Teacup Café XXXIII - Page 30

**Mari** · 10-27-2008, 01:31 PM

Don't worry. I have so many pillows I can't really stuff them in my secret hiding space anymore, so they kinda lay around everywhere. Ditto for my blankies.

Empress_Flynn · 10-27-2008, 01:32 PM

Oh good... then the cafe will be the most comfortable place anyway

*struggles to get up from the SisMariSane pile*

sisterandcousinandaunt · 10-27-2008, 01:33 PM

Cuddlz!!!!!

Empress_Flynn · 10-27-2008, 01:34 PM

Hehe... yay for cuddles!

**Mari** · 10-27-2008, 01:46 PM

Whiiiieeeeeh! ^_^
This place is the best place for hugglin' and cuddlin'

On a whole different note: for school I'm looking into different sorts of primary education and came across the requirements for going to a school for brilliant kids... I would have been able to enter if we had had those schools back when I was in primary school... I would have loved that! *sigh*

***Earniel*** · 10-27-2008, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Empress_Flynn

what's for dinner Earniel?

Cooked taters, spinach and baked saugages.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grey_Wolf

*The Cooking Monster's cousin once removed, the Peeling Monster, who's specialty is carrots and potatoes, rushes after Earn to help.*

*pokes with spoon towards monsters* I don't think I want you lot in my kitchen.Too many cooks spoil the broth, or how does the saying goes? Shoo.

Empress_Flynn · 10-27-2008, 01:52 PM

*resists the temptation to do the Gollum and Sam exchange about "taters"*

***Earniel*** · 10-27-2008, 01:55 PM

No rabbit today, 'though.

Empress_Flynn · 10-27-2008, 01:59 PM

Maybe tomorrow

**Mari** · 10-27-2008, 02:08 PM

You know, I think it might be fun to teach at a 'free school'. Boarding school of course.
*is still engrossed in different educational styles for her assignment*
I'd have to move to the UK or the US for that though.

Grey_Wolf · 10-27-2008, 02:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Empress_Flynn

Where's the Hugging Monster when you need him?

*The Hugging Monster on hearing Effie's plea steps out of the MQ and walks up to her gives her a gently embrace.*

sisterandcousinandaunt · 10-27-2008, 02:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mari

Whiiiieeeeeh! ^_^
This place is the best place for hugglin' and cuddlin'

On a whole different note: for school I'm looking into different sorts of primary education and came across the requirements for going to a school for brilliant kids... I would have been able to enter if we had had those schools back when I was in primary school... I would have loved that! *sigh*

Maybe not.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mari

You know, I think it might be fun to teach at a 'free school'. Boarding school of course.
*is still engrossed in different educational styles for her assignment*
I'd have to move to the UK or the US for that though.

Email me. I know where you should teach, and they'd love you.

**Mari** · 10-27-2008, 02:39 PM

Hehe, if they can get me a green card

At least, I think I need one in order to teach in the US.
I think I want to finish my degree first, though I wonder why I keep coming back to teaching while I can't handle 7 to 17 year olds...?
I am weird

*sigh* Pastoral care is also very attractive.

**Mari** · 10-27-2008, 02:41 PM

PS: what made you think I wouldn't have liked the school for brilliant kids? *is seriously interested*

sisterandcousinandaunt · 10-27-2008, 03:10 PM

I've seen a lot of these kinds of schools. All different approaches. But two things affect the school experience so much, in practice. One is, who are the students and teachers? When they're nice, the environment is much nicer. And the second is, "What kind of fit is there between the learning styles of the students and the teaching styles of the school?"

This is the place many gifted programs fall apart. Because if you have a gifted program that becomes very 'hands on' (as many of them do) it works for a lot of kids who would not fare well in a traditional lecture program. It doesn't maximise the potential for strong auditory learners, however.

My two cents, as they say.

**Mari** · 10-27-2008, 03:22 PM

Hmmm, I would have loved to be able to study what I wanted and when I wanted it. Now everytime I had time left over I had to read, which would have been great if the library hadn't been so limited.
Plus extra projects and more contact with the teacher, smaller classes. I think I would have liked that. Might have prevented me from getting bullied too.

I just took the Myer-Briggs test. Apparently I am an INFJ-type.
The description was so much like me though!

I never would have guessed. Ah well, I guess you see in those descriptions what you expect to see and ignore the parts that do not fit.
Apparently Mother Theresa, Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King were/are also INFJ's.
Coolness. ^_^

sisterandcousinandaunt · 10-27-2008, 03:30 PM

I'm an INTJ. Pretty close.

I was very fortunate, in school, to have teachers who gave me the extra assignments and opportunities to work alone, without a "gifted" program. However, if you'd been in school with me, you wouldn't have been bullied.

I've never stood for that.

