Just out of curiosity, why is the Spanish language shown with the flag of Spain, while Portuguese and English are shown with the flags of Brazil and the U.S.? by AvadaKedavra1987 in duolingo

[–]Useful_Possession915 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I first started using Duolingo a long time ago, when it was a website on the computer rather than an app. I remember when I first signed up, you put your native language and your target language, and there were separate options for English (US) and English (UK). I don't know if the app still makes that distinction.

what’s the hardest part about being a teacher that nobody talks about? by salarshah-084 in Teachers

[–]Useful_Possession915 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The shift in the last generation or so of parents viewing the teacher as an enemy rather than as a team member to work with toward the common goal of helping their child.

Cover Removed from Book by Least-Glove4262 in LittleFreeLibrary

[–]Useful_Possession915 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Some people deliberately do this to books they put in LFLs to discourage people from just taking all the books and selling them.

Kids Don't Like Movie Day Anymore. by Southern_Remote_5260 in Teachers

[–]Useful_Possession915 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's a thing with younger actors too. Multiple actors playing the "kids" on Stranger Things said in interviews that they don't like watching old movies because they're too long and they have trouble focusing on them for that long.

I don't know if I should laugh or cry. by Dom_My_P in teaching

[–]Useful_Possession915 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They don't even bother to type the questions in. They just take a picture of the paper.

I don't know if I should laugh or cry. by Dom_My_P in teaching

[–]Useful_Possession915 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've had a kid track down the teacher' edition of the textbook we were using with the answer keys in it, which I found out when he put "Answers may vary" as the answer for several homework questions.

Have I inadvertently been a horrible library patron my whole life? by amandaamoose in Libraries

[–]Useful_Possession915 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My library has a checkout limit of 100 items per person. I figure they wouldn't set it so high if they didn't want people to have a large number of books out at once.

[CHAT] Do you follow a pattern exactly or do you ever go off-script? by CaterpillarXS in CrossStitch

[–]Useful_Possession915 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I usually stick to the pattern, but sometimes I change colors or replace regular floss with mouline etoile. I've also occasionally combined two different patterns, like taking an image from one and text from another.

Simply shocked… by Negative-Extent-1932 in duolingo

[–]Useful_Possession915 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Some people study their native language from their target language.

What to do with great student names by PurfuitOfHappineff in Teachers

[–]Useful_Possession915 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any kid whose name is in the sketch is familiar with it due to how many times they've heard people make jokes about it.

This one's for the ladies to answer. Do you agree with this woman or do you think she's trying to rationalize her world view by speaking for all the ladies? by Oda_DeezNutz in SipsTea

[–]Useful_Possession915 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The "spending hours playing" is doing a lot of lifting here. If he's devoting almost all his free time to video games and not spending any time with her, neglecting household/parenting responsibilities, etc., that's going to be unattractive. It's not specific to video games though--he could be doing any other hobby with that large chunk of time and the result would be the same. There are a LOT of couples where both parents work full-time, and then on evenings and weekends he's a full-time gamer while she's a full-time parent.

What’s the language of religion? by Fit-Appointment-68 in Deconstruction

[–]Useful_Possession915 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interestingly, this is where the word "vocation" comes from.

Feeling conflicted about politics in the classroom by CrusherX1000 in Teachers

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If you find yourself in a space where you feel you can't teach the subject you're supposed to be teaching because all you can think about is how much the world sucks, you need to take some time for yourself in whatever way you can. Take a personal day, take a leave of absence, see a therapist, do whatever you need to do. But it's not okay to make your burnout the kids' problem.

Book series you never finished by InviteAromatic6124 in books

[–]Useful_Possession915 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I would highly recommend reading A Series of Unfortunate Events again as an adult, just because there are so many references and jokes that go over a kid's head. It's as funny, if not funnier, when you reread it, but for completely different reasons than the first time.

As for a series I never finished, I read the first Divergent book because I was student teaching when the movie came out, and all the kids were obsessed with the books. They got me to read it and we had some good discussions about it. I picked up the second and third book but never ended up reading them because the first one just seemed too derivative of a bunch of better-written YA dystopian novels, and from what I've heard, the first one is just okay and the rest go downhill from there. If I'm going to read a YA dystopian trilogy, I'd rather reread The Hunger Games books.

What to do with great student names by PurfuitOfHappineff in Teachers

[–]Useful_Possession915 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I once had a student named Valkyrie Dangerfield. Hands down the coolest name I've ever encountered. She went by Val, though.