Even The East End Receives Blessings From Above Occasionally...

Even the East End receives blessings from above occasionally...

fiiiiiish.

But is the one top left a woman riding a fish or some sort of weird double-headed mermaid creature? Enquiring minds need to know...

‘Wonders of the Seven Seas’ section of (Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing), ca. 1203-1283

A kid once asked me a question in class and my answer was “Huh. Good one. Don’t know. I’ll check and get back to you.” The Deputy Head observing me devoted half the debrief after to this amazing occurrence, mostly in genuine shock and disbelief.

KIDS NEED TO KNOW IT’S ALL RIGHT TO NOT KNOW, and that the answer is to go look it up and find out. Whether you’re a teacher / parent / youth worker / whatever, if you interact with kids at all please, PLEASE admit that you don’t know everything. And then worry less about teaching them Stuff, and instead teach them how to learn.

one time in sixth grade i did my math homework and then because i was excited that i had grasped the lesson so well, i did the next day’s homework too

the next day in class i told my teacher, and she looked constipated for a second, and then said dismissively, “well, then you’re not very good at following directions, are you.”

All right, big skies, fire and the auroras. Look, this is a list I’m making up as I go along. Keep up.

Skagsanden Beach, Lofoten by Even Tryggstrand

[Me, while gesturing vaguely at the whole of outside, at what most people would call a Lovely Summer’s DayTM ]

“LONDON IS AT THE SAME LATITUDE AS CALGARY, KIEV AND IRKUTSK FFS I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THIS SHIT!”