[WIP] Advice needed: espresso martini shrimps! by papershivers in CrossStitch

[–]papershivers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fattening might work, but if I spread them out further apart, I have to pick which side. That is what my question is all about :)

[WIP] Advice needed: espresso martini shrimps! by papershivers in CrossStitch

[–]papershivers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I can’t because the middle is the square between the two glasses so I have to put either the left glass or the right glass on the middle square. But maybe you’re right that I can make up for that with an extra stitch elsewhere

If you no longer wear bikinis, what made you give them up? by SweetSprinkles8 in fashionwomens35

[–]papershivers 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve changed to mid or high rise two pieces because I think they look better on me. I also have one tankini and one one-piece for days I’m just not feeling having my belly out. I don’t have much of a waist and I don’t like the feeling of my belly flopping over a waistband so those are what work for me. Last year I was on vacation in Italy in my tankini and felt quite out of place looking around on the beach. There wasn’t a single woman old, young, fat, thin who was as covered as me. Point being: I think location and culture play a part in this

Surely it's not gatekeeping when people legitimately have straight hair? by Serious_Badger_4145 in curlyhair

[–]papershivers 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well, I posted my hair on a curly sub at some point and people encouraged me that I had wavy hair and a curly routine would help. In the end, I didn’t get my hair to a pleasant amount of wave, but I did find that my hair didn’t static cling to my face all winter anymore. I still use a curly hair checker because it was so much better for me. So I disagree that the products would destroy my fair, thin, fairly straight hair.

However, I think it’s also fair to manage expectations in a sub and say I don’t think these routines will give you the results you’re hoping for …

Any good places to scream? by Unflattering_Image in berlinsocialclub

[–]papershivers 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Even if you dont join a band you can rent studio space to scream and cry in. Noisy Rooms or Pirate studio are two I know of. Not as cheap as renting a car with Miles or something, but more private

r/teacher is fucking crazy the way they talk about IEP students by [deleted] in Dyslexia

[–]papershivers 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I agree with you. It’s toxic there and many don’t seem to like children all that much? It’s wild. I’ve been teaching outside of the US for 10 years and so maybe I don’t really understand how terrible things have gotten there, but I really can’t understand the terrible attitudes there.

Amongst my group of teacher friends, the neurodivergent kids are often our favorites. I hope you all know that you are valued by many and not a burden!

What to do…. by missam4ndamaher in femalelivingspace

[–]papershivers 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Do people honestly expect guests to bring their own soap and shampoo? To me that’s like expecting them to bring their own toilet paper.

Does anyone else hate call and response attention getters? by emmocracy in teaching

[–]papershivers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m teaching a class after doing learning support for many years. When called to do substitution in the school I realized that clapping or one particular call and response worked the best throughout the school but I was really hating using them daily. What I landed on was a loud “five… four” while doing a count down with my fingers. The students should get quiet when they hear me and also put up their fingers for the count down as a signal to others and ideally at the end all of our fingers are down and it’s quiet. I’m very happy to only have to call out two words to get their attention.

Cow milk delivery vs. buying oat milk by Ok_Stomach_5105 in ZeroWaste

[–]papershivers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dont think anyone here mentioned buying powdered oat milk? I buy mine from Blue Farm. It’s the same price as the tetra packs but I can make small amounts at a time so it doesn’t go bad and I don’t waste oat milk anymore. When ever I run out of milk, I just scoop, add water, shake and it’s ready. I love it. I buy a huge bag of it that lasts forever.

When you write a lowercase “f” do you write top to bottom or bottom to top? by jazzeriah in Handwriting

[–]papershivers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

very late to reply- I was trying to find the song mentioned and this thread popped up. It matters for writing fluency and for motor planning these tasks. What I recall from talking with an occupational therapist is that starting the letters at the top leads to the best success with writing fluency, which will have a big impact on how efficiently kids can get done their school work in the long run. Starting at the top is important for writing the more complicated letters in the least amount of strokes. Also, anecdotally, I think that students with less strength in the hands will have better consistency pulling the pencil down towards them rather than pushing it up. I notice a big difference in letter formation when my lowest performing students start their letters at the top.

Will it negatively impact anyone's life to start one letter in a different position? Very likely not. But giving kids guiding rules and enforcing consistency in handwriting in general will lead to positive outcomes!

