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Lol she has entrapped you. She likes it and wants you to rub her belly so she can bunny kick your hands

What an adorable little floof.

Not just you. Lots of negative feeling going around. If I could put a word to what I saw today, it would be “grim”.

“Could you, uh, kick up the 4d3d3d3?”

Precious.

One likes to nestle in the crook of my leg, behind my “knee-bow” as it were. She is definitely our guard cat and is always in very close proximity to me or my girlfriend at all times.

The other is always next to my pillow when he decides to rest with us lol he does his rounds every night and then come back to cuddle.

They really deserve the best life can give lol and they certainly know how to keep comfy.

Lol no. These guys were tenured professors doing the same shit for years. It’s a systemic issue where they rely on a definition of the “Socratic method” that is completely divorced from the original and functional tool. It’s a buzz word they’ve been misinterpreting for over a century.

Seriously, lol. Just lecture if you’re gonna lecture. I hate playing hide the ball with my own students because it’s just a waste of time for everyone involved.

Absolutely. Small group is a must. I think the variations with seminars (always around 20 because universities want to maximize their profits) and lecture halls are terrible.

I see it working with 10ish people at the absolute max.

Absolutely meowjestic.

I don’t like the Socratic method as it is employed in classrooms. I think the method of questioning is fine, and dissecting a subject can be fun with the right group and foreknowledge, but most instructors absolutely suck at making sure all students are up to speed with whatever is being discussed.

I don’t see its value as a teaching tool without a strong enough instructor to prepare the students for its use and to guide the discussions in a productive manner.

Every professor I’ve ever had who used this method basically wasted class time with fill in the blank response questions. These are not higher order thinking discussions and do nothing to actually broaden understanding of whichever subject is being discussed. It seems like a cop out for the professor to me, at least how I’ve seen it used in multiple major universities.

I’ve had better Socratic discussions while high as fuck with my buddies after class than when we were actually in the lecture hall.

It’s tough. A lot of kids use it to goof off or vape/do drugs in the bathroom. Even in middle school.

There are definitely kids you can trust, but many at least abuse it to goof off.

Edit: Forgot to state, US.

That’s Uncle Fester, but really cool pic, nonetheless.

Yep! That’s exactly right.

I particularly like “nature fag”. It was definitely one of my favorite subjects in school.

Yep, that tracks.

I’m really big on Halloween. I decorate the interior of my classroom and my house (sometimes a little outside of my house like cobwebs over the gate and fencing and a tombstone or three, but we had painters working this year, so that stuff stayed in the garage).

My partner decorates hardcore for Christmas/Yuletide, but it’s all very secular and interior with just a wreath outside on our door, so it’s nice to not have to put up lights lol.

I don’t do any other holidays, tbh. My grandmother gave us so much stuff for Easter and 4th of July, but we don’t celebrate either.

We decorate for seasons, generally, and have like spring/summer/fall/winter decor, but that’s mainly just swapping out pillows on the couch and little flower arrangements or a few knick nacks. Some of the Easter stuff was useful for our spring decorations, and, thankfully, my aunt ended up snagging a bunch of the other Easter stuff because she has fond memories of those decorations when she was a child.

A lot of the other stuff that wasn’t trash worthy (most of the chintzy 4th of July stuff) was scooped up by others in a garage sale, so it was nice to see some other people enjoy those things.

My grandma has always loved setting up garage sales and she was super sweet to everyone who showed interest or bought her old decorations. It was really nice for her to see these keepsakes go to a new home and know that they were valued.

She’s mellowed a lot in the last ten or so years and I was a little surprised with how gung ho she was about throwing the cheaper stuff away lol she was acting like the amazing hostess she has always been and saying things like “This is my last garage sale, so only the nice things make it to the tables for sale!”

I know that’s kind of a tangent, but I really have enjoyed helping her downsize and move into a smaller space near my parents, and thought this story would probably apply to a lot of others’ experiences with family decorations and memories.

Edit: It was also pretty cute how my grandma was giving things away to people who really liked things. She’s always done this, but this time seemed a little more special and personal for her. She had so much stuff that she made a decent amount on the furniture anyway, but that was definitely not the goal for any of us lol.

“I’m tired, boss… Mostly, I’m tired of people being ugly to each other. I’m tired of all the pain I feel and hear in the world every day. There’s too much of it - it’s like pieces of glass in my head, all the time. Can you understand?”

I really appreciate your message and post. I think we all need to process and grieve and then move toward the fight. We need everyone.

First off, “What are you doing in mah swamp?!”

Dracula is just showing him da wey…