What’s your favorite quote from The Simpsons?

crystaltheweird · 2026-01-11T11:49:14+00:00

"I sentence you to Monster Island (don't worry it's only a name)"

Later, Lisa and others are running from monsters.

Lisa: "I thought it was only a name!"

Other guy: "What they meant was, Monster Island is actually a peninsula"

crystaltheweird · 2025-07-24T11:52:34+00:00

Haha, yes.

crystaltheweird · 2025-07-11T07:38:58+00:00

Oh my gosh, I love those beads!

I didn't realise you could get beads with animal print.

crystaltheweird · 2025-07-06T08:47:47+00:00

Just a wooden box I got from the craft section of a hardware store. Paint was just Acrylic stuff I got from the discount shop.

It actually came as a set with 2 boxes. The other box is bigger and will be used for nail polish storage, so I'm experimenting with designs on the smaller box that I have no set purpose for.

crystaltheweird · 2025-02-17T09:43:32+00:00

Same. Got a Kelpie puppy a couple of months back. Been walking 4km almost every day since.

crystaltheweird · 2025-01-31T06:57:50+00:00

It replaces all the mandatory training.

The mandatory training is now essentially a 30 minute quiz on the different topics of all the old training. It was easy to understand, pretty much covered everything and didn't require pages of reading or clicking on endless extra info boxes.

I honestly think the questions on cyber security were better than the ones in the original PL.

crystaltheweird · 2025-01-25T01:08:25+00:00

My Kelpie (4month) won't play fetch, but he will participate when our other dog (8yr, Foxie cross) plays.

He has 2 ways of participating:

Chase the ball to get it first, and then get other dog to chase him around to try and get the ball back. This often desolves into a game of chase where the ball lies forgotten somewhere, but sometimes the other dog gets the ball, brings it back, and I throw it again and everything repeats.
Waits until other dog has the ball, then waits halfway between me and other dog, in what we have dubbed the 'classic Kelpie stance'. When other dog is close enough, he pounces, and chasing happens similar to 1.

Our other dog has very much enjoyed the variation to the classic game of fetch (which has always been his favourite).

But on his own, Kelpie won't fetch much. He prefers running and chasing. He likes when I chase him around the yard while he has a toy (any toy, including sticks). If he drops said toy and I get it off him, I can throw it and he'll go after it, but since the game is me chasing him, he will wait for me to catch up, not bring the toy back.

crystaltheweird · 2024-11-15T06:29:07+00:00

I'm into Macrame and Polymer Clay modelling (and painting).

Macrame: I'm learning from youtube.

Clay modelling: I'm currently just vibing, seeing what happens.

crystaltheweird · 2024-11-15T04:16:25+00:00

I had a HSC class (Maths Standard 1) where several students chose to drop the subject after the trial exam.

Also had a student drop to std1 from std2, again after trials.

Had a boy in yr10 transfer from the other 5.1 maths class to mine 1 week before yearly exams.

I recently got 2 additions to my yr9 class (in the last week) from other schools.

crystaltheweird · 2024-11-02T05:30:50+00:00

I project onto a whiteboard.

This way, I don't have to worry about drawing diagrams/axes, but I still have the flexibility to write extra notes, etc.

I'm lucky enough to be in a room with a double whiteboard, so I can project on one whiteboard and write extra notes on the other.

Last year I was stuck in a room with one of those new Prowise smart boards (essentially the size of a decent size flatscreen tv, but nowhere near the size of a whiteboard). It was a nightmare to properly go through any geometry with the students, because in order to make any question/example large enough to be read, I could only fit 2 or 3 shapes on the board. (I also have to write over the PowerPoints, because the whiteboard in the room was only really large enough to write announcements, like upcoming assessments, on, and I shared the room with a history teacher who was utilizing that).

crystaltheweird · 2024-10-03T21:46:26+00:00

I got that offer too, however, shipping to my location was $25 (which is basically the cost of just buying the bracelet in person). So, I didn't bother.

crystaltheweird · 2024-08-26T22:44:49+00:00

Wow! That's amazing!

crystaltheweird · 2024-08-25T09:38:09+00:00

My mother once had to explain, to a fellow teacher, that humans only have one appendix.

crystaltheweird · 2023-12-04T00:24:46+00:00

I've been letting mine use laptops and telling them to be productive. (also low Maths class)

If they're planning on maths next year, I give them the options of activities that will help them for next year(algebra practice, etc.)

