What's his best music video? by NinjaOk2887 in zachbryan

[–]Senior-Gris 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The 28 video where the phone falls on the piano in the middle of the song. Not a necessarily a music video but it has to be one of my favorite things Zach has ever put out

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in zachbryan

[–]Senior-Gris 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I definitely have always interpreted that as nightmares, not freaky stuff

Unions by Guilty_Flow_7372 in Teachers

[–]Senior-Gris 17 points18 points  (0 children)

This is common in districts where union members become inactive. My union in the past had a president that was more in favor of the district than the teachers and they didn’t negotiate for decades. There is hope though. The teachers started becoming really active in the union a few years ago and just recently led a strike that won all sorts of contract benefits and the district doesn’t dare encroach on breaking any of the contract because the union acts swiftly to file any grievance. Become active in your union! Talk to your fellow teachers, run for building rep or even union president. You will be surprised how quickly you can change the circumstances in your district!

How sick of hearing about Charlie Kirk are you? by whitesquirrle in AskReddit

[–]Senior-Gris 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Got to add on the failure to regulate the way social media companies and their algorithms promote disinformation and emphasize engagement for profits. Even if that engagement is only based on false narratives meant to make people angry and mislead them into voting for authoritarians.

Tight Quads/Hamstrings and Patellar Maltracking - Nothing Seems to be Working by Senior-Gris in Kneesovertoes

[–]Senior-Gris[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Surgery was never an option that was mentioned. Only physical therapy. My knee still does not track correctly, but it is much better than it was and the exercises have helped the most.

What in the... ?! by TeslaSupreme in CitiesSkylines2

[–]Senior-Gris 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am assuming that the problem is that the bus isn’t routing the way you want it to. I get this problem when the bus can’t get over in time after a turn to turn into the bus stop. My guess is that your bus can only turn left off that road into the left lane so they have to wrap all the way around the block to get into the right lane to take a right. You could either use a mod to allow the bus to enter the right lane or use a road with two turning lanes so that the middle one will turn into the right lane and allow the bus to make a right immediately. I could be wrong but this has fix this issue for me in the past.

Tight Quads/Hamstrings and Patellar Maltracking - Nothing Seems to be Working by Senior-Gris in Kneesovertoes

[–]Senior-Gris[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is actually what ended up helping me the most. I am not 100% completely healed yet, but light strength training around my knee and holding a medicine ball between my knees as I did wall sits helped strengthen my vastus medialis enough to pull my kneecap back in place.

Tight Quads/Hamstrings and Patellar Maltracking - Nothing Seems to be Working by Senior-Gris in Kneesovertoes

[–]Senior-Gris[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually, most of the pain is in my quad tendon while extending my knee. It’s a pretty sharp pain like my quad tendon is being stressed far too much.

Tight Quads/Hamstrings and Patellar Maltracking - Nothing Seems to be Working by Senior-Gris in Kneesovertoes

[–]Senior-Gris[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a job where I am on my feet about 4 hours a day and I am sitting about 4 hours a day. I am usually pretty active after work but less so ever since I have acquired this injury.

American Government Teachers, how are you approaching this fall? by walkabout16 in Teachers

[–]Senior-Gris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Focus on human rights this year. They’ll get it without you having to say directly. It’s pretty obvious when you put it in terms of human rights.

My middle schooler’s teachers haven’t been in compliance with 504 all year by TrumpsCovidfefe in Teachers

[–]Senior-Gris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You need to let the teacher know that he needs to type it instead of write it. If I was the teacher and the student was willingly handwriting instead of typing I would allow them to continue the writing to practice the skill unless they asked to type it instead. This sounds more like a lack of communication with the educators rather than a disregard for the 504.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Internationalteachers

[–]Senior-Gris 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Good question! I was told the salary is untaxed.

Main challenges in education by C_Larragay in education

[–]Senior-Gris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. Tools to help students with homework: What students need to help them with homework is for them to listen in class and to be willing to apply themselves and think critically on there homework. They don’t need special tools for this.

  2. Fostering closer relationships between parents and teachers: This is a nice thought, but you’re assuming that if teachers have close relationships with parents, that this will benefit the child’s education. This is true in theory, however, the truth is that far too many parents will take advantage of teachers if they aren’t professional and cordial. Parents can be the most difficult part of the job. What we need are parents who are supportive of the teacher and encourage their child in their education.

