Art lesson to end the year on? The weather has turned so nice. I usually do a texture rubbing hunt but I might try a 3-d form scavenger hunt on the playground.

Gonna start a sausage stand and call it Wurst Behavior

Kindly recommend some self help books!

Books you would recommend for consulting or personal development?

The best brand of coffee is...

Best jazz spots in the city. Go!

What DFS sports do you play?!
What are your typical stakes and number of entries?

Kfc doing celeb meals now too?

Who does the best NY style pizza in Chicago?

Evaluation Criteria:

Delicious pizza sauce
Cheese pull (cheese that melts when the pizza is pulled apart)
Crust crunchiness

Any suggestions for Latin dancing venues? New to the area.

Anyone watching Indian Matchmaking? Aparna and her mother have to be the worst, right? She thinks she's a godsend and quite frankly she looks like a potato, is ignorant, doesn't sound nearly as intelligent as she professes to be, and is even more negative than I am! That's gotta say something.

Do you all still primarily cook traditional food?

It's freezing tonight bitter cold. I just ordered Chinese and I'm not sure if that was a shitty thing to do. I think they need to make money so if no one calls that wouldn't be good. I did tip well

Where have you been ordering takeout?

What are your top 5 Entertainment picks of 2021?

TV show?
TikTok?
Book?
Meme?
Song/Artist?

Are there any Mexican restaurants in NY?

Any good strategy games? Thinking of something like starcraft or age of empires and that can be played online.

Am so sensitive to cristisim...... how do I change... crits are painful to me and it's hindering..

I bought my boyfriend the Valve Index for Christmas. What are some games I should buy him?

What’s the best credit card for points in the UK. I’m from the US and have the Chase Sapphire Reserve and the Marriott Amex

Hi All - Ballpark in GBP what would a reasonable relocation package to London be from outside EU e.g. USA or Australia? This would be for a single person for context.

£50k TC, 2.6YoE working within the change arm of a bank ——- what do experienced fishes think is a good next move for someone like myself? Might want to move into consulting one day with ultimate aim of MBB but also enjoy technical coding work, particularly in credit risk / counterparty credit risk in banking — could use some fresh perspective ; quite confused atm as interested in many things! Don’t mind staying in change management either TIA - appreciate any advise

Supply chain issues are still a problem. And Fisher and VWR (Avantor) are as greedy as ever. I’m considering looking into starting or investing into a U.S. manufacturing based lab supply company. Thoughts? Anyone work for these companies that can discuss logistics and potential challenges?

What tools are y’all using for anything digital innovation related and what type of work are you using them for?

Bbdo or McCann?

Iam currently working in dell technologies, planning to move barclays global service center chennai , what about job security in barclays?? Kindly suggest

Has anyone left big 4 or other PA firms tax transaction service groups for industry (or know of anyone)? What was the role and salary bump, how are annual bonuses/raises in industry, what is a typical work week (hours) like? I don’t think I can take this always on just to stay afloat life much longer. For context I am considered a high performer, am near the top of the salary band at my level and have a great supporting network at Deloitte. It’s just not worth it to have zero personal life.

Just started a PM job and 7 weeks into the role my manager is surprised I had not designed a roadmap. Is this bad?

I have to stop imagining how great it will be to sell my script until it actually sells.

I have no talent for awards work. What should I do?

I’m getting sick of getting a brief and asked to create a cool new campaign with amazing designs in less than a day. My best work isn’t turned around in less than 24 hours. And for background, I have pushed back literally every time. Nothing seems to be getting better.

Has anyone burned some bridges yet? Just curious 😏

Need insights about citi joining process. After 1 and half month recieved offer letter this Monday and I have accepted it on same day along with joining date. But till now they have not initiated BGV process. Will everything take this much time in citi !! How smooth is the joining process in citi?

Anyone up for chat😔😔 Feeling low...

Transplants - what was the best way you met others when you first moved here?

I have 2 classes of middle school I see once a week for 30 mins - we barely can get one project done a quarter - any one else have this issue?

High School Independent study student: Do you give them a curriculum, due dates, completed project number, projects/processes to choose from, a final show? What does an ideal student look like to you?

I teach pre k to 8th

What is your yearly per student budget?

Also I have used

Teaching Art for going on 11-12 years now. I feel my College Art Ed. And Edu classes did very little to have me ready. Anyone else?

How would you write a report card comment that had concrete feedback that was specific and actionable if your time with the student was coming to an end? (I'd love some examples)

We talk about keeping rigor in our classes, however I’m finding my HS students need straight forward instructions. Most students are struggling to meet their Maslow’s needs that to use higher Blooms seems like a stretch. How are you all supporting creativity and originality in artwork when kids are struggling to keep afloat?

What do you all do for an opening day activity?

Does anyone teach ceramics? I'm looking to buy new wheels with the last of my budget ($2500) but I need 4-5 of them. I want to buy Brent wheels b/c they're the best but need something more economical.

Anyone else being used as a building sub? My school cut my classes in half and are making me cover classes on my free periods. Academic teachers don't have to cover classes.

Yay! Someone joined my group!

! The international Girls Academy is launching a Global Education Week from April 11-19, they have some really amazing projects for teachers and students. And it’s free! Email:theinternationalgirlsacademy@gmail.com for more info!

What is your ABSOLUTE FAVORITE lesson?

I like using Artsonia to catalog/preserve student work digitally. But I end up spending too much time walking students through how to upload or taking the pictures myself. Does anyone out there have a really great set up or recommendations? Or other digital platforms they really enjoy using?

In need of a new way to do an Art Critique with my 7th and 8th graders. Considering maybe like JamBoard or using Google Slides. Open to all ideas.

I started an AP studio art bowl for anyone interested!