[-] frosty99c@midwest.social 3 points 7 hours ago

"Literally don't do it" is a 65 and you have the rest of the heading period to make up or redo any assignment up until the last day. So basically, float through 9 weeks doing nothing, then cream in the easiest assignments after school during the last week to get a passing grade.

[-] frosty99c@midwest.social 1 points 7 hours ago

This was a suburban school outside of a major city in the Midwest US.

[-] frosty99c@midwest.social 15 points 9 hours ago

It's been a while since teachers were allowed to give out 0s in highschool. When I taught 12 years ago the lowest I was allowed to give was a 65. Even if nothing was turned in.

[-] frosty99c@midwest.social 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Roberto Bolaño. 2666 and The Savage Detectives are great. He also wrote a ton of short stories. His writing is also pretty straightforward so it's easy to follow if you're still learning.

Luis Sepúlveda. The Old Man who Read Love Stories and The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her To Fly are both very good. The latter is more of a children's book but still worth it.

This page contains a collection of many authors and short stories. I've found it helpful: Literatura.us

This is another great resource for popular books by country: https://preply.com/en/d/most-translated-books--lp

[-] frosty99c@midwest.social 25 points 5 days ago

Also, don't they need to run to move food through their digestive tract? Or to force themselves to cough if they have something stuck in their lungs? I think there is some sort of dependency of basic functions that relies on the movement of their lungs/stomach going back and forth while running that they can't easily do if they just stand in one place all day

[-] frosty99c@midwest.social 59 points 2 weeks ago

"Is there any reason why this needs to be a taxpayer subsidized organization?"

Public safety? Is that a good enough reason? We should be subsiding more things that are in the public interest - programs that benefit the public should never be run by for-profit corporations.

[-] frosty99c@midwest.social 57 points 6 months ago

The original Star Wars would never have specifically created a character just to sell merchandise...

[-] frosty99c@midwest.social 75 points 7 months ago

They're usually more walkable, so that's a plus.

[-] frosty99c@midwest.social 86 points 9 months ago

A friend of mine is a non-native English speaker. He teaches at an elementary school and works with 'English as a second language' students. He casually mentioned that he always tells his students to take a 'horse bath' in the bathroom sink after recess if needed. He was traumatized when I told him that he'd misheard that phrase for his entire adult life.

[-] frosty99c@midwest.social 24 points 1 year ago

"A sneeze is your soul trying to leave your body. Saying God Bless You shoves it back in."

I always say this as a joke. I'm pretty sure it's from the Simpsons, and not an actual historical belief. If you have any source that shows this an old wives tale or folkloric legend, I'd love to see it. That'd make it even funnier to me haha.

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