Oh these were gorgeous purple, cabbages, already big and leafy: if they had been just placed in my roof garden, they would’ve formed the most lovely heads nurtured by vermiculture.
But no! these cabbages would languish in midtown Manhattan, get pissed upon by dogs and be inedible. It was infuriating.
2/
BUT: that’s when I took a closer look, because the cabbages were even stranger than I had thus far suspected.
can you guess?
that’s right they were FAKE.
plastic cabbages!!
I don’t know if that makes me MORE or less angry. 3/3
The people of New York have a strange relationship to plants. We are perhaps somewhat alienated from nature, but nothing could’ve prepared me for the cabbages. When I first saw the cabbages I was angry.
They were growing in a tree box on the sidewalk in Midtown a place not a suitable most plants, especially a cabbage, and clearly someone had spent like a Sultan. These were big healthy transplants.
1/
Oh these were gorgeous purple, cabbages, already big and leafy: if they had been just placed in my roof garden, they would’ve formed the most lovely heads nurtured by vermiculture.
But no! these cabbages would languish in midtown Manhattan, get pissed upon by dogs and be inedible. It was infuriating.
2/
The people of New York have a strange relationship to plants. We are perhaps somewhat alienated from nature, but nothing could’ve prepared me for the cabbages. When I first saw the cabbages I was angry.
They were growing in a tree box on the sidewalk in Midtown a place not a suitable most plants, especially a cabbage, and clearly someone had spent like a Sultan. These were big healthy transplants.
1/
RE: https://mstdn.ca/@c_9/115879020571243606
Quietly make the pins even better, unforgettable, magnificent. Add a ribbon and some gold leaf.
Then order one tenth as many and let them die of envy.
I have an example. See next post.
Can you feel the vision?
RE: https://mstdn.ca/@c_9/115879020571243606
Quietly make the pins even better, unforgettable, magnificent. Add a ribbon and some gold leaf.
Then order one tenth as many and let them die of envy.
I have an example. See next post.
I think I have to make peace with the fact that not many people want curling league pins. Not even many of the people who said to my face they wanted curling league pins. Ooof, the minimum order costs are something though.
All I can think of is those scam "X-ray glasses" from the back of the comic books.
Example of the problem:
Me: "OK everyone. Next we'll make this into a function so we can simply call it each time-"
Student 1: "It won't work." (student who wouldn't interrupt like this normally)
Student 2: "Mine's broken too!"
Student 3: "It says error. I have the EXACT same thing as you but it's not working."
This makes me feel overloaded and grouchy. Too many questions at once. What I want them to do is wait until the explanation is done and ask when I'm walking around.
I think they become anxious when their code isn't working the same as what I have up on the projector and they want to get it fixed RIGHT AWAY so they won't fall behind.
Then when one of them starts calling out they all do it.
I may take some time to explain this.
This never happens when I'm teaching math. Something about coding makes them forget some of their manners, and become less self-sufficient. "It's broke! I'm helpless!"
What is that about?
Wanted: Advice from CS teachers
When teaching a group of students new to coding I've noticed that my students who are normally very good about not calling out during class will shout "it's not working!" the moment their code hits an error and fails to run. They want me to fix it right away. This makes for too many interruptions since I'm easy to nerd snipe in this way.
I think I need to let them know that fixing errors that keep the code from running is literally what I'm trying to teach.
Example of the problem:
Me: "OK everyone. Next we'll make this into a function so we can simply call it each time-"
Student 1: "It won't work." (student who wouldn't interrupt like this normally)
Student 2: "Mine's broken too!"
Student 3: "It says error. I have the EXACT same thing as you but it's not working."
This makes me feel overloaded and grouchy. Too many questions at once. What I want them to do is wait until the explanation is done and ask when I'm walking around.
Wanted: Advice from CS teachers
When teaching a group of students new to coding I've noticed that my students who are normally very good about not calling out during class will shout "it's not working!" the moment their code hits an error and fails to run. They want me to fix it right away. This makes for too many interruptions since I'm easy to nerd snipe in this way.
I think I need to let them know that fixing errors that keep the code from running is literally what I'm trying to teach.
Are you "google free" ?
This means you don't use google search, youTube, gmail and do not have a google account or email.
(I don't want this poll to make people feel bad who are "doing what they can" that's me too. The perfect will not be the enemy of the good. I'm just curious how many people on here just don't have an account.)
myrmepropagandist