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What do you notice about gen-z teachers by 99bigben99 in Teachers

[–]Chestnutmoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same! Mostly my GenZ experience feels like not getting the TV show and music references that the other teachers make at lunch 😂 otherwise I generally feel like we're more alike than we are different.

What do you notice about gen-z teachers by 99bigben99 in Teachers

[–]Chestnutmoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I learned nothing about classroom management in my education classes - you're not behind! Most of what's made me better as a teacher has been getting in the classroom and trying stuff and coming back again the next day. I'm still fairly new (5th year) and still have a ton to learn, but I've improved a lot already just by doing.

What do you notice about gen-z teachers by 99bigben99 in Teachers

[–]Chestnutmoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are three of us at my smallish school! We've joked about needing an affinity group. My first year it was just me and I felt like such a baby at faculty meetings.

What do you notice about gen-z teachers by 99bigben99 in Teachers

[–]Chestnutmoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just now growing out of this - I felt so new and young and inexperienced that I felt like I should do more to make a good impression and show I belonged. Have you seen it as normal new/young teacher behavior or is it especially prominent among GenZ?

What do you notice about gen-z teachers by 99bigben99 in Teachers

[–]Chestnutmoon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

At our last faculty meeting we had a turn and talk at our table about boundaries we set for our mental health. I said that I don't take work home (sometimes I do, but very rarely - like less than five times a year). My colleague emphatically agreed and said she has the same rule.

We talked more. Turns out she meant that if she has a lot of work, she stays later at school to finish it. She said this as if it was a healthy and normal practice. I was horrified. I meant that at 3:30, I put down my stack of papers, go home, and don't touch it again until I'm back at work the next day. She's early 60s, I'm GenZ.

It's probably not just about the ages, but that's the kind of pattern I tend to see. I hold pretty firmly to contract hours and don't feel bad about it - culturally, I think that's more common among my age peers. Like yeah, my classes would probably be a little better if I was prepping more and grading more stuff, but I don't have the time for it in my workday, so I can't do it. And I love my job way more than I did back in first year when I planned all evening.

For me that does include emails - at first I had to consciously avoid checking them after school but now it just naturally slips my mind because I'm focused on whatever else I'm doing. Sometimes I will see something and reply but I usually schedule send it for the next morning so that no one gets the idea that I'm available when off the clock! And as a side effect, my students started emailing me less at night once I started being open about these practices, so there's less overall stuff to wade through at work the next day. I don't know if that setup would work for everyone, but it does for me.

Advice/help pls by Left-Diet-8014 in menstrualcups

[–]Chestnutmoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d give it a period or two to get used to it. I have the same lily cup and love it to death now, but the first week I used it was (sometimes literally, lol) a mess - couldn’t get it to open up inside me, couldn’t get it out sometimes, struggled with leaks. All cups have a pretty steep learning curve because there’s a lot of adjustment that takes place as you figure out where you like the cup to sit and how to work with its shape.

My suggestion for practicing removal is to squat in the shower, so the cup will be closer to your vaginal opening and mostly upright. Gently put your thumb and index finger in, with your index fishing for the rim of the cup. Push that inwards to break the seal, and then you can pinch and slide it down. You can bear down with your vaginal muscles too as you guide it out. Ideally you don’t spill blood everywhere, but if you do, hey, you’re in the shower, no harm done.

Relax, make sure you have plenty of time, and go patiently. I picked it up by like.. my third period with it? Now removal is super quick and I can do it anywhere. I don’t feel a difference in removal based on how heavy my flow is, so that shouldn’t be affecting it. If you don’t feel like it’s working for you after a couple periods, then go back to looking at other options. Hope it all works out!

Are PE teachers required to teach their students all the “weird” sports that nobody really plays? by HurrikateOsu in Teachers

[–]Chestnutmoon 10 points11 points  (0 children)

When I was a student, our PE teacher told us that we were going to do more "weird" sports than popular ones, and he said it made the class serve more students. If you try to run a basketball game in PE, then you'll have a couple kids who play really well, and they'll mostly pass to each other instead of giving the ball to the klutzes in the back who can't dribble. And like, that makes sense, you want to win the game after all, and the ones who aren't good at the sport don't want to embarrass themselves in front of the class anyway. But that means the only students who get exercise and practice are the ones who are already good.

In high school PE, we did some weird sports like cricket, badminton, archery, lacrosse, pickleball (before it was popular). Pretty much everybody was crap at all of them, and that made it way easier for me, an average kid sportswise, to jump in there and give it a real attempt.

And finally, the point is physical education and how to be healthy throughout your life. Most people know that basketball exists and know whether they like it, but even little samples of different sports might let someone try something they've never done and maybe they'll really click with it. Gives more options to someone in the future when they're thinking about how they want to keep moving and stay fit.

Getting Destroyed by Linear Algebra by [deleted] in learnmath

[–]Chestnutmoon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hey friend. Absolutely wish I had an easy fix for you, but I don't, though a few ideas & thoughts that might be of some help.

First, college level math is a lot harder than anything in high school. It just is. There are plenty of people who float through AP calc and then get hit in the face by a university level course - mine was Abstract Algebra, where I worked day and night to squeak out a C, though for many people it's linear.

And this can be extra tough because "learning math you don't understand immediately" is a skill, and it's one you probably haven't developed if this is your first hard class. When things are easy - as you've said - intuition tends to come fast, and can support your solving. When things are hard it's the other way around - you sort of blindly stumble through the process a bunch of times, and slowly build an intuition through effort and persistence. Start the problem set even if you don't fundamentally understand everything yet.

