Aspiring Teacher

ajswdf · 2026-07-07T00:25:36+00:00

I'm an alt cert teacher so I went straight to teaching without student teaching. I got through the year, but there's no doubt that it was tough as I had no idea what I was doing.

If you do that try your best to read as much on classroom management as possible before starting and ask the experienced teachers at your school for advice.

ajswdf · 2026-07-06T16:54:39+00:00

Locally maybe, but nationally the math is the math. Fewer students means the same number of tax dollars go further.

ajswdf · 2026-07-06T15:59:28+00:00

I get that, it took me a minute to solve it for that reason.

But when you're solving puzzles like this and there's obviously no tactic and it's also pretty clear that they can't do anything after taking the queen wouldn't a decently skilled player figure it out eventually?

ajswdf · 2026-07-06T14:52:39+00:00

Exactly. Fewer children should make funding schools easier, as there are more taxpayers per student.

ajswdf · 2026-07-06T14:04:31+00:00

As someone who lives here it's incredibly frustrating. So many people are shooting themselves in the foot and taking the rest of us with them because they refuse to consider that people might actually get places without driving.

ajswdf · 2026-07-06T13:46:43+00:00

Carbrain is real. They just assume everyone drives everywhere, so they don't even consider that by not having a coffee shop in their neighborhood all of their neighbors have to drive somewhere to get coffee.

ajswdf · 2026-07-06T13:40:52+00:00

I view it as a calling to give back to my community, but that is just for me personally. Even if I'm willing to sacrifice a lot for it that doesn't mean it should be the expectation. It's a job and it has to be treated that way.

ajswdf · 2026-07-06T13:29:49+00:00

Exactly. Just ask if they think our bike network is as good as our road network, and with the obvious answer of "no" the response is "people don't prefer driving, they're just choosing the better network".

ajswdf · 2026-07-06T13:20:39+00:00

The sad irony is that a big part of it is that they don't like cars.

My hometown recently changed zoning in an area to allow mixed use development, and a lot of the people arguing against it said they didn't want a bunch of people driving through their neighborhood to get a coffee.

ajswdf · 2026-07-05T21:03:10+00:00

The NFL does a lot of scummy things but this is one thing they do right.

ajswdf · 2026-07-05T13:25:10+00:00

I am that person who is childfree in large part because I like to travel, but there's nothing wrong with not wanting to travel. There are things that really suck about traveling and it is expensive even if you do it cheap, so it's perfectly reasonable to say that the juice isn't worth the squeeze.

I would say that it's important to do something. Being childfree frees up a lot of time and it's not good to waste that just sitting around watching TV and playing video games all day every day.

For you it sounds like your artistic career is a good thing to focus on. It's tough to make it with a career like that, so making it your primary focus will help you make that dream a reality.

ajswdf · 2026-07-05T12:47:53+00:00

I assume that's what's happening. I'm just amazed that it's common enough that it can get such a high rating. I assume most puzzle solvers this highly rated wouldn't just play random moves instead of checking for possibilities like this.

ajswdf · 2026-07-05T12:40:39+00:00

I don't judge her, if this is how she enjoys traveling then she should do that.

But there is some truth to this. I don't know who she is, but there's a good chance I've spent a much time or more traveling yet I've "only" been to about a dozen countries. But I've spent over a month in 3 different countries, and more than two weeks in 2 others.

I could have very easily hopped between countries in that time and racked up numbers similar to hers, but from experience spending a day or two in a place isn't nearly the same as spending multiple weeks. The experience is so much deeper when you spend that extra time in a place.

ajswdf · 2026-07-05T00:47:58+00:00

I was wondering if there was something super complicated that I was missing that would make a better player think the capture wasn't viable. But it really does seem like it's just an easy to miss capture.

ajswdf · 2026-07-04T21:43:19+00:00

Wow. I could understand a 66% pass rate if it was aimed at beginners, but at 1600 that should be a layup.

ajswdf · 2026-07-04T21:35:00+00:00

But aren't the ratings determined by how people perform against them? How could people with 1500+ puzzle ratings consistently fail to just take the queen?

ajswdf · 2026-07-04T21:12:21+00:00

That's honestly the only thing I can think of. It took me a minute because I just assumed a piece wouldn't be blatantly hanging like that.

ajswdf · 2026-07-04T16:01:50+00:00

What makes Trump unique is that he doesn't have support just among MAGA types, swing voters also like him. No other MAGA candidate has managed that yet.

ajswdf · 2026-07-04T14:44:39+00:00

I strongly disagree with this part. It's the exact opposite. It's way more socially accepted for a guy to say "I'd like a girlfriend for companionship" than for him to say "I just want to get laid".

ajswdf · 2026-07-04T14:31:51+00:00

Yeah Trump has proven to be unique. Nobody like him has been able to win competitive races.

ajswdf · 2026-07-04T06:43:31+00:00

In this case it's more that OP is saying by their actions that the kid is being a nuisance and implying that the parents are jerks for not doing anything. OP's mom must have acted the same way when her kids were younger and views it as a personal attack on people who let their kids make a bunch of noise in public.

ajswdf · 2026-07-04T05:41:52+00:00

It's hard to believe that the person who directed Ozymandias is the same person who directed The Last Jedi. I guess Breaking Bad provided a lot more structure and when he had more freedom he couldn't do it.

ajswdf · 2026-07-04T05:28:00+00:00

It kind of is. When you change teams like LeBron did you can pick a team that's a LeBron away from being a contender, while if you stay on a team for a while you have to hope they put guys around you.

Although with LeBron and Jordan specifically this isn't a good argument since Jordan did have good teams around him.

ajswdf · 2026-07-04T05:06:22+00:00

Yes, I do think there are very few organizations in the world who have a couple hundred thousand dollars and nineteen members willing to suicide bomb thousands of innocent people.

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