u/Sense_Difficult

I've traveled but only to the Middle East and the Mediterranean. So it's always been the rock cliffs and crystal oceans. Sometimes I see clips of interviews in other countries, and they look very similar IMO to the East Coast of the US.

But I'm wondering if this is a misconception. I've been told that Ireland reminds my family of Brooklyn. But I have no clue.

I won two cases of A&W root beer. I also won tickets to classical musical concerts from being the right number of caller, two different times. I guess not that many people liked classical music.

I am curious of others have noticed this kind of thing both as a teacher but also as a student yourself while going through college.

Basically, as student comes up with a concept on their own. They explore the idea and really get creative. They develop their theory and research the ideas. And when they share the idea with someone, that person points out that it's already a well known theory.

But instead of conceding that they should look into the famous theory, they want to hang on to the theory as their own. Granted they thought of it without being influenced by the famous theorist. But, it's not their original theory.

Example: let's say someone noticed that their friends who let their kids visit Grama in Puerto Rico for a holiday, wound up being able to learn Spanish fluently in junior high school even though the language was not spoken at home. Only English. Hmmm, it's a good idea to let kids visit a home where people are fluent in another language. It makes it easier to learn later.

But this is basically Chomsky's theory of Universal Grammar and how exposing children to different languages at a young age actually helps them learn it again as a second language later in life.

The ego trip I will often see on this with learners is a refusal to look into the more renowned theorist. It's as if they lose interest in the theory once it's "already been done."

The extension of this ego trip will also sometimes be an inflated sense of their own intelligence. As if, they must be a genius since they came up with a "brilliant theory" all on their own.

Have any of you noticed anything like this over the years?

One for me is moving from NYC to a small town on the East Coast. It's a "city" but the population is under 100 thousand. And so gossip is everywhere. I have become an introvert and nearly agoraphobic since I've moved here. I think NY was actually easier because you could meet people all day long and never see them again for the rest of your life. So those friendly interactions became stress free.

Down here, I see the same people every time I leave the house. There's a grocery store near by that I made the huge mistake of getting friendly with the fish counter woman. That was kind of a necessity in NYC to make sure you were friendly with the butcher, fish counter and deli. Here, if she sees me walk in the store she runs all the way up from behind the counter to give me a big hug. I can't stand it. LOL so I avoid going when she's working.

I have these Medical Shows on and they are all running around yelling emergency room stuff, and it just made me wonder how annoying it is to actual medical professionals. Or other types of work where you can't even suspend disbelief and enjoy the show because they get so much wrong.

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up because I've been online all day today and I'm seeing our Groomers, Cat Fishers and Fetish Posters showing up all over reddit.

I noticed this for the last 2 years that right around June they show up to try to connect with teenagers online because they know they will be off from school for the summer. So, they try to establish a connection now. IMO they are usually Gen X aged men or bored women in their 40s.

Two updates in what I've seen is that an upsurge in POSING as being part of the LBGQT++ community since it's Pride Month. Also, a lot more posts about being on the Autism spectrum.

Key features in the tone of the writing is usually posting rage bait or engagement bait where they mention something especially problematic for a teacher to deal with and want advice. They never mention parental involvement which is key. Also, the tone of voice in the writing is often infantilized like a completely innocent child but then bounces back into a joking banter or mature appreciation of your advice. They reply to every comment and will also PM you to start a chat.

The other clues I've noticed are cross posting the same post into different subreddits. And a tendency to jump between accounts. So, it might be a new account with very little activity, or it might be an old account with very little activity.

One of the goals IMO is to increase their Karma so they can post in other subreddits. We're one of the few that doesn't have a block on people posting based on Karma count or account history.

IMO I'd just call it out if you doubt it or if you see something weird. I down vote all of their posts and comments to try to dissuade them from posting here. Let's not let this subreddit be used as a hang out for predators online.

And hope everyone is having a good end of the school year.

I was watching a documentary about Betelgeuse and how it's going to go supernova one day. But this makes no sense to me. When we look back into space, aren't we seeing what has already happened in time? If we're moving forward from a big bang, nothing we see could ever change right?

As a former NYer I remember the Sandy Flooding. I didn't even hear about the flash flood until yesterday I've been so out of the loop. One of our referrals usually works with teachers in NYC. We're not sure if it's rude to send out a fundraising request that we'd normally send at the end of the school year. Has the clean up been successful or are people really struggling? TYIA

Trigger warning death and cancer

I'm curious about cancer in particular. My husband is older than me and his older siblings have all wound up with major medical issues after being diagnoses with something and treated. His sister was diagnosed with Glioblastoma at the age of 76. She lasted 6 months and it was terrible. She had surgery, radiation and chemo. None of it made a difference and he and I agreed that we wouldn't have put her through that if we had known better.

This got me to wondering if people are diagnosed with all sorts of a cancers and put through chemo and radiation because that's the treatment. My cousin also was diagnosed with colon cancer. They told him it was just a matter of removing a polyp. But he wound up with a colostomy bag and going on chemo and radiation. He has recovered thank goodness. My sister recently was diagnosed with colon cancer and the same treatment. She is in remission and doing well.

Aside from all of this freaking me out, I wondered what I would do in similar situations? And I would not want to go through the treatment. I'd rather just let it do what it's going to do and make peace with it. But this made me wonder.

If the body is a self correcting system, can it manage it's own cancer to some degree? Have coroners every autopsied bodies of people who died from old age who had cancer in them that they didn't know about and didn't effect them much.