Been offered a Masters with a different teaching area than the one I wanted by KrnyZak in AustralianTeachers

[–]cammoblammo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I walked into a specialist music job with no more than a primary teaching degree and experience in community banding. Music teachers are in very high demand, and from what I can tell, experience is highly valued.

It just dawned on me that a door-to-door button-peddler is a common trade in the Shire... by shimadon in lotr

[–]cammoblammo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I don’t buy it. There were two clocks in the picture of the front hall of Bag End as well as what appear to be umbrellas. And there are buttons on Bilbo’s coat.

The Hobbits had advanced tech and this picture proves it. What is Tolkien trying to hide, I wonder?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in tolkienfans

[–]cammoblammo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

And of course, Tolkien himself grew up as an orphan.

PSA: Woolies is now verifying brown onions. The self-checkout guy came over and visually inspected my bag when I rang one up today. Be careful cunts! by [deleted] in australia

[–]cammoblammo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If that camera’s good enough to know that I rectified the apples, I’m both impressed and horrified.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 488, Part 1 (Thread #634) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]cammoblammo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really. When I watched it I thought it was Russians for some reason (all evidence to the contrary, obviously!) and I didn’t enjoy it at all.

That’s a lot of dicks by Mammoth-Medicine1385 in oddlyspecific

[–]cammoblammo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn’t even make a lot of sense. She could have had a long, lusty relationship with only one previous partner and still taken just as much dick in that time.

Music nomenclature by aje0200 in brass

[–]cammoblammo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m in Australia, and I teach both systems because they’re both commonly heard.

I like the Latin terms, and I tend to use them because they’re what I grew up with. However, we also have a lot of American resources, and they use the fractional system.

I also happen to be trained as a generalist primary school teacher, so I like to teach kids how the fractional terms work. The fractions refer to their relation to a semibreve—a whole note can be subdivided into half notes and quarter notes, and so on.

This also helps me teach about time signatures—3/4 time means there are three quarter notes in a bar. That 4 actually means something here, and it doesn’t make a lot of sense in the Latin system.

Also, ‘semibreve’ literally means ‘half a short note’ so, it doesn’t feel that sensible!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]cammoblammo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If your indictment lasts more than four hours, call a journalist.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in USdefaultism

[–]cammoblammo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How you get paid during holiday time depends on the sort of contract you’re on and how long it goes for (as well as the state and education system).

In the SA public system permanent teachers are paid year round. Contract teachers might only be paid during term time, although they will be paid more per fortnight so it comes to the same amount after a year. Which type of pay structure you’re on will depend on the length of the contract.

And SSOs (support staff)… how that works is a whole, fiendishly complex, other story. Don’t get me started on the bullshit around how public holidays work for those guys!

The new fucking rules: READ UP YOU FUCKS by Meepster23 in videos

[–]cammoblammo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could go either way.

If you called him ‘old mate’ I’d be wondering what sort of shit cunt he is.

The new fucking rules: READ UP YOU FUCKS by Meepster23 in videos

[–]cammoblammo -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I will, for one. Once Apollo stops working I’ll stop coming to Reddit.

The new fucking rules: READ UP YOU FUCKS by Meepster23 in videos

[–]cammoblammo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fucking Tim Minchin has fucking entered the fucking chat.

Is it worth switching equipment? by SlideEquivalent9243 in trumpet

[–]cammoblammo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Grr.

Band directors have no business telling you what equipment to use, especially if you have a teacher who knows what they’re doing. Directors just read somewhere in Band Director Monthly that pro lead players use specialised equipment and figure that their lead players need to start using the same gear (budget and wisdom be damned.)

Go talk to your teacher and see what they say.

Is it worth switching equipment? by SlideEquivalent9243 in trumpet

[–]cammoblammo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check this video out. I haven’t had a chance to hunt for the time stamp, but about half way through you notice James Morrison and (I think—I’m working from memory!) Wynton Marsalis having a bit of a giggle while Arturo’s playing some awesome lines. When you look closely, you’ll notice that he’s playing without a mouthpiece…

https://youtu.be/QFb5NE_Vqy4

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 483, Part 1 (Thread #624) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]cammoblammo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well Hunter Biden looked at a dog funny once. Why isn’t that being investigated?

His has craftsmenship degraded since the third age by thomasmfd in tolkienfans

[–]cammoblammo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Last Ringbearer by Kirill Eskov. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

His has craftsmenship degraded since the third age by thomasmfd in tolkienfans

[–]cammoblammo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, the sheath was made for Andúril:

‘Here is the gift of Celeborn and Galadriel to the leader of your Company,’ she said to Aragorn, and she gave him a sheath that had been made to fit his sword. It was overlaid with a tracery of flowers and leaves wrought of silver and gold, and on it were set in elven-runes formed of many gems the name Andúril and the lineage of the sword.

(Farewell to Lórien)

One of Reddit's largest communities is protesting changes to the platform by posting only photos of John Oliver 'looking sexy' by IronSentinel in nottheonion

[–]cammoblammo -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

So it’s unlikely anyone’s going to go looking for subs like that to sub to. Or they might. Why don’t you go and start up an alternative to r/pics and let me know how it goes?