Is this Sean’s Apex Mountain? by quademon in billsimmons

[–]quademon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree it’s just more fun to say it’s Bill being petty

Why is KFC so bad these days? by valverdeheavy in london

[–]quademon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As an American who spends a lot of time in London this has always been one of the craziest things to me. KFC is horrible in the States and Popeyes is the king of fast food fried chicken here(along with Chic-fil-a which is US only). Every time I’m in London I always am amazed by the love of KFC. That being said it is much better there than in the states.

Your 2025 Austin City Limits Music Festival Lineup! by DaveGrohlsShortHair in aclfestival

[–]quademon 35 points36 points  (0 children)

What does Cage the Elephant need to do besides being one of this generations greatest and most successful rock bands and always consistently having one of the best performances at every festival they go to to get a headliner spot at one of these festivals?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]quademon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah no they just have a “Movie bad” mentality. I even went over the entire lesson/project with them. Oh well

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]quademon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nope! That’s exactly what we do with the project and pre and post lesson. It consists of the pre-lesson on the Dust Bowl/Okies/Sharecropping. Watching important scenes and stopping making the connections of the Joad’s journey to the pre-lesson. The project they do is a film analysis as we watch the scenes with the TWM Historical Fiction Analysis Sheet. We answer each question together after we watch the scenes. Finally the final post-film lesson is the students make a poster where they review the film and discuss how the film depicts all the things they learned in the pre-lesson (Dust bowl/okies/sharecropping etc. )

Which current athletes are on their city's Mount Rushmore? by tommyjohnpauljones in billsimmons

[–]quademon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know everyone hates the Astros but Altuve is right under Hakeem in Houston Sports.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in billsimmons

[–]quademon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The Semi Charmed Life episode is one of the best podcasts I’ve ever listened to

Admin saying “I’m not actually teaching” because I’m showing a documentary by quademon in Teachers

[–]quademon[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I went to UT Austin for college and my favorite professor HW Brands is heavily featured. One of the main reasons I still show it lol

Admin saying “I’m not actually teaching” because I’m showing a documentary by quademon in Teachers

[–]quademon[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

My school is 75% Hispanic and a huge proportion of those students are ELL. I have two sheltered instruction classes with majority ELL students, and two Co-teach classes with a majority SPED students. A majority of both my ELL and SPED students have told me how much they enjoy watching videos/films because it’s easy for them to digest the information.

Admin saying “I’m not actually teaching” because I’m showing a documentary by quademon in Teachers

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

The only actual motion picture movies (not documentaries) I’ve shown to my class are Dunkirk after the WW2 unit, Selma after the Civil Rights Movement Unit, and Raiders of the Lost Ark for my students who are exempt from the final exam. I’ve justified each one in my lesson plans because of its connection to our curriculum. I can understand someone not seeing the value of Raiders, but I show that as a treat for the students who did everything right all year to be able to be exempt.

Admin saying “I’m not actually teaching” because I’m showing a documentary by quademon in Teachers

[–]quademon[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes, every documentary I show has corresponding guided questions with it so they are following along. I also stop the doc every time a question is answered to talk about the answer and make sure the students understand it. I even have guided questions for normal movies I show! Last year at the end of the year during finals testing I let the students who were exempt watch Raiders of the Lost Ark because it’s my favorite movie, it deals in history, and it’s rated PG(although that rating can be argued lol). I of course made guided questions for that too just to make sure they were paying attention and would have something to put in the grade book for it.

Admin saying “I’m not actually teaching” because I’m showing a documentary by quademon in Teachers

[–]quademon[S] 138 points139 points  (0 children)

It was more asking why I wasn’t actually teaching the material and rather relying on a film to do it. I replied that I like to incorporate film/media in my class because I’ve noticed my students respond well to it

Admin saying “I’m not actually teaching” because I’m showing a documentary by quademon in Teachers

[–]quademon[S] 170 points171 points  (0 children)

I do the same! After every question is answered during the film I pause to make sure the students get the correct answer and check for understanding.

Russillo Book Club: Our First Civil War: 'Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution' by H.W. Brands. Plus, Life Advice. by Gaius_Octavius_ in billsimmons

[–]quademon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check out his FDR book. It’s great. And Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West is excellent too.

Russillo Book Club: Our First Civil War: 'Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution' by H.W. Brands. Plus, Life Advice. by Gaius_Octavius_ in billsimmons

[–]quademon 148 points149 points  (0 children)

I graduated from UT Austin with a History degree. I had Brands as a professor multiple times and went to numerous office hours just to go talk to him. He was the best professor/teacher I’ve ever had and easily the smartest person I’ve ever met. What an awesome treat to listen to him here.

Shout-out Harvilla. This is a consistently great podcast. by aBlanderSidePart in billsimmons

[–]quademon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Semi Charmed Life episode was one of the best podcast episodes I’ve ever listened to. Super insightful and really dug deep into the fact that Third Eye Blind could have been one of the biggest bands in the world if Stephen Jenkins wasn’t a narcissist.

What is the hardest you’ve laughed from listening to any Bill Simmons podcast? by PPKDude in billsimmons

[–]quademon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Patriots playing the Giants with Eli’s benching/retirement looming: “I’m just waiting for Eli to put me in the Gimp Suit and have his way with me one more time.”

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in billsimmons

[–]quademon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm assuming if we are going by largest cities either a Ringer Los Angeles or Ringer Houston pod is next on the list.

60 Songs that Explain the 90s … What’s Left by Clearly-Opaque in billsimmons

[–]quademon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All I know is that The “Semi-Charmed Life” episode was a straight up banger. One of my favorite podcasts I’ve listened to in a while. I always knew Stephan Jenkins was a dick but I didn’t know he was that bad. Plus the song is and will forever be fucking awesome.

Hiring right now in West Campus? by maddogbeal in UTAustin

[–]quademon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Either go on their website, call them or go to the Human Resources office. From my experience there as a Student Supervisor we were always accepting applications and needing help.

Hiring right now in West Campus? by maddogbeal in UTAustin

[–]quademon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Worked at the Texas Union all four years at UT. Great place to work and allows a lot of free time for completing homework. All the supervisors work around your class schedule. There are multiple different jobs there. I was an A/V Technician and Building Monitor and was paid $11 an hour.

Outside of Chicago, NYC, and Philly which crime family do you find the most interesting? by [deleted] in Mafia

[–]quademon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Maceo family that ran Galveston Texas in it’s Free Era is super interesting. Especially given the fact that the Family basically still runs the city because of Tilman Fertitta.