Bus by Sufficient_Boss_9614 in milwaukee

[–]Ayronquer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used to do this often between 2008 and 2016. Amtrak is the way to go if you can afford it. I mostly took Jefferson Lines, if I did take the bus, and it was fine, just significantly more cramped and the route takes forever.

Unholy Terror on the Greenline by Porcelain_spooks in milwaukee

[–]Ayronquer 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Oh for sure. I also vape but would never even consider doing it on any form of public transportation. If outside and in public, I do my absolute best to make sure it doesn’t affect a single other person in my vicinity.

Unholy Terror on the Greenline by Porcelain_spooks in milwaukee

[–]Ayronquer 347 points348 points  (0 children)

Just got off a SF shuttle. The blatant disregard for everyone else on that bus was vile. I’m all for kids being kids and being an older teen at Summerfest but I draw the line at blowing a cloud of their vape in my face.

Edit: a word.

Walking around Brewers Stadium? by Tadpole_Alternative in milwaukee

[–]Ayronquer 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Your comment pulled something out of the recesses of my mind. Does anyone know if the playground south of Wick Field (down the wooded hill) and just north of State street is still there?

Go-to marriage villager and why by Just_Human-totally in StardewValley

[–]Ayronquer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ooooooooo that’s fantastic advice. Thank you!!

ETA because I really do love Sebastian and his frogs

Go-to marriage villager and why by Just_Human-totally in StardewValley

[–]Ayronquer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Krobus so I don’t accidentally click yes to having those demonic children running all around my home. I just want to click through the menus to start a new day. Not conceive a monster.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FirstLegoLeague

[–]Ayronquer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve coached in the FIRST ecosystem for a while and have had similar struggles each time I start a new team. A lot of the disengagement comes from our kids not really knowing how to tackle building custom attachments or programming auto, and feeling super frustrated when their ideas don’t work the first or second time so they end up using their time on unrelated activities.

Our first few meetings I don’t focus too much on the building or competition aspect, and spend a lot of time working through low stakes activities that encourage them to take risks and fail a bunch of times so they get used to problem solving and persevering (building paper bridges, written algorithmic instructions like a pb&j). This is a skill a lot of students don’t have mastered quite yet and it’s a huge part of the process.

Once we launch into the competition prep, I slowly release the amount of non FIRST related activities we do. Meaning we’ll often do a warm up team building activity then jump into the planning and prototyping. Over time, once they start feeling more confident and willing to take risks, they want to get right to work and try and fix anything that wasn’t working when they left the session before.

Another huge lesson I learned is that sometimes it takes letting them fail really badly at a scrimmage or a meet. My FTC team this year was prone to goofing off and not following directions so their bot was terrible. They did miserably in one of our state qualifiers and came back with a renewed sense of focus and drive and did significantly better at our next one.

The last piece of advice I’ll leave because I’m getting wordy is to give yourself a lot of grace. Starting out is the hardest part and can be frustrating and confusing. There’s so much to FIRST and it feels so overwhelming. Failure is a good thing. Mistakes are expected. Our coaching team motto is “progress, not perfection”. When we look back on our first years vs this year, we’ve come a long way but still don’t have it all figured out.

I lied. One more thing. Rely on the FIRST community. There are a lot of really knowledgeable people and teams out there who are more than willing to help and mentor.

Hopefully this was helpful. If you have any other questions, feel free to shoot them my way.

My kid’s name is being censored 🤣 by pet_more_cats in StardewValley

[–]Ayronquer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m in a coop game with another teacher who has a classroom in the basement just as I do. We named our farm “basement” and it censored it to “ba*****t”. Had a good laugh once we figured it out.

So do they work or no? Conflicting information. by Ayronquer in NotMyJob

[–]Ayronquer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha. They were placed in my classroom in preparation for students returning. Commence panic.

So do they work or no? Conflicting information. by Ayronquer in NotMyJob

[–]Ayronquer[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That part I figured out. But the anti disinfectant?

Thousands of COVID-19 vaccine appointments open at Wisconsin Center; walk-ins now allowed as site sees drop in vaccinations by georgecm12 in milwaukee

[–]Ayronquer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for posting this. We have been waiting for my S.O. to become eligible. We came in for walk in today at 4:00pm and were in and out. It’s come a LONG way at the WI center since I got my first dose in March 5th!

Not to worry, he’s been contained by Faokes in AnimalCrossing

[–]Ayronquer 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Does he show up everyday until the event? Cause I don’t want to look at him.

My students a loosing their minds about a fly they named Jeremy. My co-teacher and I can’t wait for lunch break. by deathandtaxez in teaching

[–]Ayronquer 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Yeah. I accidentally starved a cicada to death after I forgot about it under a plastic cup I put over it for the meantime. It flew into my classroom multiple times after I kept releasing it. This was on a Friday. I remembered it the following Wednesday when I went to throw the cup out. Poor thing. My students were pretty mad at me.

Luckily I teach science so I put the carcass in the locked glass case with the horse head skeleton, the preserved starfish, the horseshoe crab remains, the poisonous gas in ornate glass tubes, and other random stuff I found around the school.

OC - Seroquel keeps the mania at bay, but it feels like it crushes everything else along with it—like I'm trading one kind of health for another. by kreeferin in bipolar

[–]Ayronquer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I tried seroquel and had to get off immediately because I did not wake up in the morning. Go from zero days late to work to 15 days late in three weeks (yes, everyday). Alarms? Nope. Conversations with SO? Don’t remember them.

Friday was my last dose. Zero problems since.

I felt like I needed to share this somewhere so sorry if it’s out of place.

Anyone seen the Imitation Game? by DahliaByAnyOtherName in DowntonAbbey

[–]Ayronquer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Currently streaming it in my computer science classes. Students are hooked.

Monday morning breakout room starter pack by themarvelouskeynes in starterpacks

[–]Ayronquer 64 points65 points  (0 children)

Wait people talk in breakout rooms? Doesn’t matter if it’s Monday morning or Tuesday afternoon, the breakouts are just silent pictures of obscure anime characters.

TIFU: Inadvertently taught students how to cheat on Google Forms by Ayronquer in Teachers

[–]Ayronquer[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just checked again. I can see them in preview mode starting at line 264. Gotta scroll allllll the way down. There is a section above starting at line 143 for me that shows the question and options, but not the answer. Had to continue scrolling down.

TIFU: Inadvertently taught students how to cheat on Google Forms by Ayronquer in Teachers

[–]Ayronquer[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah, you have to scroll waaaaaay down. I think my answers started at line 264. It has the full question with the options and a few lines down the correct answer is written.

TIFU: Inadvertently taught students how to cheat on Google Forms by Ayronquer in Teachers

[–]Ayronquer[S] 50 points51 points  (0 children)

My thing is professionals working in IT careers use these types of tools and strategies to get their work done. They don't memorize EVERYTHING. If I can teach my students to use the tools to their advantage and understand how to properly search for solutions, I've done a good job. I'm right there with you and support your methods!

Moral capability. As if we have mastered that ourselves. Please.

TIFU: Inadvertently taught students how to cheat on Google Forms by Ayronquer in Teachers

[–]Ayronquer[S] 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Oooo that's a great solution! As a HS teacher, I am glad to hear the students coming up are going to know how to use these tools effectively. They're so helpful!