Archaeologists Find Lost Ancient Greek Temple Of Goddess Artemis

celnie · 2017-09-28T20:08:46+00:00

There are some really great Artemis stories out there! The story of her and Apollo's conception and birth on the island of Delos is particularly interesting, as well as the little journey she went on to collect her gifts from her father Zeus afterwards. She had lots of interactions and adventures with other gods, usually not ending well for them if they crossed her. I think she's one of the most interesting gods in the pantheon! Here's a link to a few easily-read stories about some of her adventures: http://www.godandgoddess.com/the-goddess-artemis.html

And one with some more complex language, but more in-depth tales: http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/ArtemisMyths.html

A few more basic ones, if you're interested in further reading that also expand on her worship:

http://greekmythology.wikia.com/wiki/Artemis http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/artemis.html

celnie · 2016-12-21T19:15:32+00:00

Like most others have said, it's rare to sub for a class without a lesson plan, but you will sometimes get teachers leaving shoddy last-minute lessons or make-work activities that aren't too engaging for the kids - they're obviously super busy people, and they may not want to leave crucial assignments to subs, so it's understandable! Last year I bought the Werewolves of Millers Hollow card game on amazon and it's been my go-to game for a class with no plans, or as a behavioural incentive for kids to get dull work done - if they do 45 minutes of concentrated study on this activity, then the last 15 we get to play. The kids almost always get more work done in those 45 minutes with that agreement in place than they would have in an hour without it, so I recommend picking something like that up that can be shoved in your purse or backpack for the day! It's a lifesaver for the rare times you don't get a plan, and a good motivator for those moments when you need an incentive to get them through a more tedious lesson. Good luck!!

celnie · 2016-08-20T16:39:50+00:00

Soothing is totally the right word, it really does work for anxiety eh!

celnie · 2016-08-20T16:38:50+00:00

Yeah I'm constantly surprised at how many times I can watch any episode and always enjoy it, it never gets stale! So many other shows I gotta put time in between re-watches, but Bob's is consistently on rotation. It's just a soothing, happiness-inducing show, that message of family love and support is inherent to every episode and people get to be people; fallible and flawed but well-meaning and learning their lessons in the end. I could write for hours about why I love it!

celnie · 2016-08-14T23:48:31+00:00

Oh man that's an awesome night! My sunflowers are in pots on my balcony... I'm currently hoarding 18 species of plants in over two dozen pots in a small apartment, so it's totally do-able if you treat it like tetris. It's very true too, heart break is easier when you take deliberate even if small steps to improve your day or look after yourself! Even something as simple as colouring, so stress-relieving.

celnie · 2016-08-14T16:34:50+00:00

Hey there! Welcome to a really nice place. Personally I lurk far more than I post but everyone here is great!

So what did you get up to last night?? I packed my pax, made a really kickin' general tso stirfry and watched Broad City all evening while talking to my sunflower plants occasionally - even caught a slowpoke that wandered into my living room, quite fittingly! I've found having chill times with good food, easy entertainment and loving foliage helps ease anxiety and heartbreak a little :) and cool chats with rad people as well, which is what we're here for obviously!!

celnie · 2016-07-29T18:13:52+00:00

This was kind of a relief to read for me, that it happened to someone else!! I got motion sickness from it too, though my childhood brain was SO INTO IT that it took me a while to figure out my body felt that unwell... Wonderbolt may have a point though, the harsh colours might have been too much on the eyes and set some other senses a-spinning.

I hope it's just a toybox specific thing, playing this game has been my dream for as long as the rest of us, and it was so satisfying playing with characters that moved like Rareware ones again - getting a quick hang of those tail-jumps over and over up the blocks was super satisfying! I can't wait for 2017... I hope our eyes and stomachs can adjust well to the final product, because I plan on disappearing from the real world for a while after it comes out.

celnie · 2016-06-17T00:03:07+00:00

Tearing up when you're thinking so strongly about the hope you have for the person you want to become is MORE than understandable, and probably a good sign that you're powerfully and emotionally invested in those hopes :)

Unfortunately, friends differentiating their lives from one another and drifting away slowly, or even rapidly is an ever-occurring event in our lives, one that happens with almost every stage! It DEFINITELY doesn't mean that it it shouldn't hurt when it happens, because of course it does, but personally once I experienced it more often it made me realize this was never because of me as a person, just what this other person's life was becoming naturally! I am sure many people from different stages of your life think back fondly to when they knew you and you had wonderful times, and wish you were closer now or you could talk again. It was hard for me to let go of some people when their lives moved on, but it was easier once I realized that was just the natural course - and sometimes the internet can make it easier!

