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This is why it’s so hard.
To every day: pull myself out of bed and go to school. To
To every year: go through finals season
Every single class I don’t care about, every single heartbreaking day I am forced to live through science classes I’ll never use, every single math class that could’ve been a half year, but is instead 3.
I have failing grades in all my classes because I can’t suffer through getting good grades in 2.
And if I fail 2 classes I’ve failed all of school, so why bother?
A Twitter Thread from David Bowles:
[Text transcript at the end of the screenshots]
I'll let you in on a secret. I have a doctorate in education, but the field’s basically just a 100 years old. We don’t really know what we’re doing. Our scholarly understanding of how learning happens is like astronomy 2000 years ago.
Most classroom practice is astrology.
Before the late 19th century, no human society had ever attempted to formally educate the entire populace. It was either aristocracy, meritocracy, or a blend. And always male.
We’re still smack-dab in the middle of the largest experiment on children ever done.
Most teachers perpetuate the “banking” model (Freire) used on them by their teachers, who likewise inherited it from theirs, etc.
Thus the elite “Lyceum” style of instruction continues even though it’s ineffectual with most kids.
What’s worse, the key strategies we’ve discovered, driven by cognitive science & child psychology, are quite regularly dismissed by pencil-pushing, test-driven administrators. Much like Trump ignores science, the majority of principals & superintendents I’ve known flout research.
Some definitions:
Banking model --> kids are like piggy banks: empty till you fill them with knowledge that you're the expert in.
Lyceum --> originally Aristotle's school, where the sons of land-owning citizens learned through lectures and research.
Things we (scholars) DO know:
-Homework doesn't really help, especially younger kids.
-Students don't learn a thing from testing. Most teachers don't either (it's supposed to help them tweak instruction, but that rarely happens).
-Spending too much time on weak subjects HURTS.
Do you want kids to learn? Here's something we've discovered: kids learn things that matter to them, either because the knowledge and skills are "cool," or because .... they give the kids tools to liberate themselves and their communities.
Maintaining the status quo? Nope.
Kids are acutely aware of injustice and by nature rebellious against the systems of authority that keep autonomy away from them.
If you're perpetuating those systems, teachers, you've already freaking lost.
They won't be learning much from you. Except what not to become. Sure, you can wear them down. That's what happened to most of you, isn't it? You saw the hideous flaw in the world and wanted to heal it. But year after numbing year, they made you learn their dogma by rote.
And now many of you are breaking the souls of children, too.
For what?
It's all smoke and mirrors. All the carefully crafted objectives, units and exams.
WE. DON'T. KNOW. HOW. PEOPLE. LEARN.
We barely understand the physical mechanisms behind MEMORY. But we DO know kids aren't empty piggy banks. They are BRIMMING with thought.
The last and most disgusting reality? The thing I hear in classroom after freaking classroom?
Education is all about capitalism.
"You need to learn these skills to get a good job." To be a good laborer. To help the wealthy generate more wealth, while you get scraps.
THAT is why modern education is a failure.
Its basic premise is monstrous.
"Why should I learn to read, Dr. Bowles?"
Because reading is magical. It makes life worth living. And being able to read, you can decode the strategies of your oppressors & stop them w/ their own words.
A Twitter Thread from David Bowles:
[Text transcript at the end of the screenshots]
I'll let you in on a secret. I have a doctorate in education, but the field’s basically just a 100 years old. We don’t really know what we’re doing. Our scholarly understanding of how learning happens is like astronomy 2000 years ago.
Most classroom practice is astrology.
Before the late 19th century, no human society had ever attempted to formally educate the entire populace. It was either aristocracy, meritocracy, or a blend. And always male.
We’re still smack-dab in the middle of the largest experiment on children ever done.
Most teachers perpetuate the “banking” model (Freire) used on them by their teachers, who likewise inherited it from theirs, etc.
Thus the elite “Lyceum” style of instruction continues even though it’s ineffectual with most kids.
What’s worse, the key strategies we’ve discovered, driven by cognitive science & child psychology, are quite regularly dismissed by pencil-pushing, test-driven administrators. Much like Trump ignores science, the majority of principals & superintendents I’ve known flout research.
Some definitions:
Banking model --> kids are like piggy banks: empty till you fill them with knowledge that you're the expert in.
Lyceum --> originally Aristotle's school, where the sons of land-owning citizens learned through lectures and research.
Things we (scholars) DO know:
-Homework doesn't really help, especially younger kids.
-Students don't learn a thing from testing. Most teachers don't either (it's supposed to help them tweak instruction, but that rarely happens).
-Spending too much time on weak subjects HURTS.
Do you want kids to learn? Here's something we've discovered: kids learn things that matter to them, either because the knowledge and skills are "cool," or because .... they give the kids tools to liberate themselves and their communities.
Maintaining the status quo? Nope.
Kids are acutely aware of injustice and by nature rebellious against the systems of authority that keep autonomy away from them.
If you're perpetuating those systems, teachers, you've already freaking lost.
They won't be learning much from you. Except what not to become. Sure, you can wear them down. That's what happened to most of you, isn't it? You saw the hideous flaw in the world and wanted to heal it. But year after numbing year, they made you learn their dogma by rote.
And now many of you are breaking the souls of children, too.
For what?
It's all smoke and mirrors. All the carefully crafted objectives, units and exams.
WE. DON'T. KNOW. HOW. PEOPLE. LEARN.
We barely understand the physical mechanisms behind MEMORY. But we DO know kids aren't empty piggy banks. They are BRIMMING with thought.
The last and most disgusting reality? The thing I hear in classroom after freaking classroom?
Education is all about capitalism.
"You need to learn these skills to get a good job." To be a good laborer. To help the wealthy generate more wealth, while you get scraps.
