Comments | lithiumlaughter: Don't wanna hold hands and talk about her plans.

lithiumlaughter

Don't wanna hold hands and talk about her plans.

Apr 21, 2010 10:12

Today is 'scare the noobs' day for the Education program on campus.

Okay, okay. Technically, it's a pre-orientation. Their honest-to-goodness orientation comes in August. What happens today is that our current class, who has all but finished save for some paperwork, and next year's class all get together and talk shop for a couple hours. The current ( Read more... )

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green_amberjade April 21 2010, 18:05:59 UTC

PERCYNESS! You read Shortpacked?!

I am ready and willing to flail with you over Mike and Amber. Their first date will forever hold a special place in my heart.

Also, I am totally going to check out that book you recommended. It looks hilarious.

lithiumlaughter April 21 2010, 18:34:20 UTC

OF COURSE I READ SHORTPACKED ( ... )

green_amberjade April 22 2010, 18:39:05 UTC

Did we discover its brilliance the same year we were rooming together? *smacks self for forgetting that epic moment of our friendship*

That moment is wonderful as is the moment when she first discovers Mike's deep, dark secret (that he's the nicest person in the world when he's drunk). I also love the moments where he beats up people for her, like when he kicks the ladder over on a customer for her. Got to love the dysfunctional relationships.

I did indeed notice the coffee shop, even though it's been forever since I've read "Questionable Content" - I should really catch up with that one sometime when I have spare time again.

lithiumlaughter April 23 2010, 15:33:00 UTC

That would probably have been it. I would be shocked if it had been under any other circumstances. *hugs you like whoa for we are indeed twin souls or something like that)

The whole blackmail slowly, slowly turning into a dysfunctional relationship was so well executed, and I am so thrilled to have rediscovered "Shortpacked". I'm excited to see where it all goes...specifically Amber and Mike. I remember laughing out loud at the strip where he's at his other work, drunk like a skunk as as such so very nice, and apologizing for the fact he's going to have to kick her ass later.

Questionable Content's Art has only gotten better and better, and the cast has just gotten more and more well-written. Jeph Jaques' writing and general comic timing have improved SO MUCH, and I'm so proud of him even though I don't even know him. I'd say it's worth catching up on, for sure.

chalakchalak April 21 2010, 20:04:26 UTC

I've felt (and looked) like I'm 18 for the last four years now.
:'(

If I understand correctly, you're the ones that are going to 'scare the noobs', right?

lithiumlaughter April 22 2010, 15:20:15 UTC

Take comfort -- I look like a physical 13/14 year old, I have to wrangle teens anywhere from 15-18. Fun times.:)

Yep. That's how it works. Only we're really not supposed to scare them; these are the folk who have just been accepted into the Professional Year program. The whole idea is to give the students an eye-on-the-ground view of what they can expect.

chalakchalak April 22 2010, 20:22:42 UTC

Ahh, they're lucky! Not many firms/companies/what have you have programs like that. Usually they just throw you into the fire.

lithiumlaughter April 23 2010, 15:27:28 UTC

Our program is special. Huuuuuuuuuuge support net, right from the day you get your acceptance letter. Lots of time talking with previous grads, lots of contact with your Faculty Associate (basically, the prof who acts as a liaison between you and the campus while you're in immersion and your general lifesaver/angel/hero for the entire year)...I could go on.

Though, as I've said to you, the cost of this year is about the cost of of an entire post-secondary education almost everywhere else. We're actually recognized as the most expensive university in Canada...but also, one of the best. So you'd better damn well get those kind of perks. :)

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xenokattz April 22 2010, 01:31:27 UTC

Since you're qualified to teach high school, I assume the training included peering into the dark minds of teenagers. What tips can you give me considering I may have to teach high school Sex Ed next year for our public health rotation?

lithiumlaughter April 22 2010, 15:53:47 UTC

Aaaaaaaah. Indeed. I actually was going to tell you that if you needed some high school teacher-y advice to come bang on my virtual door.

