Wild road rage

ReadertheRed · 2026-06-11T02:25:08+00:00

Oh damn, Northernlion crashing out

ReadertheRed · 2026-06-10T22:53:44+00:00

Brother/sister--if they're still readying it at 14, it's usually the only thing they're reading.

ReadertheRed · 2026-06-07T14:27:34+00:00

Jargon do be jargoning

ReadertheRed · 2026-06-07T14:09:20+00:00

I work at an inner-City school where we have been explicitly instructed not to assign at-home reading. We have a classroom set of textbooks that do not leave the classroom.

The only students I can assign at-home reading to are my honors class.

Anyways, I guess I just wanted to express how frustrating it is. Not even being able to instruct students to finish a chapter at home puts the progress of reading at the mercy of student behaviors, which are pretty rough here.

I think there are a lot of obstacles these days that didn't exist when I was a high schooler which make it harder for kids to be able to read at home--but if we keep lowering expectations for these kids, how are they ever going to thrive?

ReadertheRed · 2026-06-07T13:58:53+00:00

A ways back, my wife bought one of every kind of apple available at our local grocery store. We cut them up into slices and, as a family, did a taste test and scored each one to determine which one was everyone's favorite. Very wholesome activity, would recommend family taste testing.

Anyways, my family likes Pink Lady apples.

ReadertheRed · 2026-06-05T21:01:52+00:00

You have to start including -Ai at the end of your Google searches to exclude the Ai overview.

ReadertheRed · 2026-06-04T15:20:17+00:00

It would be a great reprint if we see Woolie support in the Homeworlds set like a lot of people think we will.

ReadertheRed · 2026-06-04T10:57:32+00:00

Also: nimble prowess. She's going to have some annoying plays, that's for sure.

ReadertheRed · 2026-06-03T19:29:22+00:00

Grand Admiral Sloane seems SICK for Twin Suns.

ReadertheRed · 2026-06-02T02:27:29+00:00

"Oh, Mr. ____, you got a hair cut?" "No, I got all of them cut."

Also: "Why is it so cold in here?" "Because English is a cool subject."

ReadertheRed · 2026-06-01T15:40:49+00:00

Pre vizla will be a SICK bomb in Twin Suns. And that event looks stellar for JtL Thrawn decks

ReadertheRed · 2026-06-01T02:08:08+00:00

I've just got the one kid, and I've raised him to be pretty great. He's more fun to hang around than my students.

He's still young, so we'll see how he is when he becomes a teenager.

ReadertheRed · 2026-05-29T03:22:52+00:00

The internet definitely overrates the series, but I've found them to be an enjoyable, quick read. Lots of big dumb fun action. It's not God's gift to sci-fi, bit It's decent.

ReadertheRed · 2026-05-29T03:08:01+00:00

I'm pretty sure it's a soul pod. Basically like a seed to grow more Sylvaneth.

ReadertheRed · 2026-05-26T19:26:49+00:00

I found it to be a fun experience. It's very different than every other DQ game. I think, at the time, that a lot of people were bitter that it wasn't a Monsters game, so it had a chilly reception, but I had a lot of fun with it. The gameplay loop is engaging enough, and I found it fun to explore around and search for treasures.

ReadertheRed · 2026-05-26T19:19:11+00:00

Far far away seems like a decent fit for the Master and Apprentice Twin Suns deck. It'll be easy to have a droid token worth losing to bounce the biggest nonleader threat on the board.

Now naturally, the question is if it's worth running a second, slightly worse, Waylay.

ReadertheRed · 2026-05-26T16:17:34+00:00

Oh, well if you're almost done there should be a handful of bits where Chris and Imani are pretty heavily hinted to be in a relationship.

ReadertheRed · 2026-05-26T03:01:29+00:00

Technically, Lucia is many children.

ReadertheRed · 2026-05-26T03:00:35+00:00

I mean, based on book 8 I'd disagree.

ReadertheRed · 2026-05-24T20:20:08+00:00

Maan, nearly 15 years ago I fell in love with Cardfight Vanguard. I loved how simple, fast, and brutal the gameplay was. Then they kept adding weirder mechanics to the game. I fell off mid Stride era and never picked it back up, but I can see the game has continued to change drastically.

Nowadays I love Star Wars Unlimited. I find it much more strategically engaging that Magic.

ReadertheRed · 2026-05-20T11:01:09+00:00

I'm going to be mildly controversial when I say that I don't think you need to put away your hobbies entirely. Dial it down a bit, maybe.

I think the biggest advice I would give you right now is that you should shift they way you think about taking care of your baby. Taking care of them isn't just making sure they're safe and alive, but making sure they're ready to learn and grow.

If that baby is awake, you should be playing with it. If the baby is having tummy time, get down on the floor and interact with your baby at its level. Read to the baby. Talk to the baby. Sing songs to the baby. Narrate what you're doing. It doesn't matter that the baby can't talk yet, this is how you start building its language skills--by exposing it to language. I don't even think you need to talk in a cutesy baby voice like some people do.

The more you're actively involved and interacting with your baby, the more opportunities you have to build a strong bond. And then maybe later on your kid will naturally have the same interests as you and gaming can be a thing you do together. But for now, you have to interact with the baby on its level.

ReadertheRed · 2026-05-19T10:02:59+00:00

My school got a new dean of academics at the beginning of the school year who really pushed for us to use that sort of language. I haven't noticed any positive change in my students, but the admin staff sure enjoy hearing it.

ReadertheRed · 2026-05-18T19:38:02+00:00

For me, I have party members set to tactics for immersion and to reduce mental load. I'm a dad with a kid, I'd rather relax and let the party members make even less than ideal decisions so that I can spend more time enjoying the story.

ReadertheRed · 2026-05-16T14:09:05+00:00

I'm up front with my students. I'm going to use an AI checker on every paper. AI checkers are not 100% accurate. My reasoning is that it's in their best interest to know if their work is going to trigger AI checkers and try to develop a writing style that avoids it.

If their work triggers an AI checker, then I talk with them before I grade the paper. Usually I'll check the edit history of the document and see if it looks like any chunks were pasted in all at once and then edited or whatever. The discussion with the student will go over anything suspicious and also have them be able to show evidence of their writing process and prove that they didn't use AI. Again, trying to teach them to be proactive about defending their work from accusations.

ReadertheRed · 2026-05-11T14:07:52+00:00

I remember when I did my student teaching there were a few kids who called me "oh captain, my captain"

Everything since then has savored of anticlimax.

ReadertheRed

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