Etches of Ink
Why does no one talk about the final part of Japhet’s battle theme?
“Minuit A Fond La Caisse”
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Instead of assuming that homework should be a given, or that it allegedly benefits children, I’ve spent the last few years reviewing the available research and talking to parents, teachers and students. My findings can be summarized in seven words: Homework is all pain and no gain.
The pain is obvious to kids but isn’t always taken seriously by adults. Backpacks stuffed with assignments leave students exhausted, frustrated, less interested in intellectual pursuits and lacking time to do things they enjoy. “Most of what homework is doing,” says literacy expert Harvey Daniels, “is driving kids away from learning.”
We parents, meanwhile, turn into nags. After being away from our children all day, the first words out of our mouths, sadly, may be: “So, did you finish your homework?” One mother told me it permanently damaged her relationship with her son because it forced her to be an enforcer rather than a mom.
The surprising news, though, is that there are virtually no pros to balance the cons. Even if you regard grades or test scores as good measures of learning, which I do not, doing homework has no statistical relationship to achievement in elementary school. In high school, some studies do find a correlation between homework and test scores, but it’s usually fairly small. And in any case, it’s far from clear that the former causes the latter. And if you’re wondering, not a single study has ever supported the folk wisdom that homework teaches good work habits or develops positive character traits such as self-discipline, responsibility or independence.”
Alfie Kohn, The Case Against Homework (via thislifeunforgiven)
Shit I knew in school but was unable to articulate.
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Shit I’ve known for a long time but have been afraid to say.
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I only ever liked Math homework because at least with solving sums I got some sense of satisfaction. And English because I liked writing. Everything else, though, blech.
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it’d make a certain amount of sense to have homework in early school years that was about teaching study methods, because that shit would actually be useful later
as opposed to what it was in my experience -largely, pages and pages of busywork
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Cindy Clark, a Pennsylvania-based dog breeder decided to share these images of her then 3-month-old nephew with a few 3-week-old French bulldog puppies.
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Words I think we need
Schrodinger’s Douchebag: One who makes douchebag statements, particularly sexist, racist or otherwise bigoted ones, then decides whether they were “just joking” or dead serious based on whether other people in the group approve or not.
MOVING THIS INTO CIRCULATION IMMEDIATELY.
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Little Witch Academia
Watch the entire 26 minute OVA, with English subs, here.
Little Witch Academia is a 26 minute OVA that has a 100% female cast, loads of Harry Potter, World of Warcraft, and other fantasy influence, and some gorgeous animation.
This lovely little story about a girl and her friends in witch school fighting a dragon is short, sweet, and damn I wish there was more of it.
I love this thing, guys. Like, there’s super cute character designs, tons of adorable ladies using magic, and some stellar visuals.
On a feminism note, this does well, good. I’d rate it “feminist friendly.” The story is very simple It isn’t about any feminist ideals or anything, but it has female friendships, a 100% female cast, an like, no objectifying fan service.
I will say that all of the ladies are pretty light skinned and thin, which is typical of anime. So it has some representation issues there. There’s no romance at all in the story, so while there’s no LGBTQ+ representation, it doesn’t make me infuriated with heteronormativity either.
If you want an adorable, fun, quick little magical romp that is certified feminist friendly, check it out.
But what do yall think?
BRING THAT VIEW COUNT UP, SO THEY KNOW WE WANT TO SEE MORE
Dude, I’d kickstart for this to be a series. Or at least a full length movie.
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how to tie the strongest knot ever
step 1: put a pair of headphones in your pocket
step 2: wait 1 minute
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