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DO NOT

FORCE SHY KIDS

TO TALK.

DO NOT

TELL SHY KIDS

THEY NEED TO PARTICIPATE MORE.

DO NOT

MAKE PARTICIPATION

A GRADE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA

HOW HARD IT IS

FOR SOME STUDENTS

TO JUST RAISE THEIR HANDS?

FORCING THEM INTO GROUP PROJECTS

AND MAKING THEM TALK

DOES NOT “TEACH THEM TO BE SOCIAL AND DEVELOP INTO WELL-ROUNDED INDIVIDUALS” 

IT SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF THEM.

AND MAKES THEM HATE SCHOOL.

SERIOUSLY.

COLLEGES TOO.

THERE IS NO REASON TO REQUIRE A PARTICIPATION GRADE.

IF I’M MAKING 90′S ON ALL MY TESTS/QUIZZES

IT MEANS I KNOW THE DAMN MATERIAL YOU TAUGHT

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE SHOULD YOU LOWER MY GRADE 10% JUST BECAUSE I DIDN’T TALK ENOUGH.

I SWEAR IF I GET ANOTHER “B” IN A CLASS THAT I EXCELLED IN JUST BECAUSE I DIDNT FEEL LIKE RAISING MY HAND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS

Memo #1

Memo #2

Heyo there folks! Penni/Shinxy here! 

I hope all you’re all doing well, are safe, and happy. If you’re not doing well, are not safe, or not happy. Then I want to remind you that you’re an amazing person, that you deserve to be happy, to never give up and know that it’s okay to ask for help.

And that’s what this memo is going to be all about under the cut. 

Here’s what I’ll be covering under said cut:

1. Self-Esteem, Self-Worth, and Pride. In the past versus now and why asking for and getting help was and is so hard for myself. 

2. Why Getting Help is Important.

3. Stuff I Know I Need Help With. asking for a little help in regards to insurance, my transgender therapy, and more. Talking about a Stream-a-thon, incentives, ideas, transparency, and more.

4. Asking you guys what you may need help with. I feel it’s important that we help each other in whatever way we possibly can. We don’t need to be alone in what we do and how we live because there’s ALWAYS someone or a group of people who will be willing to help you.

regulate your breathing so your blood flow evens out

fix your makeup and make sure you’re not sweaty

((Reblog or Halloween won’t be celebrated. If you reblog this in 50 seconds, you’ll have the best Halloween and be blessed by the spoopy skeleton gods.))

This is a kid that I met when I was teaching Vacation Bible School at my church last week.

I ran into him when I was going into our activity center and took notice of the gem he had placed on his forehead that he’d gotten because for the craft we made crosses that we could put these plastic gems on and we had a lovely conversation.

Me: Hey I like your gem. Kid: Why thank you, I bet you don’t know what show it’s from. Me: Steven Universe. Kid: Ah! You guessed it, but you probably don’t know what character has this gem. Me: Pearl. Kid: Ah! You’ve answered all my questions, you must have the future vision of Garnet. Me: I do. My girlfriend absolutely adores Pearl, we’re basically a real life Ruby and Sapphire. Kid: Really!?!?! You are Garnet!!! Me: Yeah I suppose so. Kid: Pearl is my favorite. Me: Mine is Amethyst, in fact it’s also my birthstone. Kid: Pearl is the smartest, most perfect, prettiest, and best gem there is - if I was a girl I’d marry her. Kid: *laughs* I like the way you think.

I thought it was the coolest thing that this boy found my lgbt relationship perfectly normal (especially since this was a religious function) and that he was so attached to this non-binary, identified female, lesbian character - it proves that Steven Universe isn’t just effecting young girls (and us too, but I’m talking about the target audience), but also teaching boys that like a female character is completely normal and that girls can be kick ass too.