Maybe Someday I’ll Get Enough Sleep Again

where! has! my! passion! gone! I had it abundantly when I was a child, and I must have dropped it along the way, but I cannot figure where!

oh hey folks fun update, i found my passion again? i just had to find my right outlet, get to a place where I have aspirations, dispel apathy and pursue what I love, it’s all good and swell!

reblog this to find the right outlet, get to a place where you have aspirations, dispel apathy and pursue what you love, and rediscover your passion.

can we like…. talk about what a healthy relationship with technology looks like? not just for us, but for future generations: its super easy for us to accept tech unquestioningly bc many millennials and gen-Zers grew up alongside the growth of tech, and had a naturally evolving level of exposure to it. but what about the 5 year olds with tablets? the 8 year olds with perfectly curated instagrams?? i’m as obsessed with my phone as the rest of us, but can we please stop simply bemoaning how none of us read as much as we were kids and start exploring how all these screens might be affecting the kids growing up right now?

i work in customer service and please know that i am not baby-boomer aggrandizing when i say i have seen so many children, literally toddlers, dead-silent and completely, utterly absorbed in tablets bigger than their heads. i’ve seen a shitton of pre-pubescent girls posing for pictures together, planning their angles and backgrounds, and checking what shots their mom took bc they’re worried “they might look fat.” like. i’m talking 7 year olds. this isn’t meant to be some holier than thou bullshit, this is me being legitimately terrified about a problem i really haven’t seen any of us discuss or even acknowledge

We need to bring back those crappy burner phones for kids (the ones with no touch screen and only can be used to call/text a few numbers). So they still have emergency contact and a way of talking to friends but arnt bombarded with the constant uncontrolled stream of content on the internet. And please for the love of god, no tablets for kids under 10. Nit to be all anti tech but its not even good for adults to have to much screentime its certainly not good for developing brains.

As a teacher we take so many courses on how tech is changing how students develop and they’re not learning how to be bored. They always have something in front of them, and parents are worried that a bored or upset child means they’re bad at parenting so they stick a screen in front of them. Learning how to be bored sparks creativity. Receiving entertainment the moment you’re upset limits your ability to handle those emotions. And it makes it soooooo hard for teachers to teach because now we have to teach kids not just academics, but social and emotional stability as well and there’s just not enough time in the day. I’m a huuuuge advocate for educational technology and I play so many video games but pleeeeease spend time with your kids! And don’t feel bad if you have to take away your kids electronics!

WHAT

also: the way “gifted” children are taught largely just rewards them for already knowing things or having a specific skill come easily to them, and thus not only gives them severe anxiety about asking for help or not knowing something right away for fear of disappointing those adult mentors, but also actively discourages them from learning HOW to learn things and pick up new skills, thus sabotaging any life they might try to pursue outside of that institutional career.

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I just remembered how hilarious it was to watch this shit on national television.

remember when we thought THIS was wild

Peace flows like a river.

IVE NEVER SEEN A RIVER THAT CLEAR IN MY LIFE

Good times

It was so lit back then