Nick Temple
@not-the-mr-t.bsky.social
Teacher - English | History | Psychology
Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne, Australia
Recommendations for books covering French or Russian revolutionary periods (pre, during, post)? About to teach both periods and am severely lacking in suitably expansive perspectives and know it. Even those I've been recommended to highlight women's roles and impact are not authored by women.
November 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Recommendations for books covering French or Russian revolutionary periods (pre, during, post)? About to teach both periods and am severely lacking in suitably expansive perspectives and know it. Even those I've been recommended to highlight women's roles and impact are not authored by women.
Very cool - but no idea how to help. Can you direct me?
Is this an ongoing project?
Is this an ongoing project?
October 31, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Very cool - but no idea how to help. Can you direct me?
Is this an ongoing project?
Is this an ongoing project?
Any old Aesop, or Aesop inspired. Most kids know tortoise and the hare - unpack multiple lessons within? Or go via parables - depending on your context.
October 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Any old Aesop, or Aesop inspired. Most kids know tortoise and the hare - unpack multiple lessons within? Or go via parables - depending on your context.
Can I ask what age/year level you'll be trying this with? Really tempted to introduce critical lenses with some year 7 students (~12yo) to enliven studying fairy tales but a little unsure as to whether it's too much of a stretch.
October 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Can I ask what age/year level you'll be trying this with? Really tempted to introduce critical lenses with some year 7 students (~12yo) to enliven studying fairy tales but a little unsure as to whether it's too much of a stretch.
*well was brother in law playing Closer acoustic. Iykyk but not overt for the parentals.
September 25, 2025 at 8:20 AM
*well was brother in law playing Closer acoustic. Iykyk but not overt for the parentals.
We had Closer by NIN for our procession out of the ceremony post-signing. Oh and I wanna be yours by John Cooper-Clarke for the signing.
Both our vows were littered with stolen lyrics from songs. Had argued about acceptable # of Toto songs to include in playlists - wife snuck them into the vows.
Both our vows were littered with stolen lyrics from songs. Had argued about acceptable # of Toto songs to include in playlists - wife snuck them into the vows.
September 25, 2025 at 8:13 AM
We had Closer by NIN for our procession out of the ceremony post-signing. Oh and I wanna be yours by John Cooper-Clarke for the signing.
Both our vows were littered with stolen lyrics from songs. Had argued about acceptable # of Toto songs to include in playlists - wife snuck them into the vows.
Both our vows were littered with stolen lyrics from songs. Had argued about acceptable # of Toto songs to include in playlists - wife snuck them into the vows.
As a teacher in Australian schools - most students already use VPNs to get around school blocking of Spotify/YouTube/games etc. they'll seamlessly continue to skirt boundaries while we erode any concept of an open internet with freedom to be anonymous.
August 22, 2025 at 7:14 AM
As a teacher in Australian schools - most students already use VPNs to get around school blocking of Spotify/YouTube/games etc. they'll seamlessly continue to skirt boundaries while we erode any concept of an open internet with freedom to be anonymous.
Only stories getting boosted/deemed newsworthy are playing on the subtext that it's ok to do this - but it's shocking it's happening to *this* group.
June 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Only stories getting boosted/deemed newsworthy are playing on the subtext that it's ok to do this - but it's shocking it's happening to *this* group.
Sorry - reply was in earnest and not intending to be inflammatory - was actually meaning I've noticed a trend in Aus media that the only stories re: US borders that get any inches are about semi-affluent white guys. Seems to me like bias, only newsworthy if it plays to shitty prejudices.
June 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Sorry - reply was in earnest and not intending to be inflammatory - was actually meaning I've noticed a trend in Aus media that the only stories re: US borders that get any inches are about semi-affluent white guys. Seems to me like bias, only newsworthy if it plays to shitty prejudices.
All detainments and deportations are equally abhorrent, but some are more equally abhorrent. Which? Hard to tell 🤔💭⚪💲
June 16, 2025 at 11:27 AM
All detainments and deportations are equally abhorrent, but some are more equally abhorrent. Which? Hard to tell 🤔💭⚪💲
But then #4 is the only without 'misconceptions' - so maybe that's the coaxed one?
May 31, 2025 at 1:05 PM
But then #4 is the only without 'misconceptions' - so maybe that's the coaxed one?
Could be way off. #4 sounds most like your voice. #1 is a possible. 2/3 have some odd moments which make them feel more likely to be generated/coaxed.
May 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Could be way off. #4 sounds most like your voice. #1 is a possible. 2/3 have some odd moments which make them feel more likely to be generated/coaxed.
I think the mysticism is partially that those in the know don't know. What is implicit is not always easy to be made explicit. Complex systems waft and warp are attempted to be explained through processes - but true inhabitation of thought is not weave but web.
Rhythm is not music.
Rhythm is not music.
May 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I think the mysticism is partially that those in the know don't know. What is implicit is not always easy to be made explicit. Complex systems waft and warp are attempted to be explained through processes - but true inhabitation of thought is not weave but web.
Rhythm is not music.
Rhythm is not music.
Gorgeous analogy, that painfully captures the loss..
I think part of the challenge is how do you quantify the aesthetic? Rubrics and mark schemes have tried - but it's all pinning the butterfly, death throes and all. Can we elucidate vibe?
I think part of the challenge is how do you quantify the aesthetic? Rubrics and mark schemes have tried - but it's all pinning the butterfly, death throes and all. Can we elucidate vibe?
May 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Gorgeous analogy, that painfully captures the loss..