**Mari** · 10-27-2008, 03:35 PM

Hehe, funny thing is: if someone else gets bullied I won't stand for that either, not even when I was bullied. I just couldn't (and still in a lot of cases can't) stand up for myself.

Oh, funny story about an intern teaching my class: I was always allowed to read after finishing my assignments, but I had the tendency to get really engrossed in my books, so I wouldn't notice a thing around me (very handy ability when people are badmouthing you too

).
That happened this time as well, but the teacher hadn't told my intern about that, so I had missed 3 pages of language class before she noticed I wasn't paying attention... she got very VERY angry. I got angry too for her treating me so unjust, so I don't think I answered any of her questions for the rest of the day.

I wonder what sort of feedback the teacher gave her though. I don't think you are supposed to show that to your class.

sisterandcousinandaunt · 10-27-2008, 03:50 PM

That's actually how I read Tolkien the first time. In 4th grade (age 9 or so) they gave us "Snow Treasure" a kids' novel about Norwegian resistance to the Nazis. We got it on Friday and I came in Monday prepared to discuss it. And when they found out, they said, "Um. We were planning to do this for 2 months. How about read this long set of books and keep quiet?"

LOL

**Mari** · 10-27-2008, 04:00 PM

Haha, yes, I used to bring in my own books because I had read all those in the class-library.
Actually, when I think about it, it's kinda sad how bad the class-library was.
How was it at your school?

By the way, I don't know who Louisa May is/was, but she is absolutely right. I would like to do that as well. >_<

10-27-2008, 01:31 PM	#581
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Don't worry. I have so many pillows I can't really stuff them in my secret hiding space anymore, so they kinda lay around everywhere. Ditto for my blankies. __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

10-27-2008, 01:32 PM	#582
Empress_Flynn Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Everywhere and nowhere Posts: 814	Oh good... then the cafe will be the most comfortable place anyway struggles to get up from the SisMariSane pile __________________ "Even a mirror will not show you yourself, if you do not wish to see." "But remember... clowns make two things around here: balloon animals... and enemies." "If I loved you then I would love you in any way I could, and if we could not touch, then I would draw strength from your beauty... And if I went blind, I would fill my soul with the sound of your voice and the contents of your thoughts until the last spark of my love for you lit the shabby darkness of my dying mind."

10-27-2008, 01:33 PM	#583
sisterandcousinandaunt Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4,535	Cuddlz!!!!! __________________ That would be the swirling vortex to another world. Cool. I want one. TMNT No, I'm not emo. I just have a really poor sense of direction. (Thanks to katya for this quote) This is the best news story EVER! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26087293/ “Often my haste is a mistake, but I live with the consequences without complaint.”...John McCain "I shall go back. And I shall find that therapist. And I shall whack her upside her head with my blanket full of rocks." ...Louisa May

10-27-2008, 01:34 PM	#584
Empress_Flynn Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Everywhere and nowhere Posts: 814	Hehe... yay for cuddles! __________________ "Even a mirror will not show you yourself, if you do not wish to see." "But remember... clowns make two things around here: balloon animals... and enemies." "If I loved you then I would love you in any way I could, and if we could not touch, then I would draw strength from your beauty... And if I went blind, I would fill my soul with the sound of your voice and the contents of your thoughts until the last spark of my love for you lit the shabby darkness of my dying mind."

10-27-2008, 01:46 PM	#585
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Whiiiieeeeeh! ^_^ This place is the best place for hugglin' and cuddlin' On a whole different note: for school I'm looking into different sorts of primary education and came across the requirements for going to a school for brilliant kids... I would have been able to enter if we had had those schools back when I was in primary school... I would have loved that! sigh __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

10-27-2008, 01:52 PM	#587
Empress_Flynn Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Everywhere and nowhere Posts: 814	resists the temptation to do the Gollum and Sam exchange about "taters" __________________ "Even a mirror will not show you yourself, if you do not wish to see." "But remember... clowns make two things around here: balloon animals... and enemies." "If I loved you then I would love you in any way I could, and if we could not touch, then I would draw strength from your beauty... And if I went blind, I would fill my soul with the sound of your voice and the contents of your thoughts until the last spark of my love for you lit the shabby darkness of my dying mind."

10-27-2008, 01:55 PM	#588
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	No rabbit today, 'though. __________________ We are not things.

10-27-2008, 01:59 PM	#589
Empress_Flynn Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Everywhere and nowhere Posts: 814	Maybe tomorrow __________________ "Even a mirror will not show you yourself, if you do not wish to see." "But remember... clowns make two things around here: balloon animals... and enemies." "If I loved you then I would love you in any way I could, and if we could not touch, then I would draw strength from your beauty... And if I went blind, I would fill my soul with the sound of your voice and the contents of your thoughts until the last spark of my love for you lit the shabby darkness of my dying mind."

