Sinduja R

K-12 educator with interests in how children can enjoy and thrive at mathematics and writing.

[Sinduja R @sinduja219]

“If we were never to fade away…how things would lose their power to move us. Because we will fade away, we are moved, because we are moved we realise more deeply that we will fade away.”
— Keith Dowman

[Sinduja R @sinduja219]

"Sometimes, when you want to make progress, you gotta learn not to sweat the small stuff."

Heard in a YT video today.

[Cartoons Hate Her! @CartoonsHateHer]

My Slate article about parents secretly not really wanting a village has breached containment, which is great! But I feel like I need to clarify that I’m not making a judgment either way! You don’t *have* to want a village- just be honest. Full version linked in thread

[Sinduja R @sinduja219]

Life just seems like a whir of experiences - wanting them, craving them, rejecting them, analyzing them, making stories out of them, remembering them, losing them.
And amidst it all, as time passes ungrasped, the real plot gets missed, yet again, yet again.

[Carl Hendrick @C_Hendrick]

Seeing a lot of schools mandating retrieval practice in every lesson but also seeing quite a few misconceptions. A quick thread: 10 ways to get retrieval practice wrong ⬇️ 🧵

[Sinduja R @sinduja219]

If we don't do it now, we would never do it ever.

[Sinduja R @sinduja219]

“People want to be loved; failing that admired; failing that
feared; failing that hated and despised. They want to evoke some sort of sentiment. The soul shudders before oblivion and seeks connection at any price.”

― Hjalmar Söderberg

[Sinduja R @sinduja219]

"Of course it is exhausting, having to reason all the time in a universe which wasn't meant to be reasonable."

- Kurt Vonnegut, in his novel Breakfast of Champions

[Sinduja R @sinduja219]

@GaneshPuttu Well-articulated last line! :) True, as well, although I don't think we have crossed a point of no return

[Sinduja R @sinduja219]

"Individuals have to matter. It’s vital we don’t return to a society where hundreds of thousands of individuals can see their lives ended by reckless decisions taken by those who do not share the same risks.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

My new favorite word: sonder.

It's the profound awareness that every person you encounter has experienced a lifetime of hopes, fears, loves, and heartaches that you'll never know.

Each moment of sonder is a reminder to appreciate how little we truly grasp about others' lives.

[Sinduja R @sinduja219]

"It speaks of a profound connection with nature, and the necessity to pause, to take the time to absorb and appreciate the perfection of tiny, seemingly insignificant details."
https://t.co/wIf2hb7dRM

[Sinduja R @sinduja219]

"There is a Japanese word, “komorebi." Literally translated, it means “sunlight leaking through trees”, but there’s more to it than that.

[Sinduja R @sinduja219]

There's one colleague that signs off with 'kindest regards' though, and I know it's hard to beat that one.
#britishproblems

[Sinduja R @sinduja219]

Perhaps one of the most marked changes that's come about since I moved to the UK is the mild sense of panic that descends when I suspect I might've signed off an email with just 'regards' instead of 'kind regards'.

[Sinduja R @sinduja219]

@harishsram True, clarity is required about your needs, but to then assert your needs requires being okay with rejection and negotiation. When there is excessive dependency, you want to please, not assert.

[Sinduja R @sinduja219]

Assertiveness is almost always a consequence of non-dependency.

[Sinduja R @sinduja219]

Happiness always arrives uninvited.

[Sinduja R @sinduja219]

@harishsram Interesting. :)

[Sinduja R @sinduja219]

Not sure if the claim is backed with sufficient evidence, but this is a fascinating viewpoint.

[Kaj Sotala @xuenay]

A trauma book I was reading had an interesting claim that indecision is often because the person looks for the approval of an internalized authority figure but is unable to predict what action they would approve of.