Since you've asked:
1) Let 'em get the giggles out. Considering the content, I guarantee you'll get some (especially at the beginning). That's okay. Once you've established and they get that this is indeed serious business, you can be a little more lighter (lighthearted, even) with them -- something teens always appreciate. Through your behaviour, you indicate that yeah, we're talking serious shit here, but it's natural serious shit.

2) By extension, do what you can to keep the environment a safe place to talk about sex in. This is going to be more awkward if it's a co-ed class, a little easier if it's gender split. If it's co-ed, I'd suggest 'Fight Club' rules: What happens in fight club stays in fight club. It's not going to work perfectly, of course, (they're teens and dumb that way) but it gets across the point that levels of knowledge about sexuality are not something to be mocked, and the ( ... )

xenokattz April 22 2010, 16:41:42 UTC

This is awesome. I'm sure I'll have more later but the part about using the question box not only to ask questions (duh) but to gauge the class is very useful. Ditto the awkward silence as "wait time;" I would've totally tried to fill that. The one thing I really didn't have going to a Catholic high school is, IMHO, adequate sex ed. Oh, the biology teachers tried to circumvent the Abstinence Only clause in the reproduction chapter (and a few sneak religion teachers did, too) but when you have 5-6 pregnancies before grad in a 120-person grade, something went wrong. I don't even want to contemplate the STIs.

lithiumlaughter April 22 2010, 17:00:52 UTC

Glad to have been of help ( ... )

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o_melody_nelson April 23 2010, 04:25:08 UTC

1) I NEED THIS BOOK SO, SO BAD. I'm going to have to get my Chapter-employed roommate to order it for me. She will enjoy it, too, of course.

2) I know from first-hand experience how awesome it feels to hold Fight Club in your hands and go "this is mine". it's a pretty excellent feeling. I was pretty pissed when some dickbag stole my copy >:/

3) I am jealous like a jealous thing, omg. I really want this album. I REALLY WANT YOUR AFP TICKETS D:<

4) omg, I actually just started reading it earlier this week, wut.

lithiumlaughter April 23 2010, 15:22:02 UTC

1) GET IT. BEG, BORROW, STEAL. It's one of those things that's going to be so dated so quickly (as soon as Facebook is no longer 'the thing', it'll make no sense), but right now it's SO FRIGGING FUNNY.
("Pip Becomes A Fan Of Mean Girls". YUSSSSSSS.)

2) It does. It really, really does. I read this comment, picked up my paperback, and there's just that warm feeling in the dark sub-cockles of your heart and you have no option but to smile like Tyler Durden.
I am so tempted to re-read it today -- I could probably power through it -- but alas, school paperwork calls.

3) I PROMISE THERE WILL BE PICTURES. PROMISEPROMISEPROMISE.

4) Did you power through the archive, or pick it up where it's at?
(I used to read it a while ago, but then had some time the other day in which I caught up and fell in love again. I repeat, Mike and Amber are dysfunction in its purest, most wonderful form.

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lithiumlaughter April 25 2010, 01:44:42 UTC

Why hello there! No worries about seeming like a stalker. You don't, actually. I'd liken it more to a conversation in a coffee shop and being like "Hey! I've read that book too!" or something. Out of the blue, sure, but not weird. I'm always happy to have my coffee-conversations interrupted. Especially when they involve Shortpacked!

Walky loves A/M? HOPE CONTINUES.

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lithiumlaughter April 25 2010, 15:46:00 UTC

Thank you kindly. I'm an English teacher by trade; pretty sure being able to come up with odd/fitting analogies is part of the job description. :)

That would make sense. Everything they have is built around a carefully constructed lie. Him throwing the truth at her just when, like he points out, she's actually in love with him, would be completely in character for him. Anything to play head-games -- even honestly admitting to loving her laying all the cards on the table like he did. Huh ( ... )