I think part of the challenge is how do you quantify the aesthetic? Rubrics and mark schemes have tried - but it's all pinning the butterfly, death throes and all. Can we elucidate vibe?
I think part of the challenge is how do you quantify the aesthetic? Rubrics and mark schemes have tried - but it's all pinning the butterfly, death throes and all. Can we elucidate vibe?
What is deeply emotionally affecting to us as adults/parents/educators - may be nothing like that to them.
What could be emotionally affecting to them may not be depending on how it is presented to them - company, expectations etc.
What could be emotionally affecting to them may not be depending on how it is presented to them - company, expectations etc.
April 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
What is deeply emotionally affecting to us as adults/parents/educators - may be nothing like that to them.
What could be emotionally affecting to them may not be depending on how it is presented to them - company, expectations etc.
What could be emotionally affecting to them may not be depending on how it is presented to them - company, expectations etc.
I can't help but think that showing it is like the classic 80s after school special failure.
We obviously don't want young people to consume and assume the worldviews of these harmful bigots. But that outcome isn't necessarily achieved by showing them a story of the dangers of that pathway.
We obviously don't want young people to consume and assume the worldviews of these harmful bigots. But that outcome isn't necessarily achieved by showing them a story of the dangers of that pathway.
April 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I can't help but think that showing it is like the classic 80s after school special failure.
We obviously don't want young people to consume and assume the worldviews of these harmful bigots. But that outcome isn't necessarily achieved by showing them a story of the dangers of that pathway.
We obviously don't want young people to consume and assume the worldviews of these harmful bigots. But that outcome isn't necessarily achieved by showing them a story of the dangers of that pathway.
(alternatively - if you'd like - I'd be happy to throw down a gauntlet of something I think we might disagree on and see where the cards fall?)
April 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
(alternatively - if you'd like - I'd be happy to throw down a gauntlet of something I think we might disagree on and see where the cards fall?)
What ideas do you hold that you want tester by your peers through debate? Open the channel up some.
April 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
What ideas do you hold that you want tester by your peers through debate? Open the channel up some.
Earnestly and inquiringly - how much is that the platform, and how much is that the evolution of social-professional educational digital spaces, combined with your position within them?
Do you find lots of worthwhile debates elsewhere that you don't find here?
Do you find lots of worthwhile debates elsewhere that you don't find here?
April 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Earnestly and inquiringly - how much is that the platform, and how much is that the evolution of social-professional educational digital spaces, combined with your position within them?
Do you find lots of worthwhile debates elsewhere that you don't find here?
Do you find lots of worthwhile debates elsewhere that you don't find here?
That is simply a disagreement - not a debate as requested or paid for.
April 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
That is simply a disagreement - not a debate as requested or paid for.
How to destroy angels - The spaces in between
Mura Masa -Today (with Tirzah)
Converge - Wretched world
James Blake - If the car beside you moves ahead
Rosetta - Homesick
Tei Shi - Keep running
John Maus - Do your best
Twinzero - Acceptance of the end
Pional - a new dawn
Mura Masa -Today (with Tirzah)
Converge - Wretched world
James Blake - If the car beside you moves ahead
Rosetta - Homesick
Tei Shi - Keep running
John Maus - Do your best
Twinzero - Acceptance of the end
Pional - a new dawn
April 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
How to destroy angels - The spaces in between
Mura Masa -Today (with Tirzah)
Converge - Wretched world
James Blake - If the car beside you moves ahead
Rosetta - Homesick
Tei Shi - Keep running
John Maus - Do your best
Twinzero - Acceptance of the end
Pional - a new dawn
Mura Masa -Today (with Tirzah)
Converge - Wretched world
James Blake - If the car beside you moves ahead
Rosetta - Homesick
Tei Shi - Keep running
John Maus - Do your best
Twinzero - Acceptance of the end
Pional - a new dawn
Seeing a lot of pay demands similar to Ambos - and as an underpaid public servant (teacher) earning much less than a police officer, but with a much larger HECS debt - livid.
January 15, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Seeing a lot of pay demands similar to Ambos - and as an underpaid public servant (teacher) earning much less than a police officer, but with a much larger HECS debt - livid.
Will the webinar be recorded/viewable afterwards? Would love to dial in so can ask questions etc. but Aus based.
December 29, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Will the webinar be recorded/viewable afterwards? Would love to dial in so can ask questions etc. but Aus based.
Currently:
The Mandarins - Simone de Bouvier
Dusk - Robbie Arnott
Blade of Tyshalle - Matthew Stover
36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem - Nam Le
Recently finished:
Norwegian by Night - Derek B Miller
Heroes die - Matthew Stover
Foster - Claire Keegan
36 Streets - T.R. Napper
The Mandarins - Simone de Bouvier
Dusk - Robbie Arnott
Blade of Tyshalle - Matthew Stover
36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem - Nam Le
Recently finished:
Norwegian by Night - Derek B Miller
Heroes die - Matthew Stover
Foster - Claire Keegan
36 Streets - T.R. Napper
December 29, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Currently:
The Mandarins - Simone de Bouvier
Dusk - Robbie Arnott
Blade of Tyshalle - Matthew Stover
36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem - Nam Le
Recently finished:
Norwegian by Night - Derek B Miller
Heroes die - Matthew Stover
Foster - Claire Keegan
36 Streets - T.R. Napper
The Mandarins - Simone de Bouvier
Dusk - Robbie Arnott
Blade of Tyshalle - Matthew Stover
36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem - Nam Le
Recently finished:
Norwegian by Night - Derek B Miller
Heroes die - Matthew Stover
Foster - Claire Keegan
36 Streets - T.R. Napper