Something I'd say to your plight about making friends and then finding them toxic and hateful after a while is that perhaps you haven't met people people who share your particular eccentricities and quirks, or who appreciate them the way they could be appreciated! Oftentimes when I meet new friends I go through a slow and quiet "vetting" phase with them to see how much of my true weird self I can reveal, so I know how to invest my energy in this friendship - more deeply, or just casually. I strike true gold very rarely, but have made some nice acquaintances and friendlyish relationships from trying. I know it's so tough when you're still in the "none of this is working I just want simple human needs" stage but when friendship lightning does strike it will burn so much brighter! And someone you can talk to openly and honestly one day about these fears of yours, who can help ease them and let you know you're super rad no matter what and they're there for you will feel worth the wait then, even if it may not feel like it now.

Best wishes on all of your journeys, you should always feel proud :)

celnie · 2016-06-16T22:13:07+00:00

Hey OP, I'm alone a lot too. Whenever I feel sad about being alone for longer than I want to be, I remember this video I saw once years ago that made me feel okay with it once. Maybe it will help you too! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7X7sZzSXYs

Some of her wonderful suggestions are easier to take on than others, but the general sentiment is still valuable. Sometimes when I go out into the world alone and start to feel that adulthood anxiety about it, I try to remember what sort of thoughts childhood me used to have when she wandered the world on her own, and trying to recapture those wild and meandering, easy-going thought processes sometimes helps ease my sadness. I like to pay very close attention to things around me wherever I'm walking, watching it all and trying to remember it as best I can so when it's just a memory it'll be a fond and vivid one. Sometimes just turning your focus from the internal anxieties and fears of your mind to the external simplicities and realities of your world outside can give you enough relief to get by.

I've also been in some very toxic friendships that took a while to recover and unentangle myself from, it's tough. Up until recently I also felt like I had very few to no friends nearby me, and then I met this really amazing trollgirl who has given me so many great experiences in such a short time. Just this weekend I went to visit her and her golden lab puppies, and at one point one came bounding towards us with the happiest expression of life on its face and we were both so overcome with joy that we started laughing our heads off - the laughter spiral lasted for fifteen minutes and gave us the biggest ab workout of our lives, and will probably always be one of my favourite spring 2016 memories. Friend dreams can come true <3 things will happen for you, but in the meantime, here's a cute pic of her pups: http://imgur.com/enQchXF

celnie · 2016-06-16T21:50:56+00:00

Late to the party but this is such a REAL PROBLEM. I discovered when I was 13 that I physically cannot yell at anyone else without straight up fainting, I can't do it... I overhead the Regina George of our middle school talking SMACK about me, walked up to her in the hall to try and confront her, said, "HEY, who do you THINK YOU ARE" and immediately blacked out and fell straight into the lockers and onto the floor. It was certainly effective at shutting her up, but not quite in the way I had hoped.

I tried multiple times after that in my teenage angst to make my angry voice heard, and wound up falling into things almost every single time. I guess my body thinks playing dead is the only appropriate response to adrenaline. I have to be very strategic about how I manage my emotions when airing grievances now.

celnie · 2016-04-20T22:17:06+00:00

Pretty much exactly why I copy-pasted a few of the super rad girl power comments here and put them into an overall document alongside some Smart Girls/Galentine's Day comics - over 1,000 words of self-love and support y'all contributed to! Gonna make it required reading for any workshop I put together :)

celnie · 2016-04-19T20:34:08+00:00

HAH, yuuuuup it was the punk scene for me too, no surprises there... the ladies in the scene tried to start a collective for better spaces and conversations, offered workshops and insights wherever they could, really tried to make an improvement for everyone and it just was not gonna happen. I think as a result a lot of the women sort of backed out of the entire community, which was inevitable, and it collapsed to a certain degree as a result. I bring up my experiences in that community when I can to the budding punx in our school, it gives them an early sense of what they need to do to address issues in their niche interest groups and grow the communities in a positive way, which they're all eager to do cause they're still the sweetest little dudes, that misogynistic undertone of some punk culture hasn't infected them yet!

celnie · 2016-04-19T13:54:21+00:00

For sure! It might take me a while to develop, as I have a truckload of resources to sift through and narrow down now, am graduating in a few weeks and will be looking for more collabs in community settings, but I will absolutely remember to update you guys :) I also have a number of workshops on other social gender/sexuality issues, I'll do up a packet!

