so I was in class today and we have these chairs that you’re able to adjust the height on and I looked straight at my history teacher and pulled the lever so the chair sank and I told him that I was going down in history
This is the most perfect sentence I have ever heard
If Earth Had Rings
First off, they would be really pretty to look at. They would also dominate the sky in both night and day at exactly the same place as they would never rise nor set. And at night you would see the Earth’s shadow swing across the rings, like in the 4th photo here.
However, life would be very different on Earth if this were the case. Nocturnal animals would have a hard time being nocturnal, as the light reflecting from the rings would illuminate the night.
Because we are closer to the Sun than Saturn is, the rings would be more rocky than ice, making them less bright but still pretty bright. In fact, you would see far less stars at night (living anywhere other than the equator or the arctic circle) because of the light pollution and not to mention ruin most meteor showers because of that.
During the day the rings would block sunlight in certain regions of the planet creating wild weather cycles and effecting plant life as well. So basically, they would be definitely pretty to look at but they would also make a whole lot of things screwy.
Illustrations by Ron Miller // io9
— Click the photos for captionsDANGIT EARTH! WHY YOU NO HAVE RINGS!
Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, WA, tries new approach to school discipline — suspensions drop 85% (via mchotdog)
what a radical idea yo
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Bam. Kids “misbehave” for actual, real, valid reasons. And have feelings.
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For fuck’s sake, it takes the people in charge so long to figure shit like this out! Good for Lincoln High!
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This needs to be the policy EVERYWHERE…
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omg. Please have teachers learn this! I work with at-risk youth on a regular basis so I know that they have reasons to go off on you. I’m trained to recognize that there are bad days for everyone involved so we simply diffuse the situation rather than heighten it by being confrontational. If everyone just realized that there are reasons behind a lot of behavior, it would be so beneficial for everyone!
A student blows up at a teacher, drops the F-bomb. The usual approach at Lincoln – and, safe to say, at most high schools in this country – is automatic suspension. Instead, Sporleder sits the kid down and says quietly: “Wow. Are you OK? This doesn’t sound like you. What’s going on?”
He gets even more specific: “You really looked stressed. On a scale of 1-10, where are you with your anger?” The kid was ready. Ready, man! For an anger blast to his face….”How could you do that?” “What’s wrong with you?”…and for the big boot out of school. But he was NOT ready for kindness.
The armor-plated defenses melt like ice under a blowtorch and the words pour out: “My dad’s an alcoholic. He’s promised me things my whole life and never keeps those promises.” The waterfall of words that go deep into his home life, which is no piece of breeze, end with this sentence: “I shouldn’t have blown up at the teacher.” Whoa.
WHAT IF WE STARTED A FANDOM FOR DRAKE BELL AND CALLED IT
THE BELL-IEVERS
WHAT IF
LETS DO IT
Just one problem… Who would be in it?
Oh I don’t know how about the fucking 30 thousand people who reblogged and liked this post?
