I was bullied and regarded as little bit of an oddball myself,” said Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson about his new Sundance movie about the West Memphis Three. “And I see that happening to somebody else, so I just want to help them.
Another Celeb Bullied in School! via ONTD
Video: ”You Can Do Anything!” (from last week’s Saturday Night Live)
(Source: hulu.com)
Picture: TFA Ranked 70th Best Company To Work For by Fortune (but my that office Slinky looks lonely)
Objects: The History Of The Highlighter (NYTimes.com)
Movie poster: Adrien Brody (the Ryan Gosling of 2002) stars as a troubled substitute teacher at a dysfunctional school in “Detached,” coming out next month. More details here. Somewhat coincidentally, Gosling starred in 2006’s Half Nelson.
Poster: Detachment | /Film
Trailer through the link, if you’re intered.
Blackout: Wikipedia blackout affects teachers as well as students. See above. How are they supposed to learn materials and plan lessons? For more click here.
Cartoon: ”I bet you didn’t dream this.” azspot:
“Your teacher will never be this awesome” (NSFW)
(Source: davidfrias)
Cartoon: Classrooms Aren’t For Kisses via comicallyvintage
There’s a paint out there called Chalkboard and a tutorial on how to paint your walls to look like an old timey classroom. Me, I’m waiting for the 2012 line, which includes Whiteboard and Smartboard (via well-this-is-neat)
Advertising: Target ad featuring boy with Down’s syndrome goes viral (via Adweek) #thisweekined
Yearbooks: Student editors pull too sexy senior profile pic just like wannabe model and mom planned it (via JIMROMENESKO.COM) #thisweekined
Charts: The official flowchart of cliques at my high school and how they overlap and relate. (ilovecharts) #thisweekined
Charts: Band Kids, Sporty Kids, Christians, Hicks: A bubble chart of one person’s high school via ilovecharts
(Source: myeyesarealwaysblue)
Chart: A Side-By-Side Comparison of The Student’s Semester vs. The Teacher’s Semester (via Rosscott, Inc. & I Love Charts)