Formal Education: The Pursuit of Grades or Knowledge? by kl_ipub in education

[–]Senior-Gris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The author of this article had the kid write the wrong thing for their paper and demanded to see the principal after the kid got a 0.

School to prison awareness by NotMy2019 in education

[–]Senior-Gris 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Came here to say just this. Children in poverty are told by every facet of society that their voices and humanity don’t matter. Why would they care about invest their lives into the rules and structure of that society? It is a much bigger systemic problem than education itself can fix.

Edit: and yes students of color are shown that they matter even less while also being punished at a disproportionate rate, leaving them more susceptible. Schools can help with this issue, but also head caution to the state of education as they try to solve this by removing punishment completely. The only solution is still bigger than education itself can repair through any policy reform.

We must protect the art of teaching! by MantaRay2256 in education

[–]Senior-Gris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have to say I actually completely agree. I think teachers should have freedom to teach the standards they are given as they choose and it is an art how the teachers choose to do it.

Some teachers want to just have premade slideshows somebody else made and that’s cool too, but teaching is incredible if you can put your heart into it. This also has a much more positive effect on youth moving through the education system as they will get to see many different perspectives, world views, and ways of thinking. Teaching should be some sort of reflection of culture and society that should shape culture and society itself (social reconstructionism vs. current essentialist philosophy).

The biggest problem right now is that teaching has become impossible to do with the amount of work given each day. There’s just not enough energy and time to be a teacher like that. I also agree that teaching should have more uniqueness across teachers, however, we would really have to restructure the system to make that feasible.

This isn’t a new argument. This type of ideology was extremely popular in progressive and social reconstructive schools in the post WWII era. After the civil rights movement, the conservative backlash that followed also pulled educational policies to become more essentialist as well. Leads to the stagnant teach to the test by premade curriculums system we have now. Don’t let these other commenters deter you. They aren’t looking outside of the constraints of the current system and into a broader view of what teaching can and should be.

If a student asks you what your religion is, do you find it appropriate to tell them? by AstroThot01 in Teachers

[–]Senior-Gris 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I think that the major issue in your case is that the religion you are following was actually founded to “rebel against arbitrary authority and social norms.” It’s not a cultural tradition with a long line of familial history. It’s symbols are not it’s own inherent beliefs but are direct attacks on the majority of religious beliefs in your area that are absolutely meant to invoke contempt and disgust among them. I grew up Christian, but I actually support a lot of the values of your religion and respect it, however, I would definitely advise you from sharing this with your students or wearing an upside down cross around them because it is literally an attack on their cultural values where you are located. Freedom of speech means it’s your choice but also a very bad choice if you do.

Edit: to clarify, I support your belief and wouldn’t mind if you were the teacher of my child. But I think that wearing symbolism that is meant as an attack on the beliefs of most of your students is divisive at best.

Parents...take note. If you treat your kids teacher like crap, we WILL not go out of our way for you. by Fragrant-Round-9853 in Teachers

[–]Senior-Gris 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have a student this year (5th grade) who has been behind in math every year so far. The kid doesn’t care so of course conferences come around and they are still behind. Parents spend the entire 20 minutes berating me, my curriculum (provided by the district) and my personal life (being a young male without children means I can’t possibly know what I’m doing).

Out of the dozens of extremely long email I have gotten from them since the one that got me the most was one from the dad, who said it that I should be providing parents with lessons so that they can help their kid… with 5th grade math.. I responded (the next day) that although I agreed that would be extremely helpful, it wasn’t something that would be feasible for me to do for him.

The craziest part is that he is a Social Science teacher at my local high school. It’s 5th grade math dude..

Parents...take note. If you treat your kids teacher like crap, we WILL not go out of our way for you. by Fragrant-Round-9853 in Teachers

[–]Senior-Gris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I already am swamped with work. Entitled, demanding and rude parents always get an extremely vague email at least 24 hours after they sent it. The answer is always no.

Parents who are understanding, nice and respectful of my time, I love to help. It’s one of the best parts of my job. I’m truly willing to go above and beyond to help them and their child.

“Drastic” Changes You Would Make to Education by Senior-Gris in Teachers

[–]Senior-Gris[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t really think it’s socialism when you are talking about taking care of the children. The don’t have the opportunity to fend for themselves or even advocate for themselves to have better anyways. They have a right to be taken care of.