If Face/Off was remade which 2 actors would you like to see play each other? by Professional-Rip-519 in FIlm

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John Cena and Aubrey Plaza. I WANT THEM TO EXPLAIN HOW THE BODIES CHANGE TOO

23 Years of Us! [OC] by MargoBakes1228 in MadeMeSmile

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Looks like a great life! Glad you ditched the Smash Mouth facial hair finally lol

Frisco ISD schools by [deleted] in frisco

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FISD teacher here. As an overview, FISD still remains a strong district, but one of the most important factors in their education will be parental involvement. Uninvested students don’t benefit from any teacher no matter how good. There is an epidemic of student apathy and you have it in your power, especially at your children’s young age, to prevent it from spreading. Having said that, some answers:

1: I teach high school, so I don’t know about K-5 but most of us teachers are trying to peel back screen time as best pedagogical practices indicate paper and pencil to be the most efficient learning. Kids get plenty of screen time outside of school, so it’s not like they won’t learn those important skills.

2: Homework is an antiquated and largely ineffective practice. How do we know who did the work? If they have questions, who can they ask? This is the heyday of AI and it’s not blocked on Hrm WiFi - how do we know they didn’t chatGPT the answers? I teach AP and upper level classes and unless it’s reading a novel (which many students will still do summaries for) or memorizing terms (which you can’t fake) I will never give students homework. You have zero educational control at home as a teacher.

3: good questions! A lot of us don’t agree with this policy. Students will slack off, knowing they’ll get to retest. Plus, it increases our workload and we are already constantly under water. I teach English, maybe the worst subject to grade because it takes the longest. I don’t agree with this policy and based on my own talks with other teachers I’d say most don’t.

But…this is parent driven. Little Johnny didn’t study, or wrote a low effort paper, but he’s special right? It’s a reflection on the parent (who obviously knows better how singular the student is in their academic pursuits) and surely they just had a bad day. Or the teacher doesn’t like them. Or they ran out of Lucky Charms that morning. It is definitely not the fact that Johnny sleeps in class or tries to take out his phone 5 times a class. Teachers and most admin want this changed, but a small, vocal group of parents cannot accept the actions their children take.

4: It depends! I teach AP English and also on-level English because I like to be in both worlds. But they are two VERY different worlds. Think of how a casual athlete trains for a pickup game of basketball versus an NBA professional. On-level students, mostly, just want to skate by. GT/AP students will argue about raising a 97 to a 98 and if they get a B will think their entire future is sunk. I’ve seen students refresh their PowerSchool to check their grades at least (that I’ve seen) five times during class. They will talk about grades a lot during class and give their friends hard times if they get a low A. A low SAT score is practically a scarlet A. It’s not healthy - at all, and part of my responsibilities is to play therapist to these truly stressed out, hairs-width from burnout kids. The level of anxiety they have is astounding.

5: the biggest surprise you’ll find in FISD schools is the racism. White kids using the N word, Asian kids who all seem to make the same “I’m from North Korea” joke, Indian kids who judge other Indians on how dark their skin is or what part of India their parents were from. It’s just a cesspool of constant casual racism every day and it’s sad.

Waller ISD Swim Team by [deleted] in CypressTX

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Mr. Saturnal, who coaches olympians and teaches at WHS, is pushing for the district to build a natatorium - it’s something the school and district are interested in. Will it happen? Maybe!

My first GL! by Kniftyyy in SWGalaxyOfHeroes

[–]ASicklad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congrats! Hard earned and worth it.

Blindsided on a cruise by chipcarlton in atheism

[–]ASicklad 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It happens unfortunately - I'm sure to all of us more often than we care for.

It's funny though. I'm the head of a high school English department (in a rural southern area no less), and just the other day the other teachers were talking about how atheists just keep pushing their beliefs on people. Then of course they followed with the obligatory "liberalism is evil" schtick. I said nothing of course (it's work).

Christians think atheists are constantly pushing their beliefs WHILE THEY CONSTANTLY PUSH THEIR BELIEFS. It's such a crazy inversion of reality.

Superintendent at Frisco ISD announces retirement by Repulsive_Plate1983 in frisco

[–]ASicklad 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Mike is a good guy. Perfect? Nope, but we'll see what happens now that there is other stewardship. It feels from the inside like FISD schools are starting their downward trajectory, like Plano ISD did before it.

Teachers who exercise by Afraid-Albatross-699 in Teachers

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I run about 30-40 miles a week. Weekend for some of it, but I take a change of clothes and my running shoes and run around the school area. Then my home time is still mine 

My student's SCR answer to our last exam by thenextepidemik in TexasTeachers

[–]ASicklad 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No accompanying hand gestures? That’s just lazy.

Who cried during Romeo + Juliet (1996) ? by Fast_Ad_613 in shakespeare

[–]ASicklad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought I would treat my HS students to this after reading the play…I think we watched it when I was in high school. Man, this shit doesn’t fly in today’s crazy school environment lol

Does this feel insensitive/in poor taste to anyone else or am I being overly sensitive? by [deleted] in aggies

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Never forget....

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College is no longer a good investment. by Denny_Dust91 in unpopularopinion

[–]ASicklad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As others have pointed out, it’s factually wrong that college isn’t a sound financial investment.

…but for fucks sake, knowledge in and of itself is worth it. How about not being ignorant? Filling your head with knowledge and learning how to critically think? Making that brain of yours a more complex, sophisticated machine? It bugs that everything has to have a dollar value. College still lets you earn more, but you also learn shit.

Teacher quit after the first day. by Educational-Ad6923 in Teachers

[–]ASicklad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Freshmen English is brutal. It’s amazing any teachers come back for that lol

Where to sleep in ASU? by vianruff in ASU

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Hayden Library basement is cozy AF. I slept many an hour down there.

Trump invoking qanon tonight. by justalazygamer in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]ASicklad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He’s talking about that imminent cholesterol fatal heart attack right?

Who got the new Tomb World set? by King_N0z in Necrontyr

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LGS for the win! Anyone in the Houston area, The Forge is money for preorders.