RANTING/VENTING MEGATHREAD 3.0

Comic Sans!

Comic Sans is the best font for elementary level EFL education.

It's also a really thick font, so it's very easy to see on the monitor from anywhere in the room, especially if you use contrasting colours (like white text with black outlining).



* Hey, Pennypie, ... notice the watermarks? :D

I never understood the hate that Comic Sans gets from the public at large, I've always loved it.

Lotta 똥 references today. Animal poop. Aerial poop. Poop in large quantities. Sneaky poop.

http://www.waygook.org/index.php/topic,106562.msg706021/topicseen.html#new

I never understood the hate that Comic Sans gets from the public at large, I've always loved it.

Lotta 똥 references today. Animal poop. Aerial poop. Poop in large quantities. Sneaky poop.

http://www.waygook.org/index.php/topic,106562.msg706021/topicseen.html#new

Keep pushin' 'em out!

Poop (<--Arial poop!)

I use Goudy Stout font and I punish any student who cant read it. My classroom my rules.

I use Goudy Stout font and I punish any student who cant read it. My classroom my rules.

I've seen some powerpoints here where the students would probably have been better off if the teacher had used the wingdings font. 

How's this for a ppt? *shudders*

How's this for a ppt? *shudders*

Thanks for embarrassing me here in front of everyone ahole..

I just thought kids need to learn about RWBY. If not now, then when?

And yes the soundtrack does KICKASS!

How's this for a ppt? *shudders*

Are you sure this isn't a student-made PPt? It's definitely Konglish, whatever it is.

How's this for a ppt? *shudders*

Are you sure this isn't a student-made PPt? It's definitely Konglish, whatever it is.

I just googled "shitty ppt"

I have no idea. hahaha

I use Goudy Stout font and I punish any student who cant read it. My classroom my rules.

Genuinely made me chuckle!

How's this for a ppt? *shudders*

Are you sure this isn't a student-made PPt? It's definitely Konglish, whatever it is.

I just googled "shitty ppt"

I have no idea. hahaha

Google is a wondrous thing.  Once for a class I had to bring in some images for some writing activity.  I found some fairly epic pictures and a fellow student asked how I'd found them. 

Literally googled, "black and white photos."   

10 minutes before home time, yes that is the time to put on the aircon


RAGE!

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30 degrees in May. Gah! What's the actual summer going to be like?

Sizzling summer with less rainfall forecast

From a functional standpoint, Impact does everything comic sans does, only better. Shame it's overused. Really, the best font to use for body text is something with high readability and little flourish, because you want to reserve that for headlines and other dividing marks.

Anyway, to make this a rant I'm really just generally dissatisfied with everything. Rawr rawr I'm a malcontent.

From a functional standpoint, Impact does everything comic sans does, only better. Shame it's overused.

You've convinced me.

Why is this one teacher so annoying?? She is honestly like a child at times, no wonder she teaches elementary.  I had set my phone down on a table and she grabbed it to admire my new phone case.  Another time she grabbed at my ear when I had an earring in that she apparently was interested in-- I dodged and backed away but she kept grabbing at me  My students don't even grab at my earrings!! Wtf

For some reason she also has a habit of putting her stuff over mine when there is clearly plenty of other desk space around.  Is this passive aggressiveness?? 

Then she started bugging me about how many students were at one of my schools so I told her and she goes,

"Are you sure??? I think there must be [x amount] of students!"
"Yes, I'm sure."
"Hmm, I do not think so."
"...I know how many students are at my school..."

There are only 13 students TOTAL at that school.  I think I would notice if there were extra students running around.    

Uuuuuuuuuugh.

This computer sucks.

One of my favorite classes with some of my best (if not brightest) students are turning into zombies. They used to be so enthusiastic: speaking English, smiling, laughing, having fun, learning. Now, they come to class every Thursday morning looking like their favorite puppy has died and I'm lucky to be able to get more than mumbles out of them. Even their homeroom teacher has been all scowly and menacing the past month. What is going on?

One of my favorite classes with some of my best (if not brightest) students are turning into zombies. They used to be so enthusiastic: speaking English, smiling, laughing, having fun, learning. Now, they come to class every Thursday morning looking like their favorite puppy has died and I'm lucky to be able to get more than mumbles out of them. Even their homeroom teacher has been all scowly and menacing the past month. What is going on?

This is normal for the last month or so before the vacation. The kids need a break, and the teachers do too. After summer vacation, the homeroom teacher will probably be back to normal. The kids... it depends. Puberty will decide whether the break was enough or not.