does everyone's ADHD teenager have to talk out loud the whole time they're attempting to do math and still get it wrong, asking for a friend
Elizabeth Cantwell
@eccantwell.bsky.social
high school teacher, horror-lover, poet, Bright Wall/Dark Room editor, parent, person
reframing some syllabi-in-progress questions to myself: not “what can I get done in this amount of time?” but “what can I teach meaningfully this semester?” … it’s helping!
really enjoyed this little vintage Japanese crime journey & I THINK it’s short enough that I can squeeze it onto my syllabus with all the other things I want to teach …
sometimes it's hot enough outside that putting batteries in your kids' toys that you've purposefully kept batteries out of is actually the right call
well, I was prepared to have some minor qualms about The Odyssey but I FUCKING LOVED IT
T-12 days until I go back to work, time to lock in on this new course
This is one of the most absurd decisions by higher ed administrators that I can recall in recent (or even longer) memory. This is an absolute, irrefutable signal that the leaders of Harvard puts no value in the student experience of LEARNING. It's a joke and should be seen as hugely discrediting.
Mary Lewis@profmarylewis.bsky.social · last wk.It‘s quite possible that with this move, @harvard.edu could become the only Ivy League university without a writing center. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
dreamed I was divorced from @ifyoucantwell.bsky.social & remarried to George Clooney & Clooney was amazing & we had everything but 5 yrs in Chris wanted to have dinner & he took me to a terrible restaurant & was a total mess but he was Chris so I left Clooney and that is true love
My almost-13-yo is mildly under the weather and has been bumming around and bored all day (as you should be during the summer) but his attitude is getting on my nerves so I just told him to find a weird event or person on Wikipedia he thinks I don’t know about & design a slideshow for me about it
how am I almost four years into having a family of 5 & yet I STILL forget to scale up standard family recipes that I'm making for the first time
are aliens trying to communicate with me. is Nebraska not the real world
Elizabeth Cantwell@eccantwell.bsky.social · last wk.youngest kid inexplicably asking me to spell out “AUSTRALIA,” “REAL WORLD,” and “NEBRASKA”
youngest kid inexplicably asking me to spell out “AUSTRALIA,” “REAL WORLD,” and “NEBRASKA”
This post reminded me that I wrote a poem in part inspired by D.P.O.
🏳️🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩@oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · last wk.The X-Files, October 1995: S3E3 - "D.P.O" with Giovanni Ribisi and Jack Black S3E4 - "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" with Peter Boyle S3E5 - "The List" with J. T. Walsh, Bokeem Woodbine, and April Grace we were eating.
Watching Ida Lupino’s THE HITCH-HIKER last night, I was struck by how we’ve always used racism as a way to indicate evil—“I don’t speak Mexican,” the murderous hitchhiker growls multiple times as they travel through Mexico. When did people lose sight of the evil embedded in that hatred and fear?
the good news is it’s also becoming increasingly likely that the overpriced food will make you sick
Ben Templesmith@templesmith.bsky.social · last wk.33% 😓
who wants to come babysit my kids so I can go see The Odyssey while my husband is away for his own epic journey (SDCC)
is it weird that I’ve hit the part of teacher summer break where I almost miss being sarcastic to a bunch of teenagers every day
can someone explain the physics/science behind why Colin Farrell has historically looked so good in a lil ponytail, a hairstyle most men cannot pull off even halfway convincingly, let alone magnetically?
Go see @ifyoucantwell.bsky.social at SDCC, and if you still haven't read OUT OF ALCATRAZ this is your reminder to pick it up!
Chris Cantwell@ifyoucantwell.bsky.social · 2w agoOkay yeah I’m gonna BE there. Gotham. Star Trek. Devastating Eisner loss. Spending too much on the show floor. I’ll have a few things to give away too if you bring the right thing to sign.
how am I entering the three-week countdown before being back at school, HOW
I have not watched the epic 0-0 soccer game because I was at the Academy Museum seeing the JAWS exhibit before it closes next week, 10/10 no notes
wait you guys where is Jimothy located because I swear to god he just ran in front of my car
Being a teacher at a school that does big trips gives you certain super powers. Like: Kid asked for a beach party. You want me to drive a minivan full of your rowdy friends and their snacks to the beach? Fuck dude, I’ve driven a 10-seater van to UTAH full of 15-year-olds, NOTHING can rattle me!
Only two of these were this week (I have been stupidly busy) … but this was a good run of movies
Letterboxd@letterboxd.social · 3w agoHappy #LetterboxdFriday! Time to post your #LastFourWatched 📲
there are way too few TO LIVE AND DIE IN LA mentions in these replies and quote tweets
Josephine "beckbook.com" Riesman@josie.zone · 3w agoOkay, prompt time: What is your favorite iconic _L.A. Movie_ that isn't HEAT (1995)? Define "iconic" however you like
Okay conspiracy time but: I do not believe Taco Bell has anything to do with the parasite. It’s too easy. It’s a scapegoat facade that allows the government to say “we’re investigating.” Saying it could be Taco Bell makes me think they are doing JACK SHIT to figure ANYTHING out
