moonfanatics:

silvermoon424:

To our Queen!

COMPLETELY. TO OUR GODDESS.

allaboutmanga:

popca:

ho

crackerhell:

goodstuffhappenedtoday:

How A Middle-School Principal Persuaded Students To Come To School

by David Kestenbaum

Shawn Rux took over as principal of MS 53, a New York City middle school, last year. At the time, 50 or 60 kids were absent every day. You could understand why they stayed away: The school was chaos.

Twenty-two teachers had quit, the entire office staff had quit, and hundreds of kids had been suspended. The school was given a grade of F from the city’s department of education.

“It was in a bad place,” Rux says.

Rux decided he needed to create incentives for kids to come to school. Incentives that were more obvious to middle-school kids than, “If you come to school you’ll be better off 20 years from now.”

He handed out raffle tickets to anyone who showed up to school on time. One of the prizes was an Xbox. And he threw in an element of randomness: The first kids in line when the doors opened might get 20 tickets.

It worked. Kids started showing up early.

“It was … like, ‘Get out of my way, I’m trying to get into school,’ ” Rux says. “It was nice.”

Rux also created his own currency. He called it Rux Bux. Teachers hand them out when kids are well behaved. They can be traded in for school supplies, or special lunches. A sixth-grader named Wander Rodriguez is trying to save up 5,000 Rux Bux — enough for a personal shopping spree with Rux.

The principal also stands outside school every morning, greeting the students as they show up. This recognition is another, subtler incentive to come to school.

“I like this school,” Wander Rodriguez says. “They treat me like home, they treat me nice, they always give me stuff. … They always say ‘hi’ in the mornings.”

The school went from an F to a C. Daily attendance went up to over 90 percent. Then the hurricane hit.

The school is in Far Rockaway, Queens — one of the areas hardest hit by the storm. Some kids’ homes were destroyed. One student who stayed at home through the storm told a teacher, “My apartment complex was in the middle of the ocean.” Rux’s car was destroyed. The first floor of his house was flooded.

After the storm, after school started up again, Rux’s goal was to get attendance back to 90 percent. Every day, his staff texts him the attendance numbers. The day I visited last week, 89.2 percent of students attended school. Close, but not close enough for Rux.

The storm has been tough on everyone, he says. But that’s no excuse. Kids have to be in school.

not going to see this man in no news nowhere

Amazing! <3

senshistock:

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ochibawolf:

OCHIBAWOLF’S FIRST GIVEAWAY EVER!

The Prize(only one winner):  Vintage furoku package. Included is a Prince Endymion and Princess Serenity tissue pack(never used), a triangle shaped box(you have to fold it) featuring Naoko’s art, and velvety cats, and also a chibiusa transparency. Everything is official, rare, and vintage! 

To Enter: Each Reblog counts as as one entry. You may reblog only once per day. You do not have to be following me to enter. The winner will be randomly chosen this Friday, March 2nd 2012, at Noon(12) central time. Anyone can enter! I will ship this prize anywhere in the world. 



 Good luck to everyone!!!!!!! 

love the necklace, but its not my fav locket. So well done though :D Isabella would love it 

sailormooncollectibles:

my order from KumaCrafts came today!!! I’m so happy, everything is so detailed and beautiful and of course sparkly! Can’t wait to start wearing them ^^ This is the most well made custom Sailor Moon item I own. I highly recommend buying from her! <3

ochibawolf:

OCHIBAWOLF’S FIRST GIVEAWAY EVER!

The Prize(only one winner):  Vintage furoku package. Included is a Prince Endymion and Princess Serenity tissue pack(never used), a triangle shaped box(you have to fold it) featuring Naoko’s art, and velvety cats, and also a chibiusa transparency. Everything is official, rare, and vintage! 

To Enter: Each Reblog counts as as one entry. You may reblog only once per day. You do not have to be following me to enter. The winner will be randomly chosen this Friday, March 2nd 2012, at Noon(12) central time. Anyone can enter! I will ship this prize anywhere in the world. 



 Good luck to everyone!!!!!!! 

kellyoxford:

From Arise India Forum:

“For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives

People grow a lot when they are faced with their own…

thecurlyhairproblems:

submitted by Anon :)

Ugh gag. I love the original dub but this voice just makes me gag. Never saw the cloverway dub either, its just pitiful…coudnt even watch 5 minutes w/o turning it off. 

sailorfailures:

cutiekitty183:

Watching this

MICHELLE, JUST ADMIT IT

THERE WAS NO BRAD 

I have never seen the Cloverway Dub before. Since I have good Internet at the moment I will be watching some of it.

FUCKING BALLANTYNE

OH BOY IS THAT DARIEN
HIP HOPPITY HIP HIP HIP HIPPY HOP HIPPITY WOO

What’s up dog, that outfit is hooked up!
THIS SLANG DOESN’T EVEN EXIST

When they say “kiss”.
They seriously don’t mean “kiss”.

“If you like him so much why haven’t you kissed him already?”
JUST GRAB HIS FACE AND SLOBBER ALL OVER HIM

“Your first kiss can’t just be with anyone!”
Whoever the fuck Brad is, amirite

BRAD:
Bike
Riding
Amara the
Dyke

“A kiss on both cheeks is the French way.”
Amara you are totally not talking about face-cheeks.

“Brad… I wonder what he’s doing.”
“Haha! Not you. Let’s get outta here and fix that.”

“It’s nice that they’re like that! You can say the most blatant shit and they still think you’re cousins.”

thewhitemoonfamily:

moonfanatics:

thewhitemoonfamily:

chromatic-oblivion:

SERIOUSLY COSMO
WHAT THE FUCK 

I think he agrees.

DYING ^^^^^

claudia you just made my day.

HAHA! Thank you! I’m glad you liked it LOL