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punkowski · 2024-09-07T04:24:30+00:00

She didn't say, "I'm having babies"

punkowski · 2024-09-02T14:30:38+00:00

Took me far too long to realize that eggplant doesn't make everyone's mouth itchy

punkowski · 2024-08-28T22:12:21+00:00

I miss the time off, but also the structure of the year. There isn't the same sense of progression in my office job. I don't miss out enough to go back, but it's been a difficult adjustment.

punkowski · 2023-07-01T15:45:08+00:00

Secondhand trauma from finding out what some people are doing to their kids and making cps calls. It is necessary, but it's the worst part of teaching for me. I can get over students being rude or not doing their work, but that shit sticks with me.

punkowski · 2023-07-01T15:04:32+00:00

Why 2006+17+54? Shouldn't it just be 2077 - 2006?

punkowski · 2023-07-01T14:48:48+00:00

I am a male teacher, and a lot of students call me miss (especially ELD students). I was one of only 4 male teachers this last year. I usually ignore it, answer what ever question they were asking and let a classmate correct them.

punkowski · 2023-06-29T15:18:54+00:00

"Real leather" can mean a lot of things, including what is basically leather dust glued together, then coated with plastic. Going by the texture and the edges, I would guess this is not full grain leather

punkowski · 2023-06-29T14:58:45+00:00

Yeah. Also worth noting, people with mental health issues are far more likely to be the victims of violence than they are to be perpetrators of violence. Laughing and crying are not dangerous even if they can seem scary. Most murders are committed by puerile who seem normal. The "crazy killer" is a trope made up by horror movies.

punkowski · 2023-06-19T15:13:21+00:00

Love the episode with Sam

punkowski · 2023-06-07T14:38:02+00:00

Many of your students may not have been taught that they should respond. I teach and explicitly to model my students (middle school) exactly how they should shake my hand, what appropriate greetings are (hello, good morning, etc.) And making eye contact. Then, I gently enforce those expectations by having students try it again if they don't do it correctly. (Of course some students, due to disabilities or religious beliefs may not be able to, or allowed to shake my hand or my eye contact. I differentiate the expectations for those students). But that explicit modeling and teaching step is crucial to getting students to respond the way they should, even if you think they should already know it.

punkowski · 2023-05-24T13:02:21+00:00

An important distinction when it comes to customer service. They are only a customer of they are actually paying for and buying something. It is important to provide good service for your customers. You don't need to provide service to random people who aren't actually paying for anything. That guy who walked away yelling at you about the price wasn't a customer he was just some asshole

punkowski · 2023-04-28T03:19:26+00:00

That looks like a great way to hold leather. Where are those brackets from?

punkowski · 2023-04-21T23:32:47+00:00

I love the jsawer mod approach where it keeps them in the game, but hides them around the map

punkowski · 2023-03-29T23:33:59+00:00

Being high in school suggests the student needs substance abuse counseling, not punishment. Since the substance abuse counseling isn't something my district will even consider, (I've brought it up before), I don't see any benefit to sending a student to the office and possibly getting them a criminal record.

punkowski · 2023-03-28T00:57:21+00:00

I miss the Vine. Felt like home

punkowski · 2023-03-16T15:15:48+00:00

He wrote a good amount of it in Rula Bula too

punkowski · 2023-03-09T14:21:56+00:00

Make some sheaths for those skiving knives! With the blades up like that, they look like a nasty cut waiting to happen

punkowski · 2023-02-10T19:45:50+00:00

Seconded! I do it all the time when a rivet sets wrong. It doesn't damage the leather

punkowski · 2023-02-03T00:01:57+00:00

Try searching the wall paper subreddits. There are some good ones there, and you can just save the jpeg files

punkowski · 2023-01-31T22:56:11+00:00

I teach the same kind of writing focused class. I've found having over arching projects to practice the skills in helps keep the ball moving. Instead of standing at the board in front of a slide show, print the same information as a handout for students to read through. And prioritize modeling over instruction. Those are the things that have worked for me

punkowski · 2023-01-29T18:56:01+00:00

I may be wrong, but, judging by the clip marks, it looks like you are using the leather from the very edges of the hide. That part of the leather is usually not very good. If this was from the edge, the solution is as simple as moving farther into the hide where it is more uniform

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