOU MEAN 4 MORE HOURS TIL UT'S UP AGAIN??? THAT'S THE ENTIRE FUCKING DAY?????? HELP

[thevaudevillescene]

One of the maintenance guys was here fixing my fridge because every so often it gets a buildup of ice in the freezer that blocks the cold from flowing, so the fridge can’t cool down and it’s gross and lukewarm in there. This guy walked in carrying a spongebob beach bucket with a roll of paper towels, a screwdriver, a hammer, and a blow dryer in it. I said, “Wow. Advanced technology you have there.”

After he’d removed whatever panels from the back of the freezer and was chiseling away at the ice, he said, “You know how it is sometimes. Things just pile up and pile up until you can’t function. So you’ve gotta chip away at it bit by bit until it all comes loose. Then it can start getting better.” I was dusting the living room and I said, “That was really deep, Andrew. But it’s true.” And especially fitting since a week ago, I was on my knees sobbing in the kitchen while cleaning out the fridge, because something had chipped away at a certain piece of ice in my brain that brought down a full avalanche of grief.

While I was absorbing that profound statement, another maintenance guy showed up and we were talking about apartment complex gossip for like 10 minutes. The property management company is so pissed because somebody in a ground floor apartment planted english ivy and it’s overtaking one of the buildings. They’re also fuming because the patronizing email they sent out last month telling all of us we’re not allowed to smoke weed has been ignored.

[thegreenleavesofspringinsunlight]

It's a lot easier to be calm and happy and hopeful on days that look like this.

[imagionary]

Here are some cogtobers that I haven't posted onto Tumblr yet!

Cogtober prompts under cut:

These are days 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 14 (13 will be posted in a separate post)

[tamaytsuki]

A fun fact about me:

I used to run a lot when i was youger and i was the fastest on the school's track team, but one day i hurt my right leg so bad (it was solely my fault for being a dumbass and not looking where i was stepping) that now every time i walk you can hear a subtle cracking sound. Also my ankle simply gives out when there's too much strain, and that happens mainly when climbing stairs or when i jump and land on the bad leg.

A superpower i have now is that whenever my knee starts throbbing i know it's gonna rain soon, or the temperature is gonna drop.

[stealingyourspins]

Ninjago Short Prompts #2

5 + 1 fic for 5 times the ninjas have had to fix Zane with percussive maintenance vs 1 time he fixed them with percussive maintenance.

[neon-witch-ritual]

Why is Ao3 down at *checks watch* 1:03 am when I was planning to not go to sleep on a school night and procrastinate by reading a fic?

Why would they do this to my poor soul my soulmate is off to war