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Why I Identity as a Messy
I thought either Jessy or Christy could work, too, but figured they were too similar to real names. Messy is close to a really famous soccer player, but he spells it differently, and most people would probably think of the adjective first. I like Messy. It fits with so much about life. I mean, who is going to say that life isn’t messy at times? Of all the names of the One who chose to join us in our mess, it seemed Messiah provided the best frame of reference.
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And so I have decided, at least for the purposes of this essay and perhaps several future awkward introductions, that I identify as a Messy.
This is not, to be clear, because I am especially athletic. Nothing could be further from the truth. If I were known for anything on a soccer field, it would probably be a profound spiritual commitment to standing in one place and reflecting on mortality, shouting “mark up!,” while other people ran past me toward a more tangible goal. No, I identify as a Messy because the word seems honest. More honest, in fact, than many of the polished labels we are encouraged to adopt.
We do seem to live in an age of frantic identity acquisition. People are forever trying on labels the way one tries on jackets in a department store, hoping one will finally make the soul look finished. Sometimes, it is political. Sometimes aesthetic. Sometimes spiritual. Very often it is wrapped up in entertainment, shows, celebrities, fandoms, and curated affiliations, as though the great question of human existence might finally be answered by announcing which universe one belongs to, which character one relates to, which public figure one mirrors, or which cultural tribe one performs allegiance to. I do not mean that cruelly. In fact, I find it more sad than ridiculous. There is something deeply poignant about watching human beings, made for glory and communion and love, fastening their deepest sense of self to temporary spectacles.
Entire personalities now seem to be assembled from entertainers, streaming shows, celebrity fragments, online discourse, and merch. A person used to say, “This is what I enjoy.” Now more and more we are tempted to say, “This is what I am.” We do not merely watch things; we inhabit them. We do not merely admire performers; we borrow them. We do not merely consume culture; we ask it to tell us who we are. Again, I do not say that with contempt so much as grief. It feels sad to watch people build a shrine out of references and call it a soul.
And Christians, of course, are not immune. We can treat Jesus as one identity option among many, one badge on the jacket, one brand beside other brands, one lifestyle accessory in the collection. But Jesus is not a vibe. He is not a fandom. He is not a stylistic choice for the spiritually inclined. He is not one more label to help us market ourselves to the world. He is the one before whom all our labels become strangely thin. He is the one in whom the self is not merely decorated but unmasked, undone, and remade.
Which brings me back to Messy.
Because if I am honest, that feels more true to the condition of my soul than most of the ready-made identities can offer. The actual self is usually much less impressive than the projected one. The actual self forgets passwords and people’s names. The actual self says the wrong thing in the wrong tone at the wrong time. And then refuses to admit it was wrong! The actual self has noble convictions and petty jealousies living under the same roof. The actual self believes in grace and still harbors resentment. The actual self can preach forgiveness and then mentally rehearse arguments in the shower. The actual self is not a brand. The actual self is a junk drawer with theological aspirations.
That is why Messy feels right.
I do not mean merely disorganized, though I have certainly been accused by piles of paper, my myriad collections, and certain closets in my house. I mean existentially cluttered. Spiritually untidy. Emotionally overstuffed. A person in whom grief and gratitude sit with each other in the same chair. A person whose faith is real and whose doubts are, yes, annoyingly real, too. A person who believes in resurrection and still sometimes smells faintly of the tomb.
Messy is not just a condition. It is almost a sacrament of honesty.
The strange thing is that our culture is full of slogans about authenticity, but only a very specific kind is allowed. You may be authentic so long as your authenticity is articulate, empowering, influencing, visually pleasing, and ideally monetizable. You may be vulnerable if you do it with good lighting, timely tears, and a clear takeaway point. But real mess has no media strategy. Real mess backslides. Real mess contradicts itself. Real mess cries at inconvenient times and can not always explain why. Real mess needs grace that is more than decorative.
And this, to me, is where Messiah becomes the frame of reference.
The scandal at the heart of the Christian story is not that God admired the mess from a safe distance and sent us a few inspirational remarks. It is that God entered it. It’s not the cleaned-up version. It’s not the testimony version where everything is wrapped up by the final chorus. The actual mess. Blood. Tears. Misunderstanding. Poverty. Political violence. Religious hypocrisy. Betrayal by friends. Public shame. Bodily pain. The whole tangled human catastrophe.
If I identify as a Messy, it is because I follow a Messiah who did not recoil from messiness.
He was born into the mess of empire and displacement. He grew up among ordinary people with ordinary smells and ordinary troubles. He touched lepers, which is another way of saying he touched what everybody else had agreed to remain untouched. He let weeping women make scenes in respectable settings. He told stories in which the wrong people turned out to be right, and the right people turned out to be blind. He wandered straight into the grime of human life and did not seem especially worried that it would damage his image.
He also, it should be noted, built no brand.
He did not refine a platform. He did not hire twelve consultants to tighten the messaging. He did not ask whether associating with sinners might dilute his influence. He moved steadily toward the wounded, the ashamed, the compromised, the burdened, the unclean, the inconvenient, and the ones everybody else had learned to step around.
This means, among other things, that if I am going to belong to him, I should probably stop pretending to be less messy than I am.
This is not a manifesto in favor of chaos. I am not arguing for irresponsibility, moldy coffee mugs, or unpaid parking tickets as signs of spiritual depth. Some forms of mess require repentance, discipline, therapy, apology, medicine, or a decent mop. I am not trying to canonize dysfunction. I am only suggesting that a great deal of human suffering is made worse by the exhausting effort to appear composed.
Some of us have spent years trying to become presentable instead of whole.
