I’m thankful for my 10th grade history teacher because:
“I have to teach the book.” He said. “You have to read it and I have to give a test on it to make sure you know what’s in it.”
“Okay,” we said. “This is what school is.”
He also said “but I don’t have any rules that say I can’t teach you more than one book.”
“But this isn’t English class,” we complained.
“No it’s not,” he replied as he handed out photocopies of a different book I do not have the name of. I would learn later that he paid for the photocopies himself, because he could not afford to buy a set of books for us, and the school wouldn’t help. We had to turn in the photocopies at the end of the lesson. He’d done this for years, and the packets of paper were sets of folders containing well read photocopies and some pages were crumbly and he’d replace whole packets or pages in a single packet at a time. He had a whole cabinet full of these folders, broke down by chapter, out of a different book. Some of the packets included photocopies from more than one book, some news articles, a couple academic papers. We were not always required to read those, but we were promised extra credit if we did.
“Write me an essay,” he’d say.
“Ugh,” we groaned. “What about?”
“The differences between what’s in the packet and what’s in your books.”
And we would. He’d accept full essays and he’d accept a simple list of differences, but that was always an assignment. Point out the differences.
“Which fact do you believe?” He would ask us.
“The packet,” we’d answer.
“Why?” He’d ask.
“Because they don’t want us to have them,” we’d answer.
“Good,” he’s smile. “With this chapter, I’m not going to give you a packet. I want you to make your own packet based on the information in this chapter in your government supplied textbook.”
“Ugh,” we groaned.
But we learned how to do some simple research, and we were told that Wikipedia could be edited by anyone, but everyone that edited had to present sources. We had to come up with twenty pages worth of extra information on the chapter in our textbook. The textbook’s chapter was something like ten pages long. We had to do our essay/lists on what was left out/added/changed. It was a good two week long project.
“Why am I making you do this?”
“Because it’s busy work,” someone answered.
He frowned. “Because one day you’ll be presented something as fact and you’ll have to decide if it is fact or not.”
“How do we know the difference?”
“Maybe one day one of you will grow up and be able to give a simple answer to that question because I don’t have that answer.”
“You just didn’t want to do the work to make a packet yourself, huh?”
He smiled. “That is an advantage to having minions.”
And then he laughed like an evil vampire and we watched a movie.
89K notes
·
View notes
“Morning After” starters
as requested by anon. Enjoy and feel free to make any changes !
Sexy
“Feel like another round?”
“You were great last night…”
“Wow, you look even better in the daylight.”
“My clothes look better on you than they do on me.”
“I had no idea you were into that stuff…I’m glad I found out.”
“We didn’t even get to use the toys last night.”
“You should play with my hair some more…”
“I don’t remember ever having this many hickeys. But I don’t mind.”
“That was a workout.”
“I don’t know your name. But you can share it with me, so I know what to scream this time.”
“The fun doesn’t have to end.”
“I think I can convince you to stay…”
“Don’t pretend like you’re asleep. Should I find a way to wake you up?~”
“We could order pizza and just stay like this all day.”
“I love your bedhead.”
Awkward
“Oh no…what did we do?”
“Hi! You need to leave.”
“I’m sorry…who are you?”
“Ugh…I drank so much.”
“I can’t believe I did this again.” / “I can’t believe we did this again.”
“Where are your clothes?”
“…I’m sore in such weird places.”
“Hey, sorry! I’m gonna go. Right now.”
“You didn’t seem like you were having such a bad time last night.”
“Someone’s coming. Is that your mom/partner/spouse/etc.?”
“I think this was a mistake.”
“*trying to sneak out while half-dressed*”
“Your foot is in my face.”
“Did we use protection?”
“*sees ___ and screams*”
20K notes
·
View notes
* 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐋𝐘𝐑𝐈𝐂 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 .
SUCKER .
‘ we go together better than birds of a feather , you and me . ’
‘ i’m feelin’ heat in december when you’re around me . ’
‘ i follow you throw the dark . ’
‘ i can’t get enough . ’
‘ i’m a sucker for you . ’
‘ you say the word and i’ll go anywhere blindly . ’
‘ i know you and you know everything about me . ’
‘ you’re making the typical me break my typical rules . ’
COOL .
‘ dammit , i’m feeling so cool . ’
‘ i’m feeling high like a late night summer of last year . ’
‘ standing there with a red dress on ya , a killer queen . ’
‘ is it me or am i just having a good year ? ’
‘ lately i’ve been feelin’ so cool . ’
‘ now that we’ve made it , how complicated was last year ? ’
‘ when i grow up , i wanna be just like me . ’
ONLY HUMAN .
‘ i don’t want this night to end . ’
‘ it’s closing time , so leave with me again . ’
‘ let’s find a place where happiness begins . ’
‘ hurts when i’m leaving you . ’
‘ it’s only human , you know that it’s real . ’
‘ why would you fight or try to deny the way that you feel ? ’
‘ only getting up to close the blinds . ’
‘ leaving now just don’t feel right . ’
‘ let’s do it one more time . ’
I BELIEVE .
‘ i’m here to stay through the good and the bad times . ’
‘ you send me to space . ’
‘ you’re mine . ’
‘ you show me something i can’t live without . ’
‘ when you hold me , it’s like heaven coming down . ’
‘ now that i got you close , i’m alright . ’
‘ i’m glad that you found me . ’
‘ doesn’t matter anymore now i got you here with me . ’
‘ nothing matters any longer now i got you here with me . ’
USED TO BE .
