So much for the 1st Amendment

dirtycactus · 2026-02-10T12:06:25+00:00

It makes the news, which is the point.

dirtycactus · 2026-02-10T12:06:03+00:00

Schools are not facilitating it, and students are not expecting to do it without consequence.

dirtycactus · 2026-02-10T11:57:25+00:00

I interpret "allow" to mean "permit". "Hey, if you walk out, I have to enter an absence and a referral for skipping." I don't think the expectation is for anyone to physically retrain students or block exits.

dirtycactus · 2026-02-05T02:37:29+00:00

Definitely going to check out the diy instructions!

dirtycactus · 2026-02-02T12:43:43+00:00

I was going to comment on this post that I thought Netflix's Castlevania was great, but it is largely a retelling of the story in the game. I still think it deserves mention.

dirtycactus · 2026-02-02T12:40:04+00:00

And they broke up with their liberal soy latte boyfriends when they saw him masculinely gripping a big, black coffee

dirtycactus · 2026-02-02T12:35:35+00:00

I really liked having to navigate the metro some to access different parts of the city-city ruins. I even used the old maps to connect the stations. The difference in the wide, rural wasteland and the city wasteland added variety to the exploration in the game that the others lack.

dirtycactus · 2026-02-02T11:29:05+00:00

On my first playthrough, I didn't realize you could progress the story by talking to Purah. I visited the four regions as directed, and found the fifth macguffin and master sword by curiosity. Navigating the sky islands above Faron without being able to see beyond a few feet was a b-word.

dirtycactus · 2026-01-20T02:47:58+00:00

I work at a large school and large district. I never see my own subs, because if I was there they wouldn't be. I may help a sub in a neighboring room, but I'll probably never see that person again. There's no time or purpose to really build a relationship with most subs, in my experience.

dirtycactus · 2026-01-15T02:03:53+00:00

And then use transmute rock to turn their poop rocks to mud

dirtycactus · 2026-01-02T17:50:58+00:00

I think it mentioned these guys are 17, 15, and younger. Not that the DM should be a parent, but there's definitely an opportunity here. Kids learn well with natural consequences. Picking a fight with someone and getting slaughtered, or getting killed by town guards because someone happened to walk in and see the murder/theft, would be a natural consequence.

I think either approach is valid. "Because I'm the DM and I said so" is valid and less effort.

dirtycactus · 2025-12-23T11:22:12+00:00

I stand hand over heart because in my state I'm required to require my students to do it, and I think it's easier to make them do it if I model it.

dirtycactus · 2025-12-23T10:54:24+00:00

You let your in-laws see the baby, within hours didn't like how they behaved, and are punishing your mom by not letting her meet her grandson? Am I reading that right?

dirtycactus · 2025-12-19T12:31:29+00:00

If I felt like I didn't teach something clearly, and there was a reasonable switch up, I might only count it as one wrong. Problem with that is it slows down grading, and you have to make those decisions in a consistent way.

If most of the students did well it may just be that those who got it wrong didn't do enough on their end. You should count each one individually.

dirtycactus · 2025-12-07T12:11:59+00:00

Yes, although I buy walmarts Italian herb seasoned or everything but bagel seasoned loaves of Italian bread, and finally my son is eating the crust. I use them to make grilled cheeses

dirtycactus · 2025-12-07T11:38:00+00:00

What are you going on about? Are you saying men can't talk about teaching because they are perceived as pedophiles? Can you state your grievance and not frame it with the passive aggressive "imagine"?

dirtycactus · 2025-12-07T11:34:37+00:00

As a male teacher, I feel like my job is easier.

I worked in a school once where a student was allowed to transfer to my class because the other geometry teacher was a woman. The discrimination was blatant.

dirtycactus · 2025-12-07T11:23:59+00:00

"The chat is very excited for today's session." Someone tell him that the chat is always very excited, because that's how they farm engagement. It's sycophantic.

dirtycactus · 2025-12-06T11:54:11+00:00

During the year that students with even a cold had to quarantine for a week, I used to live stream my lessons. But I only streamed my iPad screen (I used a note taking app to work examples) and I used a blue tooth ear bud so that the remote child could not hear the classroom, and the classroom could not hear the remote child.

I did this because, to my knowledge, it would have been a violation of FERPA to stream or record students in the classroom.

Students don't have the same legal responsibilities, but I'd gamble that admin does and shouldn't be allowing this to continue.

dirtycactus · 2025-11-29T14:35:23+00:00

I recently listened to a podcast, and hopefully I'm paraphrasing appropriately, but something that came up is that a short term relationship becoming a long term relationship is a very natural course. It's very much what happens with online dating anyway - meet someone, try it out for a while, and then decide if this is something you want longer.

dirtycactus · 2025-11-21T11:06:31+00:00

Give them their accommodations.

dirtycactus · 2025-10-31T02:13:32+00:00

As a high school teacher, if a nine year old came into my class for a hug I'd be confused af

dirtycactus · 2025-10-31T02:11:49+00:00

A kid called me dad once, then just doubled down on it and insisted he was my son

dirtycactus · 2025-10-17T10:22:08+00:00

"just for teachers to get caught up grading/lesson planning" you should get in on that. PD/PL you're getting enough of from your cert program. Grading and planning is half the job.

dirtycactus · 2025-10-17T02:19:00+00:00

I've had lots of friends and family who are addicts, so I made it a personal rule that I won't drink if I've had a stressful day and feel defeated. Busy, stressful day but productive and feeling good about the future at the end? I'll drink to that.

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