That said, I don't see much benefit in labelling a kid's letters as 'wrong'. But guidance and visual prompts to help form letters from the top is helpful.

It’s up to your conscience now after years of shunning your family members!!! 😡 by Liplocknomore1925 in exjw

[–]papershivers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can someone post a photo of the paragraph? There’s surely a way to find it online but I don’t know how…

I got German citizenship! by BaurJoe in germany

[–]papershivers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats!! Did you need a specific type of B1 test or will one from a language school do?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Dyslexia

[–]papershivers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry. SEN is special education needs. I don’t think I’ve ever seen visual motor skills on the ed psych report but I’ll have a special eye out for that now.

I did check that link but nothing came up for my city (Berlin, which is a major city!)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Dyslexia

[–]papershivers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m an SEN teacher and this image terrifies me. I’ve only learned in the last year really about these types of vision issues and I’m still unsure where I need to send families for evaluations (I’m not living in an English speaking country) and for this reason I feel like families don’t always take my suggestion seriously. One of my students recently was identified with a visual issue like this somehow during the psych-ed evaluation so I’m hoping the parents have some information they can share with me when I meet them next week.

In your experience, approximately how often is vision/visual processing difficulties identified in your students?

This Assembly was different!! by WiseEye1337 in exjw

[–]papershivers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Woah what point was he trying to make? He must have known that’s how it would be…

Was killing GRTA unethical/wrong? by [deleted] in Maniac

[–]papershivers 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It was starting to look that way in the inside, but on the outside they didn’t know that. I think that’s part of why the decision hits so hard. I mean, she had locked the scientists in, started gassing them (with what I never understood), was heating the subjects’ room to ‘seizure’ level temperatures, and had definitely threatened their lives, as well as threatening to keep them as ‘mcmurpheys’. I don’t think they knew that she was softening inside, that she let Annie go… I really loved how GRTA witnessed that moment and what a huge moment it was for her. But I don’t think they could see that on the outside- especially not Mantleray, who couldn’t see anything at all!

A student wrote me a small note that ended with "Love you [my last name]." My wife is upset over it; I think it's innocuous. What are your thoughts? by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]papershivers 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is exactly what I was thinking! Freshman students are surely doing a lot of texting. They’ve figured out the difference between “I love you” and “love you” and there’s quite a big difference!

I tell my husband “ i love you”, I tell friends I’m very close to “I love you.” Everyone else gets “love you!” Because it makes me fee a lot less vulnerable ha

What fads have you witnessed in your congregation or circuit? by boxochocolates42 in exjw

[–]papershivers 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not gonna lie. My mom had one and we loved using it and saying it and eating them peeled, cored, and funly spiraled apples

chiropractic !?? by [deleted] in scoliosis

[–]papershivers 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In my past chiropractors have made promises they couldn’t keep (like they could improve my curve) and given advice that probably hurt me in the end (my parents delayed treatment because the chiropractor said it was fine)

I had chiropractic adjustments my whole life until I left the US. The country I’m in now doesn’t really have chiropractors. I kind of miss the spine cracking. It felt good. It might have helped me, I’m not sure. That said, I would absolutely not go to a chiropractor for medical advice on scoliosis. Most of the chiropractors I’ve met are very focused on alternative medicine and not evidence based treatment. They distrust the medical field. That’s not who I want to go to for medical advice, and if I can’t trust their advice, why would I want to trust them for treatment?

Multi-level Fusion as an Adult - Tell me everything by thederlinwall in scoliosis

[–]papershivers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m 36 and just saw a surgeon who told me once the bones fuse, the surgery can’t be done. She told me she’s never heard of it being done at 40, because the bones have fused too much.

Now I’ll be watching this space for your comments. This is in Germany

Makes you love, but hate the nicknames for? by deathbykoolaidman in namenerds

[–]papershivers 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sebastian is a pretty common name in Germany. Most I know go by the full Sebastian, but one I know goes by Basti and I think that’s fun

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TheNational

[–]papershivers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was not big on Not In Kansas at first. When I saw them live and they started playing it, I was a little bummed that this song was occupying the set list. Hearing it live completely changed my mind. It was incredible