‘ you used to be the one i love . ’
‘ i’m the only one you know that’ll listen . ’
‘ lately i don’t even know you . ’
‘ oh my god . baby , if it’s what you want … ’
‘ i just wanna see you happy . ’
‘ i don’t lie even though you’re not mine . ’
‘ we had love , now it don’t matter . ’
‘ you just thought you could do better , so do better . ’
‘ so tired of chasing all your demons . ’
‘ little late if you ask me , but you know i’ll come around if you ask me . ’
EVERY SINGLE TIME .
‘ call me up and say you’re needin’ my love . ’
‘ now you’re leaving like you never even needed my love . ’
‘ so much you left between us , but you don’t ever think about us . ’
‘ why do i want you even though you make it hard and i don’t want to ? ’
‘ now i’m out here catching feelings like i want you , but all you ever do is look away . ’
‘ every single time i keep on coming back to you . ’
‘ you’re always on my mind , doesn’t matter what i do . ’
‘ if loving you’s a crime then i won’t keep my love locked down for you . ’
‘ there’s too much water under this bridge to go down like this . ’
‘ i never thought that we’d come this far to fuck it all up and end like this . ’
DON’T THROW IT AWAY .
‘ see if it helps , give it a week . ’
‘ i bet no one gets you like me . ’
‘ i know you think you’re better off without me now . ’
‘ we can work this out . ’
‘ don’t throw it away this time , just take a little time to think . ’
‘ don’t throw it away , it’s fine . ’
‘ it’s fine , just don’t forget to think of me . ’
‘ just don’t forget to think of me . ’
‘ your mind is messin’ with your head again . ’
‘ instead of walking away we should give it a break till we love the same . ’
‘ don’t save the words till it’s too late . ’
‘ i know it hurts and that’s okay . ’
‘ if it’s too much to open up then give it time . ’
‘ let’s sleep on it tonight . ’
LOVE HER .
‘ drive me crazy , make me mental , no other buttons you can push . ’
‘ one second you’re miss sentimental then you’re afraid you’ve said too much . ’
‘ opposites attract and we’re living proof of this , but i keep on coming back . ’
‘ no matter the fight i know you’re always right . ’
‘ they say love can hurt , but seeing you smile can get me every time . ’
‘ i put my selfish ways in boxes and shipped ‘em back to where they came . ’
‘ we will never let it get close to being toxic . ’
‘ i promise i’ll never walk away . ’
‘ gotta learn to let the small things go and know it’s always far from perfect . ’
‘ i know that we can get emotional , but the hardest parts are always worth it . ’
HAPPY WHEN I’M SAD .
‘ crying over old loves even though they’re over . ’
‘ they think i’m happy . ’
‘ they think i’m happy when i’m sad . ’
‘ can’t look how we made it . ’
‘ looking like i’ll never be lonely again . ’
‘ i see me in the mirror , nothing ever changes . ’
‘ never gonna stop , never gonna calm down . ’
‘ i put on a smile , don’t need a face lift . why can’t i when everybody fakes it ? ’
‘ they think i’m happy like they know exactly how i feel . ’
TRUST .
‘ i don’t trust myself when i’m around you . ’
‘ lately , i don’t think i even know me . ’
‘ every time you come around , i’m like the old me . ’
‘ take me back to when you were my only . ’
‘ we were thicker than thieves , like a pod , two peas . ’
‘ all at once , it’s like i’m being someone else . ’
‘ you’re all i want but i know you’re bad for my health . ’
‘ i know that i’m better off without you but i know that i could never live without you . ’
‘ thinking about my lips upon your mouth got me weak . ’
STRANGERS .
‘ i came here looking for another excuse . ’
‘ every step back pulls me right back to you . ’
‘ what we feel started way before we ever touched . ’
‘ you found me right before i’d given up . ’
‘ it’s no surprise we ain’t strangers . ’
‘ must be from a different life . ’
‘ you got a heart that i know i can miss . ’
‘ hold me like that and pull me right back again . ’
HESITATE .
‘ i’ll kiss the tears right off your face . ’
‘ i won’t get scared . that’s the old me . ’
‘ time only heals if we work through it now . ’
‘ i promise we’ll figure this out . ’
‘ i will take your pain and put it on my heart . ’
‘ i won’t hesitate , just tell me where to start . ’
‘ you saved me once and now i’ll save you too . ’
‘ i won’t hesitate for you . ’
‘ don’t you ever say goodbye . ’
‘ if i could only read your mind then i could map out all the ways to make it right . ’
‘ pull me close and i’ll hold you tight . ’
‘ don’t be scared ‘cause i’m on your side . ’
‘ know there’s nothing i wouldn’t do for you . ’
ROLLERCOASTER .
‘ we weren’t just a phase . ’
‘ we weren’t just pretend . ’
‘ i remember low lows and high highs . ’
‘ it was fun when we were young and now we’re older . ’
‘ we were up and down and barely made it over , but i’d go back and ride that rollercoaster . ’
‘ those days that are the worst , they seem to glow now . ’
‘ faith led me to the clouds . ’
‘ now everything has changed , we found better days . ’
COMEBACK .
‘ come back to me , i’ll come back to you . ’
‘ you know the place that i go running to . ’
‘ i get scared when you’re scared , but what else can i do ? ’
‘ wherever you are right now , know somehow i’ll be on the way like a bat out of hell . ’
‘ if you stay then i won’t let you down . ’
‘ if you’re lost on the way then i’m lost too . ’
1K notes
·
View notes