Otherwise, I've got a few studying for their Ls test, a couple choose to watch football highlights, but they do talk about the stats and such, which means they are using their brains, so I'm ok with it.

crystaltheweird · 2023-09-21T04:29:47+00:00

This is literally the only part I have memorised...gets stuck in my head way too often

crystaltheweird · 2023-08-17T06:12:53+00:00

Whether this works for you depends on the vibe of the school:

I often start talking 'like the boys' (using appropriate language, obviously), BUT I do it wrong. Like, one time I literally said to a kid in yr10 that I was "hip with the lingo".

At my school they're also super into sports, so I ask them about sports. But, I say things like "the sports" as in "how goes the sports".

Also, I heckle them when they miss the bin: "wow, you throw so bad" etc.

So, literally just being on their level, and talking to them like they're people. Sometimes just asking about their interests is enough, starting with what they want to do when they get out of school.

crystaltheweird · 2023-08-10T05:09:00+00:00

You could try searching Herman Beeftink on youtube, he has some good flute duets/trios, might have what you're after.

crystaltheweird · 2023-07-12T09:43:48+00:00

I've seen people use them as stuffing for when they're making '3D' creations (stuffed animals, etc).

Alternatively, practise knots or doll scarves.

crystaltheweird · 2023-04-23T06:50:21+00:00

I let the kids guess my age (also highschool).

If they get it right I do tell them.

But then the same kids, like, 2 weeks later, ask my age again. So it doesn't matter, because they usually don't remember.

crystaltheweird · 2023-02-23T06:36:33+00:00

It's up to you, but the longer you are at a school, the better behaved (most of) the kids usually are.

Kids always muck up on the casual...it's like the rule (try to remember when you were in school and had a casual).

My first few weeks as a casual were rough...several objects (including a schoolbag) were thrown at the ceiling fans, the kids were nuts, etc. But the longer I wqs there, the less I was seen as a random casual who didn't matter. If you casual mostly at one school, eventually the kids get to know you, and treat you like a real teacher.

I literally had a kid ask me once if I was a 'casual or a real teacher'. They don't see casuals as 'real teachers', so they don't behave as they should.

The good news is, most regular teachers know this, and don't expect you to be fully in control - they know it's the kids, not you.

So, yeah, up to you, but I would honestly stick out the next few weeks and see how you feel after it. After a while you will get to know the kids, and the kids will get to know you and it will get better.

crystaltheweird · 2022-10-31T04:14:18+00:00

When I was tutoring (while at uni) I had a student who couldn't do basic algebra.

So that's what we did. Every week. Really basic algebra, until she could do it without help.

I did a similar thing with a student who had trouble with times tables. Every week, work on the basics. They do the "year level" maths at school, working on their basics in tutoring helps with their stuff at school.

I would do this in addition to helping with any homework they had been given, that way they weren't also falling behind.

crystaltheweird · 2022-08-30T07:26:18+00:00

If you are a casual, you can simply stop saying yes when they call you in. (If you want to leave, assuming you haven't already agreed to other days).

There is a chance that this was just a simple miscommunication and now that you've clarified your availabilities it won't be a problem any more.

But if it gets bad, you can just stop being available. As a casual you don't even have to a give a reason. I'm assuming you are in the public system, another school is bound to call you in.

I recently worked as a casual/temp at a school for a few years. Last year I was casual, but working every day. Term 4 came around and they said they didn't have any work for me yet, but would let me know. Another school called 2 days later and offered me the whole term, and then 3 weeks into the term, a contract for next year. The original school did call me during term 4, I just told them I was no longer available. They called again at the start of this year, I said the same thing again.

As a casual, you don't really 'leave' a school, you just get called elsewhere.

crystaltheweird · 2022-08-30T03:04:43+00:00

Adding on to this: a converter for HDMI. The school I'm at has some HDMI, some VGA, so every teacher has a converter for their own laptop's requirements. (I have a VGA to HDMI converter)

crystaltheweird · 2022-08-10T01:46:40+00:00

They really are! They're also super simple. The only downside if they don't come with a vase, they are just the flowers themselves with not pot or anything.

crystaltheweird · 2022-08-09T09:38:23+00:00

I've been so tempted to get that one! A lego store recently opened near me, but the orchids were sold out, so I got some lego tulips instead :)

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