Can we please go back to a time when psychos like this guy were largely irrelevant?

I hate the internet sometimes.

I am a relatively new teacher in Oklahoma. In my experience, the teachers I've worked with are a fairly mixed bag. There are absolutely amazing teachers working in Oklahoma that are knowledgeable and passionate about their content areas. I have also noticed a fair amount of teachers that are wildly under qualified or seem to only be in a classroom for the opportunity to take advantage of the system (frequently missing work, not actually teaching their students content, etc.) Oftentimes, though schools don't have many options because they simply need bodies to supervise the students. It is very heartbreaking.

"My first year teaching I was pulled aside and told by my principal, “you actually have a degree in this, you’ll have to step in to help your team” - because the other science teachers were a Physical Education teacher and the schools secretary."

I can relate to this. I'll be entering my 4th full-year teaching. In my short time working in education, I have become the most senior and qualified teacher for my subject and grade level. I do the bulk of the curriculum planning for my subject.

The politics injected into public education via State Superintendent Ryan Walters is absolutely disgusting.

Airbnbs also encourage property owners to hold on to real estate for short-term rentals exacerbating the housing shortage in North America.

Oklahoman here! I’ve personally haven’t spent much time in this part of the state. It’s was historically referred to as “No Man’s Land” if that gives you any idea. The panhandle has a much more arid, high plains type climate than other parts of the state. I believe there are literal sand dunes out that way. Oklahoma’s highest point, Black Mesa, is in the panhandle. Im told Black Mesa is a great camping spot for star-gazing, but I’ve never been. As far as I’m aware it’s mostly right-wing but jobs living in that area. I seem to recall a few local news stories about people in that part of the state making a big stink about trans kids trying to use the bathroom and so forth.

Try teaching middle school. You’ll understand. That being said, teachers mostly do this as a joke.

I teach at a middle school. I occasionally refer to my class as "chat" to make my students cringe. They hate it and tell me I'm too old.

This was pretty much my last DND group except maybe replace the manipulator with another idiot.

Here is the map of the city of Baldur's Gate that was included with the game as well.

I played WoW during this event. It was honestly one of my favorite gaming memories. It was so fun turning all the auctioneers and flight masters into zombies and reading everyone cry about it on the forums. Also, I liked that as a zombie, Horde and Alliance could communicate with each other. It was just a really fun and unique experience.

Exactly what I was thinking of.

WTF is a sex fight?

Damn... What happened? Did she just go down the conspiracy theory worm hole?

I teach tweens at a middle school, but don’t have children of my own. The school I work at is in a low-income area of a deeply red state in the US.

Here are some of my observations:

Many of these kids are legit addicted to their phones and short-form media. (But who isn’t in this day and age?)

I am concerned about the type of content boys are being fed. Lots to very young Andrew Tate fans and such. I overhear a lot of misogynistic or racist ideas being discussed very casually. Despite the outliers, I think many of my students are just baseline more understanding of other races, those that identify as LGBTQ+, and more aware of their emotions. Interracial relationships and friendships are common. Looking back, the 90s (when I grew up) was rife with casual racism and hate.

Some of the girls are shockingly vain. My school uses iPads and these kids will just stare at themselves in the camera non-stop. It’s kind of weird.

Social media definitely fuels a lot of dumb pranks and idiotic behavior around the school. (Again, this isn’t an issue specific to teens.)

The learning gap between the high achievers and low achievers is staggering. I have wonderfully bright students as well as students that are functionally illiterate at 12-13 years old. This is more a failure of an education system than a fault of the kids though.

These kids seem nihilistic/apathetic in a way I don’t remember me or my peers being at that age.

All-in-all, I’m remain cery hopeful of these kids, but their addiction to technology and the kind of content they get served by the algorithms is very concerning. I can’t imagine going through life without much of a formal education and building your entire worldview around social media.

That’s really heartbreaking. I’m sorry for your loss.

Herodotus mentions it in The Histories written around 430 BCE.

Give Cyberpunk 2077 a try. I thought it was amazing. I may have cried at the ending…

Here is a very in-depth quiz to determine your Dungeons and Dragons class, race, and level.

http://www.easydamus.com/character.html

Here is another quiz that is well done to determine your Magic: The Gathering mana colors.

https://still-anchorage-15218.herokuapp.com/

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