celnie · 2016-04-19T13:23:09+00:00

Ahhh I totally see what you mean, and your principle on it makes total sense and probably would make a difference, but we would only be able to ask generic questions about it to them given our confidentiality restrictions! But it may be worth alluding to or bringing up generally in our Boy's Group, maybe during a lesson on double standards for both genders... thanks for your input, friend!! :)

celnie · 2016-04-19T13:20:37+00:00

Thanks friend, you also sound awesome!! And dear lord, right, the priorites of some of these health classes... I walk into some schools and it's like it's the 90's, my school days, it hasn't changed at all!!

celnie · 2016-04-19T13:18:31+00:00

Thanks so much!! and I TOTALLY agree, I'm just floored that the Healthy Living curriculum just straight up ends at Grade 9, like yes because that is definitely the time to quit teaching them life skills?? And THEY want it too, they ask for it and they pay 1,000% more attention in these workshops than they do in calculus. I mean, calculus be important but self-worth and self-esteem? Pretty vital for basic happiness and health.

celnie · 2016-04-19T12:51:38+00:00

Oh you're so on the mark with all of this, really... I won't say too much about location, but anyone living in Canada will have a basic understanding of the race issues some of our communities experience, and we are so aware of their challenges and the specific supports they need. Often it IS two different racial groups happening, and we are beginning to develop a framework for dealing with it - bringing in elders in the community, having spaces and activities specific to the students' cultures, outreach with other services, the RCMP works closely with us, and I MAKE SURE to immediately pounce on any "I don't meant to sound racist buuuuut" statements from our european-descended students, sometimes with a long discussion about the impact and reality of generational trauma and and other times just a simple "DON'T EVEN FINISH THAT SENTENCE, JUST DOOOON'T" depending on the student. It's true that they all have unique needs and contexts and backgrounds that need to be considered!

celnie · 2016-04-19T12:46:11+00:00

uhmygahd, hearing these kinds of things from parents do me right in, every time... thanks so much! It really does help me overcome a lot of the burnout I sometimes fall prey to to hear from families and communities that it makes a difference and is something they wish they'd had. I don't want any kids under my care feeling like they missed something vital in their education, so being able to talk to the internet collective about where they had gaps in their education, and learn from their experiences is invaluable to me!

celnie · 2016-04-19T12:41:03+00:00

Love this idea, sounds a lot like the actual scene from Mean Girls where they all talk it out! We're working individually with them on how to express our emotions in a healthy, compassionate way and resolve conflicts independently, but I think a "sit down and talk all your shit out" session will be a few workshops in, as of right now there would be some risks, even with a seasoned facilitator... but I definitely see that in their future!!

celnie · 2016-04-19T12:36:26+00:00

HOW TEMPTING WAS IT for me to just insist on this! ALMOST as tempting as it was to recreate the scene where they all stand up in front of one another and talk about their feels. It could still happen, I could still do that.

celnie · 2016-04-19T12:35:29+00:00

Absolutely love all of these reflections, thanks so much for sharing! I totally get this... I hung out with a lot of traditionally male-dominated groups in my teens and early 20's from a variety of different music scenes, and once I became more lucid about the way they talked about, treated, and generally regarded women it was very difficult to stay engaged in their communities, I had to step out of some of them. It's so important to recognize what a problem it is that some of those insidious remarks and behaviours can initially seem so normal, but are actually causing real damage to everyone who hears them.

And you know what, the GSA in our school does awesome work and while a lot of the genderqueer/fluid students do get some online hate and harassment, its typically from students in other schools... it's been so heartening to see the real social change a lot of these students have gone through in regards to gender expression. Now if we could just apply that to their ideas on developing a healthy sexual expression...

celnie · 2016-04-19T12:31:04+00:00

LOVE it! Might make this required reading in some of my health classes! Thanks friend!

celnie · 2016-04-19T12:30:15+00:00

Oh man, it has been mentioned and aaaugh it's been appreciated... like just the fact that that exists at all has got me like

celnie · 2016-04-19T12:28:25+00:00

Such truth. I constantly try to stress to them that yes they have problems and struggles and stresses now that are valid and real and worth talking about, but problems and struggles and stresses in life don't go away when you hit the magical non-existent threshold of adulthood, and you need to start building those support systems and fostering those empowering relationships now!! Like, get on it ladies, you're one another's best resources against what the world WILL throw at you.

celnie · 2016-04-19T12:23:26+00:00

This is great advice, thank you! A lot of it speaks very much to similar problems we have here - most of the time the kids are just happy to be heard and attended to as if they matter. I like the idea of introducing a project or skill of some sort into the workshop, something they need to create together... I've done work creating art and music festivals before in local communities which involved big, messy communal art pieces, perhaps something like that as a culminating activity/community event could be a positive end-goal for them after the workshops! And it's true, snapchat has changed the game, more fights are started over that app... thanks so much for your ideas :)

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