THAT is why modern education is a failure.
Its basic premise is monstrous.
"Why should I learn to read, Dr. Bowles?"
Because reading is magical. It makes life worth living. And being able to read, you can decode the strategies of your oppressors & stop them w/ their own words.
Story Time Thread
So, as you know (or don’t), I’ve been doing my #storytimethread sequence on Twitter, and since I’ve lost the count, I decided to add all of them in this post that will be updated every Wednesday (if possible).
2019:
September 11: My first iPhone
September 18: My first medical surgery
September 25: My first experience with Redbubble
October 2: How I discovered my current favorite French-speaking artists
October 9: A fire in front of my house
October 16: The first themed song I’ve composed
October 23: How do I get ideas for these story time threads?
October 30: My first passport
November 6: Fan Péruvienne
November 13: Lessons learned from a telenovela
November 28: Thanksgiving: what I’m grateful for
December 11: Why I finish school later than the rest
December 18: My graduation (kinder, primary and high school)
December 25: Best of 2019
2020:
January 15: A wannabe youtuber: my experience
January 22: My weirdest dreams (EN & ES)
January 30: Blackout
February 12: Thread about my dad
2021:
July 7: Failed cybersex attempt (ES)
#fembakubang got me writing for these two idiots again
many people ask her why she's dating "a nerd like him when you can have anyone with a body like that" they eye her up and down and katsuki takes pride in the way she can turn anyone's eye
she knows what they want when they offer to buy her a drink and when they come a little too close during girls night out
she doesn't usually do the "already got a boyfriend" line because it never works, but lately she's been doing it more often.
she wants them to ask about deku so that she can get that exact response
it really makes her blood boil. she slams the door of her closet shut and glares at the mirror. everyone except her idiot boyfriend wants to get in her pants. did she need to giftwrap herself and write a note saying FUCK ME YOU DWEEB for him to get it?!
uraraka snorts into her drink when katsuki confesses her dilemma and she knows she's been drinking a little too much when her brain processes WHO she told about her woes
"WHAT" uraraka yells, her laugh loud and obnoxious, "But you guys have been a pair since forever!"
katsuki groans into her drink, "i know!"
uraraka takes out her phone, "call him! tell him you're getting hit on and to come get you!" it seemed like a bright idea in katsuki's slightly intoxicated mind, which is probably why she did as uraraka said.
and to his credit, deku did drop his studies and ran over to get her, but he also just gave her water, made her eat a few snacks, and then tucked her into bed.
even when she pulled at his jacket at the entrance of her house and practically devoured his tongue
"kacchan," he'd said softly, "it's time for bed, ok?" and fuck it, katsuki is weak to his sweet little smiles and dorky eyes and pampering.
she let him pull her out of her party clothes and into her pjs, comb her hair, and pull the comforter over her chin. she made a noise of content when he kissed her forehead and then she was out
but not today
today was the day that deku was going to FALL.
ideally into her bed and inside her
she eyes the paper and sharpie on her desk
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A/N: omfg i haven't written for this pair in years but like this is fun LOL should I continue?
#fembakubang day 3 prompt
ok but like imagine deku as a sort of superman chara who dresses all fancy when he's in villain mode and then all dorky and shy when he's out and about, helping grannies cross the street and wearing glasses that are too big for his baby face and nobody (miraculously) realizes!
and yes, this also includes prohero katsuki who has made it her LIFES GOAL to find this "vigilante" who thinks he's helping heroes and the system (he's NOT) and take him down except she's also unknowingly seeing him, "randomly" bumping into him on her off days and yeah, she can see herself seriously dating this midoriya, maybe, but only AFTER she's captured deku
what she doesn't realize is that there's tons of footage and fans out there that are theorizing that maybe her and deku are actually flirting when they fight, and uraraka eats that shit up bc she loves gossip and she tells katsuki about it all and how some people even think that midoriya IS deku and she's like wtf that nerd can't even walk straight half the time bc his usual persona is cute and clumsy
and of course they're not fucking flirting, katsuki is very clearly detonating her quirk in his face for fucks sake! but then uraraka is like ok but like why is his hero name deku and katsuki remembers when she'd called him that accidentally and how funny he thought it'd been
then one day she's fending off some guys when she's off but she's technically not supposed to use force on civilians so she kind of just beats them off but they KNOW so she ends up in a bit of a bind and guess who comes to her "rescue"
and i haven't thought too hard about it but I want her to realize, maybe deku gets tired of hiding or he accidentally slips something and god, now that she knows they're the same, she's starting to waver bc she was actually considering midoriya as a PARTNER and angst bc betrayal
and now my brain is going a bit into dark territory bc sexy scene is a bit manipulative and dubcon fml
The Screaming Gophers’ Twitter Threads
About time I see something on my TL that is not blatant Sukuna slander.
I feel like this Quote tweet in addition to the given thread perfectly summarises why a character like Sukuna intrigues me so much. He's like a complex puzzle piece we've yet to solve. An enigma of conflicting sides.
Despite my best efforts i still can't picture his backstory and motivations fully yet. I just hope that whatever Gege has planned for his backstory, it thoroughly shoves my heart through the meat grinder :') Hopefully, it is well thought-out and ties in nicely with his character. It's about time we get to know why he turned out the way he has. And i am DYING to know what Sukuna knows about "Love" ..
twt threats (JJK boys)
pair: JJK boys x gn! reader warning: suggestive content. ft: Toji, Satoru, Suguru, Hiromi, Nanami and Ino. content: twt threats (n 1 tumblr post) that i edited w/ jjk men.
an: smt quick that i could post cus yippie!
TOJI—
SATORU—
SUGURU—
HIROMI—
NANAMI—
INO—
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