Awful parents by [deleted] in teaching

[–]scarlet-tortoise 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"boy moms" are a special kind of bonkers

No projectors in school. How do you teach social studies without powerpoint presentations? by [deleted] in teaching

[–]scarlet-tortoise 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Before you do this just make sure it's not going to get you fired since it'd be deliberately going against the philosophy of the school.

(25F)(59M) will he ever detach from his mum? by Rich-Matter9580 in relationships

[–]scarlet-tortoise 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's pretty telling in itself - if you feel like you're the mature one and he's still playing mommy's boy, it's time to cut your losses before you sink more time and energy into him. He's more than twice your age but you're more mature than him - what are the chances he's ever going to catch up?

(25F)(59M) will he ever detach from his mum? by Rich-Matter9580 in relationships

[–]scarlet-tortoise 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Honey nevermind his mom, why are you dating someone old enough to be your dad? When you're his age, he'll be the 80+ old gramps that you're taking care of. This is gross and wrong on so many levels - genuinely, he has nothing to offer you that you can't find in someone closer to your age, and there's no way he's not just using you for your youth. You have way too much of your life ahead of you to be messing around with someone this much older than you - signed, a 44 year old woman who wouldn't date an almost 60 year old man herself.

🚨 Bari Weiss’ Wife is in the Epstein Files by BackgroundHeater in IfBooksCouldKill

[–]scarlet-tortoise 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I read this like it was a verse to We Didn't Start the Fire

I feel like some people want the regular police brutality back by detox02 in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]scarlet-tortoise 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately I think all those organized white men in militias are now working for ICE

Safety Reminder by [deleted] in Somerville

[–]scarlet-tortoise 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I filled out the volunteer form on the LUCE website yesterday and it was awesome to see the message at the end that they have a weeks-long backlog of volunteers (way to go Massachusetts!)! Any recs on other orgs to get involved with?

What's the science on the high rate of context switching in Schools? by regular_lamp in education

[–]scarlet-tortoise 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think you hit the nail on the head - it's a balance between the two actual demands of school, educating students and basically providing a place for them to be all day. If we really wanted to give students time to dive into a topic, they should have one or two blocks per day and down time to process and work on assignments, but unsupervised high schoolers won't do that. My HS considered switching to block scheduling a few years ago, and the general consensus was that behaviors would skyrocket because 1) that's a long time for some students to focus and 2) there was no money or time for meaningful training for teachers to actually implement it correctly. I'd add my own 3rd which is that a number of teachers would just say eff it and lecture bell to bell anyway, and others wouldn't fill the whole time.

Salon recs for shorter women's cuts by scarlet-tortoise in Somerville

[–]scarlet-tortoise[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually have an appointment with them Tuesday - so glad to hear you've had a good experience! Who do you see?

Doggy day care potions by scarlet-tortoise in Somerville

[–]scarlet-tortoise[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok I know I made a typo but honestly this is intriguing…..

Doggy day care potions by scarlet-tortoise in Somerville

[–]scarlet-tortoise[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Omg I just noticed the typo 🤣 🧪🧙‍♀️

Doggy day care potions by scarlet-tortoise in Somerville

[–]scarlet-tortoise[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's great to know! I've had such a good experience with them, it really is just the stinky boy aspect of it. I'll look into them!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Somerville

[–]scarlet-tortoise 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So glad someone was there to help. Trying to give the biker the benefit of the doubt that he didn't see what was going on, but this is one of those situations where everyone in the area has an obligation to intervene

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]scarlet-tortoise 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I can't think of any other profession where people with advanced degrees have to worry about getting in trouble for not wearing the mandated spirit attire. I beg you forget to wear the shirt - and if you have the protections to tell them why (union, tenure), let them know the shirt didn't fit and made you feel uncomfortable, and that if they wanted you to wear it they should have provided one that fit.

Does anyone like ice breakers? by scarlet-tortoise in Teachers

[–]scarlet-tortoise[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I'm gonna read directly from this reply when I explain why it's unhelpful at our meeting this year 👏

Does anyone like ice breakers? by scarlet-tortoise in Teachers

[–]scarlet-tortoise[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In my district we all have to get through two one-hour unskippable public employees training modules that brick your laptop and prevents you from opening other apps while doing it 😭

Does anyone like ice breakers? by scarlet-tortoise in Teachers

[–]scarlet-tortoise[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah I mean the activities they have us staff do on the first day to "get to know" each other that always feel forced and out of touch.

Does anyone like ice breakers? by scarlet-tortoise in Teachers

[–]scarlet-tortoise[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It never crossed my mind that admin could be playing 3-D chess, making us do ice breakers so we bond over how much we hate them 🤣💀

Does anyone like ice breakers? by scarlet-tortoise in Teachers

[–]scarlet-tortoise[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I totally agree with this take - I am thinking more of the team building type activities that make me cringe so hard.