AP World History Going-Ons Pt. 2
Sub-sandwich: Alright class.
Class: READ A POEM ABOUT CHRISTIANITY!
River: *claps* I’m doing it.
Bryce: NO!
Wade: I will make rude comments when you mess up.
River’s group: *reading poem*
James (aka Louis Tomlinson): *slowly stirring the pot/dancing in the back corner of the classroom.
Makayla: *desk scoot scoot scoot*
River’s group: *stutter*
Wade: HA! HAHA! HAHAHAHA! YOU SUCK!
APPLAUSE FROM CLASS
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i am no longer sacrificing my health and wellness for academics in 2024. i'm learning time management skills and investing in hobbies an healthy coping mechanisms to deal with my stress. no more all-nighters, no more cramming, no more running myself into the ground. more room for life, more learning for fun, more taking care of myself.
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my 79 year old english teacher just came out to me as bisexual and i am so aghast i can’t tell anyone bc i don’t wanna out him but i NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS
i was talking about dead poets society and walt whitman and then he just says “you know i had a gay lover when i was younger and we drove across europe together on the back of a motorcycle” EXCUSE ME??????????
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so ive been writing out a more indepth analysis of TB!Hal for an ask and its,,, long, but i wanna share this one tidbit about the mage class ive got cooked up on its own:
I’ve got an ask once where someone concluded that Mages are the pathfinders of Homestuck classes, and I really like the implication of it. In the same ask, they summarized that Seers, as the passive counterpart, understand their aspect and steer others with that understanding, while more active Mages experience their aspect and steer others with that experience. (Slight tangent but fr if you’re the person who send this ask (sadly it was from anon) i want you to know that it’s been such a based take i think about it daily, and also i’m kissing you on the lips rn.)
When i was doing research about the classpects, people often concluded that Mages must suffer from their aspect and gain knowledge through that suffering. While both Mages we were introduced to in the original comic, ie. Sollux and Meulin, could steer people into believing that to be the case, i want to propose a different explanation: Mages job is to experience their aspect, and through experiencing it they gain a vast understanding of it. A big part of learning about a new subject is the act of failing at it.
Let’s make an example: if you pick up a pencil and decide to learn how to draw, you won’t produce the next Michelangelo masterpiece on your first try. Or your ten, or one hundredth. But, if you fail and identify why you failed – your proportions were wrong, your shading didn’t match the lighting scenario – and start to consciously avoid making those mistakes again, you’ll start to see the improvement. But the process is slow, and the results often don’t meet our expectations, which is what makes people give up and decide that drawing is just not their thing. Or sometimes people get stuck, frustrated with the lack of improvement, because they haven’t identified what mistakes they’re making and simply keep on making them again and again, instead of steering away from them, which also drives them into quitting.
The art of learning about any subject is a steady stream of constant failures, identifying what went wrong, remembering to avoid it, and at last realizing that you’ve improved and succeeded, and this is what the Mage experience is about. We keep on seeing miserable Mages because they either get overwhelmed and give up on learning about their aspect, instead avoiding experiencing it at all costs, or they gain the knowledge of why they failed and try to guide others with it, but they themselves are unable to apply that same knowledge to their own life, instead falling into the same fucking potholes again and again.
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drinking fine grape juice i got as a gift, a Czech film night with myself and writing letters
Monday, the 26th of June 2023
What a wonderful Monday spent reading, listening to lectures about literature, and hiking with the dog. Slowly a new normal is arriving. She is unpacking her bags to stay for a while - at least until the summer break starts and I travel around Europe.
Things on my mind
Lecture on postcolonial writing
Finish reading and annotating How the Dead Dream
Answer work emails
Laundry
Language learning
Continue reading Anil's Ghost
Yoga and workout
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I'm so happy to announce that I am going to be teaching a virtual class at @charmedhypno!! This hypnokink event has everything you could want and more on the schedule so get your tickets now for the IRL or online conventions!
https://charmedhypno.org
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Link is literally just a CG Paladin who didn't know his best friend/girlfriend was a goddess when he swore an oath of eternal devotion to her, and now they and their arch enemy are stuck in a cycle of constant reincarnation that's only purpose seems to be testing to see just how eternal his devotion to Zelda is...
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