Friendship is something to be built up carefully, by people with leisure, it is an art, nature does not enter into it.

Nancy Mitford, The Pursuit of Love

i love finding people i went to high school with on twitter because so many of them will post things and then go "i can't believe they didn't teach us this in school 😱" like buddy, they did. i was literally in social studies with you during that lesson.

me when the downstairs staff in Downton Abbey were devoted to the Crawleys, always thought they were right and had their whole lives revolving around them: ugh, this is unbearable, I hate the class system, JFellowes knows zero poor people

me when the downstairs staff in The Gilded Age are devoted to the Russells, always think they're right and have their whole lives revolving around them: so true, besties 💖💖💖

Did you go through k-12 schooling in the united states?

Do you have a learning disorder? (ADHD, Dyslexia, etc)

Wanna help me with my homework?

basically, I'm doing a research assignment on how people with learning disorders are educated in the United States. I made a quick survey for my research. If you answered yes to all three of those questions, it would be super helpful if you took this survey. Thank you in advance!

I decided this year that being introverted was no excuse for avoiding people, and that I needed to focus less on shyness and more on community building and Being Brave For Once, and so naturally one of the steps I took was attending an English department socialization event today--the first time I have ever attended one of their events. And boy did that come This Close to making me regret stepping out of the house

i always get irrationally annoyed when people assume that the english school system applies to the whole of the uk

1000 words is nothing in the fanfic world but in the educational world it has me crying over a 3 page document as I struggle to think of the word creator

I like the discord server idea! Would the organization be like a channel for each chapter so that people that haven't read chapters don't get spoilers?

Good to know! Perhaps I'll do that then if others are interested. Oh you know what I'll just make a poll right here why not

I would want some sort of system so people can avoid spoilers, but perhaps grouping the channels in sections of 5 or something would be better than one for each? 44 separate channels seems a bit excessive, but 9 would be more manageable. Then again, the server wouldn't be for me, it would be for people reading/interested, so if you wanted something different collectively that would be fine. That can be figured out later if this even happens

Anyway, thank you for the feedback it is very appreciated! If I do end up making a discord please be patient with me I've never made one for other people to use so. learning curve :)

Made this as a reminder to myself on what I can accomplish if I just try

Completing high school IS possible. I just need to work for it. I will get my diploma, that's a promise to myself. We've already given up twice now, now that I'm here as this system's caretaker I won't let it happen a third time

he's not nice (he's pretty fucking far from nice)

2009, Wales. Boys on bikes and learning to love who you are

on ao3 :)

fully completed!! please give it a read!!

Anyway Hermiones relationship with the house elves I feel is much more poignant and impactful if you acknowledge the house elves to be representations of sexism. The depiction of the struggle against the significant lack of class consciousness and the lessons that effective help is more important than pushing ideology are so real and useful even now.

I don't wanna write about how terrible the education system is in English class....I wanna write about the gay scientists that just want to heal after working 24/7 for a war only to get separated for a decade AND a nonbinary gremlin with autism and ADHD.

i think some of you really overestimate how good average high school english classes are at like. teaching shit.

30, 31, 35

30(already answered)

31) also already answered bur 3 facts are repeatable. 1. When I was a a kid my leg faced too far inward. The elementary school had funds for physical therapy but they over-corrected and then the funds ran out so now my right legs faces too far out in my natural stance and walk. 2. When I was 9 I was 5'9ft tall. Looking at my school photos where they made me stand with the teacher in school photos im almost a whole foot taller than the rest of my classmates. 3. I kind of stole one of those Herb growers that use solar light to grow herbs in the kitchen. My mom had it sitting in it's box for 3 years and I took it and zip tied it to my beds headboard. I've been using it to fight the winter depression and I think it's working quite well.

35. Favorite subject was art. I do love art still but looking back I kind of hated text based assignments. Having the teacher tell you yours was the most interesting to read. Having the teach use your essay in an example of a good job. And then getting it back and you got graded a c+ for grammar mistakes. Like I understand for English and language classes but it felt bad that even if you were excelling you couldn't get a decent grade for the little things as a young kid. Art was something I felt didn't hold me back in that way.

Nex Benedict was murdered in a stupid bathroom because of a stupid fucking bill and Palestine and Sudan and I don't know how many more places are under tons of shit and now the fucking KOSA and Im frraking out