being able to constantly update is the worst thing to ever happen to software

just ONCE I would like to open software and not be nagged about some stupid feature NO I DONT WANT A TOUR

let’s put the POP back in pop quiz

@dandersod.recursiveprocess.com where's the best outline of the IB applications and interpretations curriculum?

to master teaching is to master the empty threat

in the completion of a long overdue task, I got a version of my birth certificate that was not on a water stained cocktail napkin

oh man, now I can say things like “you did not receive full marks” !

concordantly

oooh sounds exciting

@dandersod.recursiveprocess.com yoooooo what’s in IB year 1, asking for a friend…it’s me, I’m the friend

the blue album is overrated YEAH I SAID IT

is pooping considered work?

I was fascinated by grumpy teachers when I was first starting out like “what made you this way” and now I’m like all grumpiness is valid shine on you grizzled souls

our Mexican food isn’t even Mexican

S: what are we learning today?
T: circles!
S: again!?

have you seen the series entitled "it goes in the square hole"

I have one class that tbh is not my favorite, but it's at the time of day that hit right as the moon flyby was starting and I had it on the screen and they were into it and that was neat

the power you feel when you use both copy machines at once

S: ooh you got one wrong
T: which one?
S: *there* you typed chord but you told me secant
T: I guess that’s been up there wrong all day…
S: think you’re sooooo smart…

S: why don’t you go to space? aren’t you qualified since you’re a teacher?
T: well they tried that once and it didn’t end well…

😬

@dandersod.recursiveprocess.com I'm doing some splines for math right now in a professional capacity and YOU'LL NEVER FIND THEM

Artemis mission control, every station has 4 to 6 monitors per person

it seems the number of monitors required to go the moon is very high

S: mister come help me
T: what if I don't want to
S: then why did you become a teacher
T: a GREAT question

I was young, Desmos wasn’t a thing back then!

I’ve also done this exact thing before when mathematical accuracy wasn’t necessary

that's a vector curve tool if I ever saw one

S1 + S2: *working together*
S1 + S2: *arguing*
T: what's the deal
S1: I told [S2] they shouldn't be a teacher
T: yeah I wouldn't recommend it

It’s 1996, I’m walking behind a kid wearing oversized jeans and a chain wallet. It’s 2026, I’m walking behind a kid wearing oversized jeans and a chain wallet.

I used to get scolded for working ahead in school, it is the one thing I vowed never to do as a teacher, I explicitly say "if you figure this out after 1 example or you know what to do right away, FLY, BE FREE!"

for whatever reason, the PA speaker in this room is salvaged from a 2000s era boombox