10-27-2008, 02:08 PM	#590
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	You know, I think it might be fun to teach at a 'free school'. Boarding school of course. is still engrossed in different educational styles for her assignment I'd have to move to the UK or the US for that though. __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

10-27-2008, 02:39 PM	#593
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Hehe, if they can get me a green card At least, I think I need one in order to teach in the US. I think I want to finish my degree first, though I wonder why I keep coming back to teaching while I can't handle 7 to 17 year olds...? I am weird sigh Pastoral care is also very attractive. __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

10-27-2008, 02:41 PM	#594
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	PS: what made you think I wouldn't have liked the school for brilliant kids? is seriously interested __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

10-27-2008, 03:10 PM	#595
sisterandcousinandaunt Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4,535	I've seen a lot of these kinds of schools. All different approaches. But two things affect the school experience so much, in practice. One is, who are the students and teachers? When they're nice, the environment is much nicer. And the second is, "What kind of fit is there between the learning styles of the students and the teaching styles of the school?" This is the place many gifted programs fall apart. Because if you have a gifted program that becomes very 'hands on' (as many of them do) it works for a lot of kids who would not fare well in a traditional lecture program. It doesn't maximise the potential for strong auditory learners, however. My two cents, as they say. __________________ That would be the swirling vortex to another world. Cool. I want one. TMNT No, I'm not emo. I just have a really poor sense of direction. (Thanks to katya for this quote) This is the best news story EVER! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26087293/ “Often my haste is a mistake, but I live with the consequences without complaint.”...John McCain "I shall go back. And I shall find that therapist. And I shall whack her upside her head with my blanket full of rocks." ...Louisa May

10-27-2008, 03:22 PM	#596
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Hmmm, I would have loved to be able to study what I wanted and when I wanted it. Now everytime I had time left over I had to read, which would have been great if the library hadn't been so limited. Plus extra projects and more contact with the teacher, smaller classes. I think I would have liked that. Might have prevented me from getting bullied too. I just took the Myer-Briggs test. Apparently I am an INFJ-type. The description was so much like me though! I never would have guessed. Ah well, I guess you see in those descriptions what you expect to see and ignore the parts that do not fit. Apparently Mother Theresa, Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King were/are also INFJ's. Coolness. ^_^ __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

10-27-2008, 03:30 PM	#597
sisterandcousinandaunt Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4,535	I'm an INTJ. Pretty close. I was very fortunate, in school, to have teachers who gave me the extra assignments and opportunities to work alone, without a "gifted" program. However, if you'd been in school with me, you wouldn't have been bullied. I've never stood for that. __________________ That would be the swirling vortex to another world. Cool. I want one. TMNT No, I'm not emo. I just have a really poor sense of direction. (Thanks to katya for this quote) This is the best news story EVER! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26087293/ “Often my haste is a mistake, but I live with the consequences without complaint.”...John McCain "I shall go back. And I shall find that therapist. And I shall whack her upside her head with my blanket full of rocks." ...Louisa May

10-27-2008, 03:35 PM	#598
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Hehe, funny thing is: if someone else gets bullied I won't stand for that either, not even when I was bullied. I just couldn't (and still in a lot of cases can't) stand up for myself. Oh, funny story about an intern teaching my class: I was always allowed to read after finishing my assignments, but I had the tendency to get really engrossed in my books, so I wouldn't notice a thing around me (very handy ability when people are badmouthing you too ). That happened this time as well, but the teacher hadn't told my intern about that, so I had missed 3 pages of language class before she noticed I wasn't paying attention... she got very VERY angry. I got angry too for her treating me so unjust, so I don't think I answered any of her questions for the rest of the day. I wonder what sort of feedback the teacher gave her though. I don't think you are supposed to show that to your class. __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"... Last edited by Mari : 10-27-2008 at 03:40 PM.

10-27-2008, 03:50 PM	#599
sisterandcousinandaunt Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4,535	That's actually how I read Tolkien the first time. In 4th grade (age 9 or so) they gave us "Snow Treasure" a kids' novel about Norwegian resistance to the Nazis. We got it on Friday and I came in Monday prepared to discuss it. And when they found out, they said, "Um. We were planning to do this for 2 months. How about read this long set of books and keep quiet?" LOL __________________ That would be the swirling vortex to another world. Cool. I want one. TMNT No, I'm not emo. I just have a really poor sense of direction. (Thanks to katya for this quote) This is the best news story EVER! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26087293/ “Often my haste is a mistake, but I live with the consequences without complaint.”...John McCain "I shall go back. And I shall find that therapist. And I shall whack her upside her head with my blanket full of rocks." ...Louisa May

10-27-2008, 04:00 PM	#600
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Haha, yes, I used to bring in my own books because I had read all those in the class-library. Actually, when I think about it, it's kinda sad how bad the class-library was. How was it at your school? By the way, I don't know who Louisa May is/was, but she is absolutely right. I would like to do that as well. >_< __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"... Last edited by Mari : 10-27-2008 at 04:01 PM.

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