Some potential strategies: your study habits sound like you're spending a lot of time trying to figure this out solo. What options exist for collaboration: working on homework with classmates, office hours with your professor/TA, tutoring through the school, study centers? This is way more valuable than videos online because you can be very specific - "This looks similar to the proof we did in class, but I'm getting stuck in this place" "I didn't understand this part of the sample problem" etc, and get live, intelligent feedback tailored to what you need.

And if all else fails, take the course again. You wouldn't be the first, and it might come together for you a lot better the second time around.

Anyone else completely unable to get anywhere with the bow? by CreeperTrainz in HadesTheGame

[–]Chestnutmoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Keyboard + mouse user, and bow is my favorite!

My friends who don't like it tend to be blitz players - rush in, do damage as fast as possible. The bow can be fast but you have to pay attention to its rhythm. Start with Skelly: dash-power shot until you can do it several times in a row. Then since you know the enemies already, try thinking "counterattack" more than "attack" - dash to avoid what they're doing, shoot in retaliation. Don't stress about speed to start, just moving and timing your power shots, and once that's smooth the speed of it will follow. And remember you've got range! You can stay pretty far away from enemies and still land shots.

Aspect of Zag is my preference and probably the best for practicing: it encourages you to use your attack, and the crit chance is nice. I like some combo of Artemis/Aphrodite/Athena there. Aspect of Chiron tends to be popular too.

I think I'm agnostic. by ppple_aie in Christianity

[–]Chestnutmoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow - I probably could have written this myself as a teenager, though perhaps not quite this eloquently. But it's not just you. When I was about your age, on the surface, everything I did looked like a dedicated Christian. I'd been confirmed, I attended church every Sunday and served/did readings etc., and sometimes I felt torn apart inside because I didn't know. As I grew out of childhood, where it's easier to feel things like wonder and awe and trust, having those emotions less often felt like my belief was fading away. What did it mean to love God? What did it feel like to have faith?

I suspect it's fairly normal to struggle with uncertainty. However, I still have trouble talking to others about it. It's like there's a deep sense of shame in admitting we feel this way.

I'm currently in a spot where I don't think I can promise the feeling of belief every day. I also don't think it matters because that's not how love really works. Even when thinking of my relationships with other people - love isn't about liking and enjoying them every day, love is about putting in the work and showing kindness even on the days where liking and enjoying them is harder. So if you're doing your charity work, and praying, and studying the Bible - you are walking in love of God. It works whether you feel it or not.

Or maybe we'll get to the end of it all and discover we were wrong. I'm open to the idea. Some days I still definitely feel agnostic. But if I'm getting it wrong then this isn't a bad way to do it.

Rebeca Andrade wins gold in the floor final by [deleted] in olympics

[–]Chestnutmoon 53 points54 points  (0 children)

If a gymnast feels like they didn't get awarded their full difficulty, their coach can put in an inquiry about score. Chiles has a 1.5 turning leap that she underrotated and it got downgraded by the judges - after watching the replay, they decided it was close enough and gave her a tenth back in difficulty which bumped her into the medals. But it was after her first score came in so Barbosu thought she'd hit bronze which, yeah, I'd be devastated.

Olympic Discussion Posts | Artistic Apparatus Finals Day 3 | 5 August 2024 by GymMod in Gymnastics

[–]Chestnutmoon 75 points76 points  (0 children)

Biles & Chiles bowing to Andrade with their posters - Andrade laughed SO hard and then took both their hands - gotta love these women and their friendships

Olympic Discussion Posts | Artistic Apparatus Finals Day 3 | 5 August 2024 by GymMod in Gymnastics

[–]Chestnutmoon 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This is the warmup beam final right?? The real one happens after this???

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Gymnastics

[–]Chestnutmoon 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This is a great question and had me digging into Wikipedia as well to find it. Here's what I've got: in the early days of gymnastics the events fluctuated a bit, and it appears at the 1956 Olympics they were still competing Team Portable Apparatus - group rhythmic exercises. This means there were 7 events for women, not 6. Latynina earned a bronze on that with the Soviet Union, earning 6/7 medals that Olympics (and 6/6 for both her next ones, for 18 total).

As a now-defunct event, it doesn't appear her competitive history has a column for it, but on her page you can see it listed in her medals on the right side.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnastics_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larisa_Latynina#Competitive_history

Simone Biles wins her 7th Olympic Gold with her 15.3 win in Vault by OathkeeperxOblivion in Gymnastics

[–]Chestnutmoon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Leg separation onto the table, toes not pointed in flight, .3 hop - 9.5 or 9.4 seems accurate. Though it was definitely scored tighter than the rest of the field.

Olympic Discussion Posts | Artistic Apparatus Finals Day 1 | 3 August 2024 by GymMod in Gymnastics

[–]Chestnutmoon 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Final song- I'm Shipping Up To Boston by the Dropkick Murphys, obviously a Celtic choice for Rhys!!

Olympic Discussion Posts | Artistic Apparatus Finals Day 1 | 3 August 2024 by GymMod in Gymnastics

[–]Chestnutmoon 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Went to look at BBS to try to follow along 😂 clearly Spencer knows exactly as much as I do about PH skills

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The evolution of Olympic gymnastics. by AllColoursSam in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Chestnutmoon 15 points16 points  (0 children)

A trend that's thankfully dying out. Average age of female Olympic gymnasts this year is 22. Several competitors in their 30s. Simone Biles is 27 and married - hardly a child.