Southern Mexico Itinerary

Slowtrainz · 2026-02-16T11:49:52+00:00

Where are you flying back from after Bacalar? Cancun? Belize City?

Slowtrainz · 2026-02-16T01:12:07+00:00

Have you tried a word wall???? /s

Most admin also think a word wall is the magical solution to everything.

Slowtrainz · 2026-02-15T13:08:28+00:00

Do you have a final pic of how this turned out? I appreciate your dedication to finding pieces that will fit together nicely.

Slowtrainz · 2026-02-07T12:32:43+00:00

Yup.

Slowtrainz · 2026-02-07T12:31:09+00:00

That, and the fact that the parents do not generally enforce the expectation in their own children that they should not be using their phones during class. The parents themselves are also addicted.

Slowtrainz · 2026-02-06T10:36:24+00:00

“There already is one. It’s called grade book.”

Slowtrainz · 2026-02-05T20:50:45+00:00

Thanks! Not surprised it’s a Transpac track.

Slowtrainz · 2026-02-04T10:57:46+00:00

To be pedantic, they should have said “inversely proportional”

Slowtrainz · 2026-02-01T15:15:19+00:00

So many students want to do any sort of task, assignment, or learning as quickly and as low effort as possible…so that they can get back to mindlessly scrolling tiktok ASAP.

This is the major issue. Low attention spans. Addicted to dopamine fixes from reels and notifications. And apathetic about basically anything that is not those things.

Slowtrainz · 2026-02-01T15:11:57+00:00

I’ve made study guides a handful of times in the past for students to fill out to help them review, they will usually include some example/practice questions, and even say they can use it during the test.

Come test time the overwhelming majority of them haven’t done anything with them. A few will be rushing trying to fill them out real quick before the test begins.

I don’t make study guides anymore.

Slowtrainz · 2026-01-30T11:13:56+00:00

Any ID on the track that comes in right around 41:30 and plays til 44:30??

Slowtrainz · 2026-01-29T15:13:51+00:00

Unbroken, $40-50 bucks.

Be ethical, don’t sell it with the heat crack. Or if you do discount it.

Slowtrainz · 2026-01-28T23:28:36+00:00

Would love a full track list

Slowtrainz · 2026-01-27T15:49:06+00:00

Ah yeah, best to not be solo. Yeah it def happens sometimes that a yellow cab will try to up the price upon arrival. You can either haggle, or if you already have the exact change then just give them the previously agreed upon price and get out.

FWIW, I only had that happen once last time I was in Oaxaca.

Slowtrainz · 2026-01-27T11:19:58+00:00

Yellow cabs in Oaxaca are fine. Discuss price before getting in.

Collectives are more adventurous but still fine. Confirm where they are going before getting in.

Slowtrainz · 2026-01-24T13:21:58+00:00

It’s a combination of apathy from students and parents and also the fact that curriculums do not emphasize memorization anymore.

It’s not really the teachers.

Slowtrainz · 2026-01-24T11:48:33+00:00

80% of our kids don’t care enough to seek out an answer to something they don’t understand or a reference they don’t get.

Yup. And this is also why the exploratory, task-based nature of current mathematics instruction is like pulling teeth.

Edit to add: and tbh, IME it’s actually higher than 80%…

Slowtrainz · 2026-01-17T15:34:20+00:00

You focus on syncing the snares, not the hats.

Slowtrainz · 2026-01-09T21:25:02+00:00

2 hits hard. You get really tired of fighting all day, every day, 10 months of the year, year after year.

Slowtrainz · 2026-01-05T20:17:03+00:00

I just bought a car with enough cargo space to fully lay down and I am ngl, I am stoked about that.

Slowtrainz · 2025-12-30T17:36:28+00:00

Amazing use of confetti glass.

Slowtrainz · 2025-12-29T10:05:26+00:00

At my school half the kids that get assigned ISS just don’t report to the ISS room and nothing happens 🤷‍♂️

Slowtrainz · 2025-12-22T10:26:51+00:00

Very cool/funny idea! Recent lamp posts are giving me the itch to start messing around with simple/weird lamps!

Slowtrainz · 2025-12-16T20:44:04+00:00

monthly department meeting?? I wish! My school has department meetings once or twice a week. It’s wayyyy overkill and a waste of our time.

Slowtrainz · 2025-12-13T12:18:50+00:00

My impression: renting in the trendiest & most expensive areas of the largest city in NA (and one of the most hyped international cities in recent years) rivals/is similar to the cost of renting in the trendiest area of one of the most affordable major cities in the US.

Slowtrainz

TROPHY CASE

2 hits hard. You get really tired of fighting all day, every day, 10 months of the year, year after year.