I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker.
mothernaturenetwork:

There are plenty of works of literature set in real places. You can follow in the author’s footsteps, see what inspired them and blend your interpretation of the setting with what you see.
8 vacations based on books

mothernaturenetwork:

There are plenty of works of literature set in real places. You can follow in the author’s footsteps, see what inspired them and blend your interpretation of the setting with what you see.

8 vacations based on books

deluminator:

i try not to sound like an asshole but it’s really hard because i am an asshole

How one carries on in the face of unavoidable catastrophe is a matter of temperament. In high school, as was custom, I had chosen a verse by Virgil to be my motto: Tu ne cede malis sed contra audentior ito. Do not give in to evil, but proceed ever more boldly against it. I recalled these words during the darkest hours of the war. Again and again I had met with situations from which rational deliberation found no means of escape; but then the unexpected intervened, and with it came salvation. I would not lose courage even now. I wanted to do everything an economist could do. I would not tire in saying what I knew to be true.
This is exactly how I imagine it.

This is exactly how I imagine it.

queerlythebest:

ugh that’s what fucking Pinterest is for go the fuck away yahoo you can’t sit with us

(Source: elisaskin)

junglejustine:

No two loves are alike.

As unconventional as my love is, its working for me. I think that’s the definition of a soul mate, the love that fits your life. Don’t ever let someone tell you how you should love. 

(Source: realityphotography)