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Windy City Librarian: Teacher Confession: I never cease to feel amused when with a single facial expression, I have the power of modifying a...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:03:48 -0400

Windy City Librarian: Teacher Confession: I never cease to feel amused when with a single facial expression, I have the power of modifying a...:

hisnamewasbeanni:

pablophonic:

hithertokt:

randomnessandgracia:

It never ceases to amaze me that if I don’t make a facial reaction, students start second guessing the answer they’ve just told me. Even when it’s clearly correct. That’s a problem.

I ask my kids,…

Super hero teacher!

think-progress: Boston on lockdown. Streets are deserted. Find...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:21:30 -0400

think-progress:

Boston on lockdown. Streets are deserted.

Find updates here.

whoa.

smartgirlsattheparty: For stories of daring and courageous...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:56:22 -0400

smartgirlsattheparty:

For stories of daring and courageous female role models, visit the biography section of Mighty Girl for nearly 400 true Mighty Girl stories for children and teens.

Awesome

"I can’t think of anything but nights with you. I want them warm and silvery, when we can be together..."

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:34:42 -0400

“I can’t think of anything but nights with you. I want them warm and silvery, when we can be together all our lives.””

- Zelda to Scott, 1919 (via jaded-mandarin)

RELEVANT.
(via bookreadingbookworm)

think-progress: The best signs at the Supreme Court this...

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:43:57 -0400

think-progress:

The best signs at the Supreme Court this morning

“…it occurred to me that Heaven must be a place where the library is open twenty-four...

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:42:52 -0400

“…it occurred to me that Heaven must be a place where the library is open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.”
Alan Bradley—The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

Photo

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:40:20 -0400

windycitylibrarian: ianbrooks: Street Lit Putting a message on...

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:18:42 -0400

William Carlos Williams, "Red Wheelbarrow" photo by Mark LaFlaur

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, "The Little Prince" photo via mes-hautes-montagnes.com posted by ianbrooks.me

Edgar Allan Poe, "A Dream Within a Dream" photo by mermaid99's flickr

George Orwell, "Animal Farm" photo via windshoes.khan.kr

William Blake, "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" photo via baddogwhiskas' flickr

J. R. R. Tolkien, "The Fellowship of the Ring" photo by Gary L. Quay

Kurt Vonnegut, "Slaughterhouse Five" photo by devianarts posted by ianbrooks.me

Allen Ginsberg, "Howl" photo by Dan Allison

"Sweet Thames, run softly, till I end my song" from Edmund Spenser's Prothalamion photo via rosetintdesign.com

J. R. R. Tolkien, "The Fellowship of the Ring" posted by ianbrooks.me

windycitylibrarian:

ianbrooks:

Street Lit

Putting a message on a wall can be a much more effective way to reach the masses than expecting them to go find a book and learn it themselves. Some men just want to watch the world learn, regardless of medium. This collection of street arts details some memorable lines from famous books, hit the pictures to see which author and title, if you didnt already recognize them immediately.

(via: BuzzFeed)

Love.

How whites think about race

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:09:50 -0400

How whites think about race:

Interesting…

writenow-: neil-gaiman: It’s nice to see a New Year’s Wish...

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:55:20 -0500

writenow-:

neil-gaiman:

It’s nice to see a New Year’s Wish rendered as a poster…

:)

Positively Persistent Teach: I am a teacher; let me teach.

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 19:38:54 -0500

Positively Persistent Teach: I am a teacher; let me teach.:

yobaba:

Matthew Swope has been teaching physics for ten years. He is a STEM teacher, the kind that every district wants. Before becoming a teacher, he was a Marine, then a police officer. He took a big pay cut to become a teacher. He loves teaching.

Read his words of wisdom:

I am a…

Hells yes!

At the vet

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 11:30:00 -0500

#Lola (eighty-pounds-of-awesome fifteen month old lab puppy, recently spayed, more recently removed her own stitches; crazily jumping up and spinning in the air): Hi! I love you! Pet me! Love me! Hi! Hi! did you see me? I’m right here, here, here! I’m crazy cute, and I love you! Love me! Love me! Love love love me!

Vet: Wow. Are you medicating her?

Me:Yup. The maximum dose.

Vet: This is her on three pills?

Me: Yup.

Vet: Shit.

elliott holt: A Few of My Favorite Russian Proverbs (with their literal translations)

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:50:33 -0500

elliott holt: A Few of My Favorite Russian Proverbs (with their literal translations):

braiker:

elliottholt:

Большой секрет — знает весь свет. Big secret—the whole world knows.

Борода не делает философом. A beard doesn’t make a philosopher.

В темноте все кошки серы. All cats are gray in the dark.

В Ту́лу со свои́м самова́ром не е́здят. No one brings a samovar to Tula. (Tula is famous as the city where samovars were manufactured. This is the equivalent of “Don’t bring coal to Newcastle.”)

Волко́в боя́ться — в лес не ходи́ть.If you’re afraid of wolves, don’t go to the woods.

Говорил бы много, да сосед у порога. Fools and madmen speak the truth.

Говорить правду — потерять дружбу. Tell the truth—lose friends.

Доверя́й, но проверя́й. Trust, but verify.

Долг платежо́м кра́сен. Debt is beautiful once it’s repaid.

Доно́счику — пе́рвый кнут. The informer is whipped first.

Друг познаётся в беде́. You get to know your friend in trouble. (A friend in need is a friend indeed.)

Дру́жба дру́жбой, а де́нежкам счёт. Friendship is friendship, but count money.

Знать всё — значит не знать ничего.To know everything is to know nothing.

И у стен бывают уши. And even walls have ears.

Когда́ де́ньги говоря́т, тогда́ пра́вда молчи́т. When money talks, truth shuts up.

high five, Elliott

I'm not the only one. Sigh.

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:33:29 -0500

hithertokt:

Dear Self,

Since your former Self didn’t do enough grading before the holiday, your future Self would be much obliged if you stopped procrastinating.

Thanks,

Self

likeafieldmouse: Alice in Wonderland

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 16:05:15 -0500

likeafieldmouse:

Alice in Wonderland

Classic

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:10:23 -0500

Classic

Sazerac

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:51:59 -0500

Sazerac

Me: you left this in my classroom. Student: how did you know it was mine? Me: I have magic powers....

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:48:43 -0500

Me: you left this in my classroom.
Student: how did you know it was mine?
Me: I have magic powers.
Student: oh, cool.

think-progress: A New Jersey bridge collapsed today, derailing...

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:46:13 -0500

think-progress:

A New Jersey bridge collapsed today, derailing a train carrying flammable, carcinogenic vinyl chloride into Mantua Creek. Now people are having trouble breathing, due to the spill’s vapors.

This is exactly why infrastructure spending is urgently needed.

explodingdog: doing what I do best (this is probably the last...

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 21:50:35 -0500

explodingdog:

doing what I do best

(this is probably the last for today. thanks so much.)