I'm In Love With the World

izkim: Buffy the Vampire Slayer ended 10 years ago: May 20,...

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:03:04 -0400

Buffy the Vampire Slayer ended 10 years ago: May 20, 2003.

pbsthisdayinhistory: May 17, 1954: The Supreme Court Rules on...

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:13:13 -0400

May 17, 1954: The Supreme Court Rules on Brown v. Board of Education

On this day in 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that racial segregation in public schools violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which says that no state may deny equal protection of the laws to any person within its jurisdiction.

Although the decision did not succeed in fully desegregating public education in the United States, it put the Constitution on the side of racial equality and galvanized the nascent civil rights movement into a full revolution.

Can you name all the key players behind Brown v. Board of Education? Revisit the landmark case with PBS’ The Supreme Court site.

You can also learn more about Brown v. Board of Education with “The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow” and explore more events of the Civil Rights Movement with PBS Black Culture Connection.

School integration, Barnard School, Washington, D.C., 1955 (Library of Congress).

I’m a little bit mad or upset or something. Because I finally stopped to think about whether...

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:23:10 -0400

I’m a little bit mad or upset or something. Because I finally stopped to think about whether you would do this for me, whether you’d give up 13 days of work and 17 days with your friends and family and summer, and I realized that I don’t think you would. I’ve given up a lot for this. And it kind of hurts a little that you aren’t willing to do the same.

it’s going to be hard to sleep alone for the next 9 nights

Sat, 11 May 2013 23:05:37 -0400

it’s going to be hard to sleep alone for the next 9 nights

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Sun, 05 May 2013 00:03:35 -0400

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Thu, 02 May 2013 21:47:49 -0400

theyuniversity: Math just got important.

Thu, 02 May 2013 21:22:40 -0400

theyuniversity:

Math just got important.

how some students think grades work

Wed, 01 May 2013 21:52:48 -0400

gotagypsysoultoblame:

when they're talking when i'm talking

Wed, 01 May 2013 21:45:49 -0400

gotagypsysoultoblame:

5th hour: stop. just stop.

when i know what's waiting at home for the student whose parents i just called

Wed, 01 May 2013 21:44:18 -0400

gotagypsysoultoblame:

I’m all:

heatstraus: mightbemeagan: Shopping list: -salt -lime -tequila Happy end of the semester,...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:55:16 -0400

heatstraus:

mightbemeagan:

Shopping list:
-salt
-lime
-tequila

Happy end of the semester, everyone.

When someone says they don't drink during the week

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:29:54 -0400

whatshouldwecallme:

"Love is a temporary madness; it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. And when it subsides you..."

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:11:20 -0400

“Love is a temporary madness; it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of eternal passion. That is just being in love, which any fool can do. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Those that truly love have roots that grow towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossoms have fallen from their branches, they find that they are one tree and not two.”

- Louis de Bernieres

yes yes yes

"You get a little moody sometimes but I think that’s because you like to read. People that like to..."

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:09:27 -0400

“You get a little moody sometimes but I think that’s because you like to read. People that like to read are always a little fucked up.”

- Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides

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Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:57:51 -0400

fuckyeahbabyanimals: This pup’s smile is what dreams are made...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:10:36 -0400

fuckyeahbabyanimals:

This pup’s smile is what dreams are made of.

crying

riddle-my-hiddles: tardisparadox: thestarsgowaltzingout:emilyte...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:29:51 -0400

riddle-my-hiddles:

tardisparadox:

thestarsgowaltzingout:emilytea10:invisiblecashews:

Actually, the photographs are spaced ten years apart, not sixteen.

1912 to 1922.

The young, homeless (but no less dapper) wanderer shown in the first survived the sinking of the Titanic and swam to the shores of West Egg. There he built a life and a large, empty house, in an effort to win the heart of the wealthy, upper class woman he’d fallen in love with a decade earlier and had been separated from against his will.

He shed his earlier identity, and changed his name to reflect his new station. Jack was now known as Jay Gatsby, the eccentric millionaire who threw parties every night in the hopes that one day his love would show up and spin with him as they had long ago in the dance hall of the lower decks.

#and he still ends up dead floating in the water

holy shit

And then, at the beginning of Inception, he starts out washed up on a shore.

still no oscar

nigga-chan: they look like a fucking gang no wonder they’re...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:56:09 -0400

nigga-chan:

they look like a fucking gang no wonder they’re locked up

wnycradiolab: And now I have a new unattainable goal in life:...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:57:27 -0400

wnycradiolab:

And now I have a new unattainable goal in life: playing in sawdust with elephants.

"Education is the silver bullet. Education changes everything. We don’t need little changes. We need..."

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 09:07:10 -0400

““Education is the silver bullet. Education changes everything. We don’t need little changes. We need gigantic monumental changes. Schools should be palaces. The competition for the best teachers should be fierce. They should be getting six-figure salaries. Schools should be incredibly expensive for government and absolutely free of charge to its citizens, just like national defence. That’s my position. I just haven’t figured out how to do it yet.””

- Sam Seaborn (Aaron Sorkin’s The West Wing)