I told you when I came I was a stranger.

bozobooks: Old phone booths in Germany are being turned into...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:33:21 -0400

Old phone booths in Germany are being turned into mini-libraries. Only one rule: “Bring a book, take a book”

newberrylibrary: Pictured: a first edition of On the origin of...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:09:02 -0400

Pictured: a first edition of On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or, The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life by Charles Darwin. This epoch-making book, which propounded the theory of natural selection, was published on November 24, 1859.

things I need

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:49:51 -0400

overachievingdropout:

Harry Potter graphic novels

and more Goosebumps graphix

classic literature turned into graphic novels

That last one…yes please :) Preferably by Dark Horse.

tphilipnichols: Henry David Thoreau at Walden Pond - just, you...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:48:35 -0400

tphilipnichols:

Henry David Thoreau at Walden Pond - just, you know, living deliberately and counting calories. #healthconsciousdeadguys

"Without literature, life is hell."

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:47:33 -0400

“Without literature, life is hell.”

- Charles Bukowski (via captivatemeforever)

padwanovelist: Revolution! #literature #steampunk #revolution...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:27:01 -0400

padwanovelist:

Revolution! #literature #steampunk #revolution #rising #strength #faith

karellyy: This is just so lovely….

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:26:58 -0400

karellyy:

This is just so lovely….

milllh0use: I expected somewhat of an explanation at the end of...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:17:16 -0400

milllh0use:

I expected somewhat of an explanation at the end of this, but no

moyarb: magicmaxxy: whatjanesays: STOP EVERYTHING YOU’RE...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:58:20 -0400

moyarb:

magicmaxxy:

whatjanesays:

STOP EVERYTHING YOU’RE DOING.

THIS IS A VIDEO OF JOSH KEATON (VOICE OF SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN) READING A SELECTION OF SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MEMES.

#everyone go home the internet is over

IM FUCKING CHOKING. I CANNOT BREATHE

YESSSSS!

Photo

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:53:43 -0400

water-viens: So cute.

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:45:04 -0400

water-viens:

So cute.

overgifs: Toucan finds a traffic cam

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:42:20 -0400

overgifs:

Toucan finds a traffic cam

death-by-lulz: tastefullyoffensive: ‘How to tell your...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:06:40 -0400

death-by-lulz:

tastefullyoffensive:

‘How to tell your overprotective Dad you’re travelling to Hong Kong.’

Via/Follow The Absolute Greatest Posts…ever.

How to truly appreciate literature, film, art

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:50:05 -0400

step one: Go through a lot of shit
step two: Read. Witness. Understand your shit better. Understand everything better.

In my own words & through my own eyes: The Revolution will not be televised - Gil Scott-Heron

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:43:00 -0400

In my own words & through my own eyes: The Revolution will not be televised - Gil Scott-Heron :

vinyl-t:

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

You will not be able to stay home, brother.

You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out

You will not be able to lose yourself on skag 
and skip,

Skip out for beer during commercials,

Because the revolution will not be televised.

What Kids Are Reading, In School And Out : Monkey See : NPR

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:38:11 -0400

What Kids Are Reading, In School And Out : Monkey See : NPR:

ghostsinyourteeth:

Last year, for the first time, Renaissance did a separate study to find out what books were being assigned to high school students. “The complexity of texts students are being assigned to read,” Stickney says, “has declined by about three grade levels over the past 100 years. A century ago, students were being assigned books with the complexity of around the ninth- or 10th-grade level. But in 2012, the average was around the sixth-grade level.”

le sigh.. I understand how important it is to provide students with material they will be interested in, but it is the job of the teacher to find ways to connect material to the students! We need to up our reading standards guys..

"Words! Mere words! How terrible they were! How clear, and vivid, and cruel! One could not escape..."

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:59:23 -0400

“Words! Mere words! How terrible they were! How clear, and vivid, and cruel! One could not escape from them. And yet what a subtle magic there was in them! They seemed to be able to give a plastic form to formless things, and to have a music of their own as sweet as that of viol or of lute. Mere words! Was there anything so real as words?”

- Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray (via galaxing)

fuckingairplane: this is amazing Yes pls

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 09:35:57 -0400

fuckingairplane:

this is amazing

Yes pls

jonnymclaughlin: Every post in the tumblr staff tag…

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:54:49 -0400

jonnymclaughlin:

Every post in the tumblr staff tag…

Photo

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:49:45 -0400