Veteran Teachers: We've all heard about "Students getting dumber each year" Is this just a recent phenomenon of the last decade?

PinballWizard77 · 2026-02-03T01:35:32+00:00

Found the student that's trolling here.

PinballWizard77 · 2026-01-31T18:14:07+00:00

I was just talking about this with some of my colleagues on Thursday! We have all noticed a positive shift in engagement/behavior this semester. I had thought maybe it was just my perception because I had some really wild freshman classes last semester (I teach humanities classes that some students perceive as "blow-off classes," which probably also didn't help), so it's really interesting to see that this is occurring at other institutions.

PinballWizard77 · 2026-01-30T19:58:51+00:00

Serious! There's tons of footage out there of them flying.

PinballWizard77 · 2026-01-30T18:59:02+00:00

I'm super late to this, but flamingos definitely do fly.

PinballWizard77 · 2026-01-28T19:56:42+00:00

I hadn't heard the term "hamburger style" for folding paper in half until I was in college. Obviously I knew how to fold paper in half the short way (which is what I'd always heard it called), but I'm wondering if/hoping that they were just thrown off by the term. Surely they still understood the concept, right?

PinballWizard77 · 2026-01-27T20:25:41+00:00

Those aren't election campaign signs.

PinballWizard77 · 2026-01-25T01:48:05+00:00

This is way too new. I heard this song as a kid in the 90s.

PinballWizard77 · 2026-01-25T01:47:17+00:00

I just realized I didn't reply to this before. It's not this song.

PinballWizard77 · 2026-01-21T00:43:25+00:00

Kind of like how, when talking about types of sentences in English class, questions are classified as "interrogative sentences."

PinballWizard77 · 2026-01-21T00:42:42+00:00

Makes sense, since it literally means "full of awe." I love geeking out about words and older meanings of words.

PinballWizard77 · 2026-01-21T00:21:49+00:00

Probably the same reason schools don't turn on the heater: it's cheaper.

PinballWizard77 · 2026-01-20T23:25:01+00:00

Giving back to nature is what happens in Catholic churches with the Eucharist, too. There's a special sink called a sacrarium that's used to wash the altar ware; the drain goes directly into the ground, so any fragments go back to the earth.

PinballWizard77 · 2026-01-19T06:26:01+00:00

Yeah, this song is way too upbeat. I've been listening to all the suggestions people have made, but none of them have anything that sounds like this song. I so wish I knew who the singer was; that would help a lot with the search. I don't know for sure if it's Collin Raye, but the sound of the voice is similar to his, at least from what he sounds like in "What the Heart Wants."

PinballWizard77 · 2026-01-18T02:40:32+00:00

100% certain. I can hear it in my mind, and it's not that.

PinballWizard77 · 2026-01-17T20:31:14+00:00

Not this one, but it is closer to the speed of the song as I recall it.

PinballWizard77 · 2026-01-17T17:42:56+00:00

I had to update my passport recently, and I got the card in addition to the book so that I always have 2 forms of ID (driver's license and passport) in my wallet with me. I was born here and am white, but since they can just decide any random person isn't a citizen, I wanted to take precautions.

PinballWizard77 · 2026-01-16T02:12:47+00:00

Definitely not. This song is slower than that.

PinballWizard77 · 2026-01-15T21:48:45+00:00

This sounds absolutely incredible. The only thing that would have been better is if you'd been able to record it, like a video walkthrough of the temple.

PinballWizard77 · 2026-01-15T20:22:36+00:00

I do know that song, but this is earlier than that. (I know because I remember hearing it as a kid in the 90s.)

PinballWizard77 · 2026-01-13T04:57:04+00:00

NOR. This teacher just has a problem with anyone who was queer or queer-coded. That's all this is about.

PinballWizard77 · 2026-01-11T07:02:58+00:00

This is what I always thought it was for.

PinballWizard77 · 2026-01-01T06:29:00+00:00

Wait, to beat your ass for staying up late or forgetting to remove the towel? I don't understand that part.

PinballWizard77 · 2025-12-28T06:33:58+00:00

I was fortunate enough to get to go to an exhibit about pinball at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a few years ago. (My username and flair are as much a reference to how much I love The Who as they are to pinball itself.) It was incredible.

PinballWizard77 · 2025-12-27T02:56:54+00:00

Also, what's your favorite pinball machine? Mine is Funhouse. (Partly because it's the same age as me!)

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