![TODAY. MY STUDENTS TELL ME
Today, my students tell me that I look like someone who never drives a car, that I look like I am someone who takes a train everywhere, and I love that they see me like this, the same way that I love that one day, a student asks me, do you buy your clothes on english teacher dot com?, when the truth is, I would if such a place existed. Another day, a student tells me that I seem like the kind of person who is good at tending plants, that I seem exactly like someone who would care for dying plants and maybe even heal them, only I am the one adding maybe, because they said it with such conviction and another student agreed with them like this was simple and true, and I laughed, told them they were wrong, that I wish I were more like my grandmother, who was in fact a tender of gardens and all green things and what I don't tell my students is that I am so bad at taking care of anything including myself [plz let Tom know if you need the full alt text! out of room]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:2vcaay2y6qaxmedo6adtgegz/bafkreih5xe3v7rtkfpzymbsdxqay3b6iwohtrbepz2wigwfwaud2rgkrve@jpeg)
A personal reflection/vent about the discussions surrounding potential changes to the NDIS for people with Psychosocial Disability www.linkedin.com/pulse/ndis-c...
Given all the turmoil and discussions going on in relation to the NDIS at the moment, I tried to write something. This is what came out of my messy mind.
āHow do I make silence my gender?ā āEmilia Phillips
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Israeli army forces family to leave 94-year-old grandmother behind The fate of Palestinian woman Naifa Rizq al-Sawada is currently unknown. Her daughter says she 'cannot move, eat, or drink alone' #FreePalestine
The fate of Palestinian woman Naifa Rizq al-Sawada is currently unknown. Her daughter says she 'cannot move, eat, or drink alone'
'The 2,000-pound bombs, capable of leveling city blocks and leaving craters in the earth 40 feet across and larger, are almost never used anymore by Western militaries in densely populated locations due to the risk of civilian casualties. Israel has used them extensively in Gaza.''The 2,000-pound bombs, capable of leveling city blocks and leaving craters in the earth 40 feet across and larger, are almost never used anymore by Western militaries in densely populated locations due to the risk of civilian casualties. Israel has used them extensively in Gaza.'
We are really going to just keep doing this? 'The new arms packages include more than 1,800 MK84 2,000-pound bombs and 500 MK82 500-pound bombs...Last week, the State Department authorized the transfer of 25 F-35A fighter jets and engines worth roughly $2.5 billion.'
Despite the U.S. and Israeli governmentsā growing rift over the Gaza war, the Biden administration continues to authorize major weapons transfers.
I just saw an Easter ad so it's time to start reminding people: LILIES ARE DEADLY FOR CATS. The leaves, the petals, the stem, even drinking a bit of vase water or licking a few grains of pollen from their fur can cause fatal kidney failure. ā ļø www.fda.gov/animal-veter....
When using Microsoft Word or Google Docs, don't just make text bigger and bolder to make it a heading. That will work for sighted users, but screen reader users will miss that and just hear it as normal paragraph text. Use actual heading styles, like level 1 through 6.