Alice

I'm not an "own the libs" guy -- in fact, I am the polar opposite of such people and I especially hate that genre of social media -- but very few things make left wingers madder than pointing out, correctly, that Nazism was a virulently anti-capitalist, pro-socialist movement.

me: can you say “bye mommy I love you?” 2yo: bye mommy I love you!!! his mom: 😍 I love you too baby 2yo: bye TV I love you!! me: ok that’s not- 2yo: bye scotch tape I love you!!! bye paper cup I love you!!! bye rubbish bin, I love you!!!

One wrong move and it’s over. Watch the most terrifying drop of his life.

claude is most likely not conscious but I haven't read a single post explaining why not

My boyfriend struggled with women when he was younger. His main advice for guys? STFU 😂 Say less. Listen more. Ask questions. Suddenly you're mysterious, interesting, AND a good listener...and all you did was STFU! Also, suddenly you two have "so much in common"...cuz you STFU & focused on HER interests What's funny is I've been telling men this for ages. Approaching? Get HER to talk. First date? Get HER to talk. So many guys try to impress but they just kinda ramble & barely let her talk, cracking bad jokes & telling her stuff she already knows. So as my man says...try shutting the fuck up 😉

Thinking about this generation of trans kids who were allowed to transition as minors and are now thriving adults

i think more people should be embarrassed about being ignorant about art, music, literature, etc. when they have the whole of the internet before them. be more curious. look into what influenced the things you like now.

From heavy screen use lol. Nothing to do with repeat SARS-CoV2 infection (starting before birth). Ok.

The key to getting kids to love writing essays is to have them argue a lot first. At The Socratic Experience, students spend months in vigorous Socratic dialogue in order to motivate substantive writing. 95% of writing is thinking. The sentence-level craft matters, but if a student has nothing to argue and no idea how to build a logical case, teaching them paragraph structure is like teaching someone to gift-wrap an empty box. We've discussed a pair of essays on "Should we bring the wooly mammoths back from extinction," one for and one against. Some students are all in with excitement about it; others are concerned about the potential for negative consequences. After spending an hour reading and discussing the ideas in the essays, making and hearing their peer's arguments, they gradually develop their own reasoned opinions on the topic. They are then motivated and ready to begin writing their essays. The oral argument becomes the scaffold for the written one. Students transfer the skills from discussion to writing with the help of their writing teachers: making a claim, supporting it with evidence, anticipating objections, and conceding points where the other side has merit. This is why our students perform well on AP-level writing. They haven't been drilled on essay formulas. They've been trained to think rigorously in conversation, and the writing is then taught using motivated examples from classroom discussion, with students owning their own opinions as they move forward.

The key to getting kids to love writing essays is to have them argue a lot first. At The Socratic Experience, students spend months in vigorous Socratic dialogue in order to motivate substantive writing. 95% of writing is thinking. The sentence-level craft matters, but if a student has nothing to argue and no idea how to build a logical case, teaching them paragraph structure is like teaching someone to gift-wrap an empty box. We've discussed a pair of essays on "Should we bring the wooly mammoths back from extinction," one for and one against. Some students are all in with excitement about it; others are concerned about the potential for negative consequences. After spending an hour reading and discussing the ideas in the essays, making and hearing their peer's arguments, they gradually develop their own reasoned opinions on the topic. They are then motivated and ready to begin writing their essays. The oral argument becomes the scaffold for the written one. Students transfer the skills from discussion to writing with the help of their writing teachers: making a claim, supporting it with evidence, anticipating objections, and conceding points where the other side has merit. This is why our students perform well on AP-level writing. They haven't been drilled on essay formulas. They've been trained to think rigorously in conversation, and the writing is then taught using motivated examples from classroom discussion, with students owning their own opinions as they move forward.

Since Spirit Airlines began service in 1992, they never had a fatal crash. They're closing down with a perfect record. Every Spirit flight that ever took off landed safely.