I feel like this tactic is only useful in younger/youth-aged classes. It can be useful if there's too much reading to do in one class, but even then as a teacher you should be prepared to cover the whole lesson in the event there's time to cover the whole lesson. It can also help bring the focus back to the lesson if the class is easily distracted. It can also give them the chance to comprehend what's being taught on their own and to practice summarizing what they're learning.

For adult classes, I agree it can come across as lazy or like they're trying to fill the time. Since classes are supposed to be discussion-based, I personally enjoy learning as a class and discussing as a class because you miss out on some insights if you split into smaller groups.

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Why did I tear up reading this that's so wholesome.

This. Also, a lot of those issues come from a lack of parenting or a lack of parents understanding how to deal with those issues. Teens don't know what they don't know, so it's the parents' responsibility to teach them the best they can. Things like depression, anxiety, etc., don't stem from laziness.

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In my early to mid 20s, I didn't have any desire to have friends outside my immediate family circle. I've had the mindset that I didn't want to invest time in a friendship because I had been hurt by so many "friends" in the past. The same is somewhat true still, not wanting to invest myself, but I live by the "I'd rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies" philosophy. Now I have a few close friends that I wouldn't trade anything for. The best part is all of them are also introverted to an extent, so none of us feel pressure to hang out all the time, just when we can.

Those aren't sins, but definitely a real struggle for the youth.

Either that or they just didn't advertise them since the quantities were so small. I got in the line before the show and was one of the first 10-20 people in line. :/ Oh well. I'll just look at yours haha.

This is what I do, look at the related artists. If there's a song I like with multiple artists, another thing I do is look through each artist on the song, queue up a few of their most popular tunes, and if I like them I'll look through more of their music. I've found tons of new artists and even genre subtypes by doing this.

I've been told by multiple family members that I'm the funniest one in our family. From the mouth of my own mother: "You fill the house with so much laughter when you come to visit." I married someone just as goofy as me and whenever we visit, the place is certainly more lively and people get more silly around us lol.

Aw man I remember looking for them but not seeing them at the merch stand. I guess I should have just asked about them instead of assuming they weren't there. Oh well lol.

Vanilla ice cream and ketchup

My dad loved green jello with shredded carrots. That sounds palatable compared to sweet corn.

I spent part of my childhood living in a place where we'd get scorpions more often than we'd get house spiders and it always creeped me out seeing scorpions in candies at the gift shops. 🤢

I love it!! Question though, where did people find the signed set lists? I would have loved to buy one but I didn't see them in the merch stand when I went.

The trick for me is remembering to delete the sample once I've bought a book. I wish the app would delete the samples automatically when you buy the full book, but it doesn't.

Someone in my life had a porn addiction. It wasn't revealed to me until after we got married, but I promised to work through it if they promised to be 1000% honest with me if they had any slip ups. This was years ago and they have made so much progress since then to the point where it is barely a concern anymore.

However, we are both on the same page that if another person became involved or any kind of affairs happened (from either of us), it would be the end of our relationship. No second chances.

If your boyfriend is already involving other people, I'd say break up and save yourself the heartache. He shouldn't be treated like a project and you deserve better than to be with someone you're going to have trust issues with.

I shared a flip phone with my sibling starting around the age 11 (it was only used for emergencies or if we were going out with friends), but I got my own cell phone (not a smart phone) when I was 14.

ONE OF US

I mostly download samples of books on my TBR that I don't own yet.

Right now I have 5 book "types" I'm reading. A reread, 2 book series I've never read, and a non-fiction/self improvement book, plus a book I'm reading together with my SO.

It's...a bit much for me lol. I'm almost done with a book trilogy (the reread) and then once I'm done with one of the new book series, I'll probably try to keep it down to 3 books at a time max.

If it matters, I'm not including all my webtoons series I'm reading, but that's at least 10-20 at a time.

I always see those kinds of tests as an insight into your personality, but never something to accept as 100% truth. People take MTBI, star signs, Hogwarts house, etc., way too seriously sometimes lol

I'm with you OP, I need a tiny bit of light for those trips to the bathroom in the middle of the night lol. I don't have blackout curtains in my room, nor do I have any lights in my room, but I have a few very dim night lights strategically placed throughout my home so if I need to get up in the middle of the night, I can do so without turning on any bigger lights.

It bugs me that the music always cuts off after a while, so a few years ago I made a playlist with all the soundtracks that I listen to while I play (as long as I'm not watching a video at the same time or something).