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11 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 7h \ parent \ on: The Power of a Tick the_stacker_muse
I was proud of that line! Thank you for noticing.
Gathering head material for freedom in parenthood these days!
Happiness Journal 3/11/25
Upon distributing the exam papers, a student became ecstatic. You might think that 27.5 out of 70 is a dismal score, but it was a score that warranted her a pass. She told me excitedly that she had passed Science for the first time.
I was glad to have contributed to her success. It was nice to witness her experience this formidable and historic success.
I had you in mind when I posted this. Wow you have been following this series for a year, huh? (In spite of the huge gap between this posting n the previous). I’m glad the needle has moved n you will travel to Japan next year! Hit me up if you have questions about the planning!
I think Longbottom. He’s the underdog (and I tend to root for underdogs). And he has a good heart and keeps trying his best even though he may embarrass himself from time to time.
I remember finding Potter rather annoying in the later parts. Granted that he had a lot of things to worry about. Granted that he was hitting puberty. But I just found him whiny at times haha.
I haven’t had the chance!
Let me see if I can find her newer books on Libby
Wow! Thanks for surfacing this! Had a good trip down memory lane haha.
Glad to look you could relate. Are your three fur kids easy to look after?
Happy to get some remuneration that will contribute towards my beer fund.
Will spread the love to my fellow writers n reviewers
Haven’t read it yet, but given that I’m a Harry Potter devotee, I expect to enjoy it. Raring to read it more after your review!
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 2 Nov \ parent \ on: A Case for Rote Learning the_stacker_muse
Actually, in your example, we use the determiner the because the conversational interlocutors are aware of the particular school/gym that is being referred to. Hence, the definite article is necessary. I’m sure those examples can be explained better by someone who hasn’t forgotten his linguistics (specifically conversational maxims) in school.
Well it will turn out to be true because Sensei is nothing but persistent if he decides on something. Locked in!
102 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 2 Nov \ parent \ on: A Case for Rote Learning the_stacker_muse
I think anything that requires muscle/procedural memory is a form of memorisation, so I consider touch typing as memorisation. Just that typing words over and over again doesn’t feel as icky morally as teaching to the test?
I think in this day and age where 21st century competencies are so hyped upon and employers declare how the young are lacking in critical and adaptive thinking (which I agree), rote learning gets a bad rep because you are asking kids to passively accept and absorb without understanding. There are different ways to write a conclusion, so by right, I should train them in the various ways and get them to think about which way is ideal for which topic.
Actually, I did so before their exam. Came up with a mnemonic Hand Foot Mouth Disease (Hope Feeling Memory Decision) so that they could have control of the way they write their conclusion. But well, weak writers can’t write under stressful exam conditions. Sensei has to do right by the kids first n foremost - get them to pass.
Happiness Journal 1/11/25
People say that parenting is expensive, but they don’t reckon the surge of fatherly love and pride that surges within a parent when he buys elementary school uniforms for his boy.
Money can buy happiness sometimes.
Why is it that a child simply has to exist to instigate happiness in his parents but has to score stellar grades in order to maintain shreds of pleasure years later? This must be the greatest mystery of parenting muahaha.