Presentable is useful. Presentable knows how to smile. Presentable speaks the right language. Presentable can sit in a pew, nod at the appropriate times, and still carry around enough unspoken sorrow to sink a fishing boat. Presentable can look calm while inwardly being one unanswered email or text away from emotional collapse. Presentable is often rewarded. Messy, on the other hand, has fewer illusions.
Messy knows the self is unfinished. Messy leaves room for grace. Messy knows it can not save itself by attaching one more label to the pile. Messy knows sanctification is not a makeover montage. Messy knows healing is uneven. Messy knows holiness is not sterility. Holiness is what happens when divine love enters contaminated spaces and does not become contaminated itself, but begins quietly making all things new.
That is why I do not mind identifying as a Messy. It is, in its own weirdly crooked way, a confession of hope.
Because if life were only clean lines and curated selves and properly resolved contradictions, perhaps we could save ourselves with better organization. Perhaps we could redeem our souls with the perfect planner, a ring light, a nice headshot, and a sufficiently compelling bio. Perhaps the kingdom of God could be achieved through proper branding and better emotional packaging.
But that has never been the case.
The good news is not that the mess is imaginary. The good news is that the Messiah is willing to enter it. The good news is not that I have transcended contradiction, ego, fear, desire, grief, anger, and absurdity. The good news is that none of those things have proven beyond the reach of mercy. Christ does not stand at the edge of my disorder, shouting instructions through a megaphone. Christ enters in. Christ sits down amid the clutter. Christ begins sorting what can be redeemed, what must be relinquished, and what, strangely enough, was never trash at all.
So yes, I identify as a Messy.
Not because I think confusion is noble.
Not because I think dysfunction is charming.
Not because I have mistaken woundedness for wisdom.
I identify as a Messy because perfectionism does not tell the truth.
I identify as a Messy because the human condition looks more like a mismatched sock drawer than a showroom.
I identify as a Messy because my life, like most lives, contains too many loose ends, unswept corners, contradictory impulses, and unfinished prayers to pretend otherwise.
And I identity as a Messy because I believe in a Messiah who still enters rooms full of fearful, disordered, ashamed people and says, without flinching, “Peace be with you.”
Which is really the miracle.
Not that we are tidy.
Not that we are consistent.
Not that we are easily explained.
But that the Holy One has chosen to dwell with us anyway.
To love us there.
To meet us there.
And to begin, right in the middle of the mess, making something beautiful that will never be mistaken for mere neatness. -
"Shelaborating" and the Five Second Answer You Never Got
https://wp.me/p84YjG-acN
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"Shelaborating" and the Five Second Answer You Never Got
https://wp.me/p84YjG-acN
#shelaborating #communication #psychology #socialdynamics #relationshiptalk #modernculture #powerandlanguage #zsoltzsemba #elaborating #communication #socialdynamics #relationship #culture #woman #man #relationshipshttps://zsoltzsemba.com/shelaborating-and-the-five-second-answer-you-never-got/
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"Shelaborating" and the Five Second Answer You Never Got
https://wp.me/p84YjG-acN
#shelaborating #communication #psychology #socialdynamics #relationshiptalk #modernculture #powerandlanguage #zsoltzsemba #elaborating #communication #socialdynamics #relationship #culture #woman #man #relationshipshttps://zsoltzsemba.com/shelaborating-and-the-five-second-answer-you-never-got/
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"Shelaborating" and the Five Second Answer You Never Got
https://wp.me/p84YjG-acN
#shelaborating #communication #psychology #socialdynamics #relationshiptalk #modernculture #powerandlanguage #zsoltzsemba #elaborating #communication #socialdynamics #relationship #culture #woman #man #relationshipshttps://zsoltzsemba.com/shelaborating-and-the-five-second-answer-you-never-got/
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"Shelaborating" and the Five Second Answer You Never Got
https://wp.me/p84YjG-acN
#shelaborating #communication #psychology #socialdynamics #relationshiptalk #modernculture #powerandlanguage #zsoltzsemba #elaborating #communication #socialdynamics #relationship #culture #woman #man #relationshipshttps://zsoltzsemba.com/shelaborating-and-the-five-second-answer-you-never-got/
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CW: BUILDING CULTURE (Example how not to do it and what to do better...) Modern People are out of their mind!...
So you meet a new person and profile online and what seems to be a great "build culture / empower people / teach people / etc".
But when you reach out to them their 2nd reply really stinks - Their attitude has taken what you say and made it into something else. From just the 2nd reply...
I admit a lot of things (like writing longer than average or other comparisons to others), but why people make things into even more of a mess or not work it out with you?
So how do we solve that mess (from previous history also) and even with people who say in their bio :decolonizing our methods and creating empowering, healing, and regenerative learning communities." to not do the opposite and create frustration and accusation.
The very people who do this for a living or have similar intentions just block people like that! It's so unskilled. If you write me something long I'm not going to flip out like this about it... and I hope any 'culture' in the future isn't going to do similar.
It seems more than a "hello" or long text, and suddenly they turn into someone else or get themselves in a twist and even label you (which is insulting!)...
So here's the reply and I'll show more of how the person got to this point (without my intending too and being sincere all the time)
2nd reply I get:
:airquote: "@freeschool babbling, irrelevant, and directionless comments like this are energy vampire behavior. Insisting and changing platforms (esp when 0 people asked you for a 1:1) and ending with a negging compliment like that are signature manipulative behaviors of abusers. None of this is welcome here, you're blocked, but commenting in case others wonder why." :airquote:
I ask "what is wrong with people" and answer myself the same things this person user is working on ! (@multilingualfutures )
So...on top of not working through things a bit after my long message, someone accuses you of lots of extra stuff.. and it's like WOW... #shrug etc. Also a bit of anger or frustration increases rather than anything towards positive - To be straight even if I or another person writes you an essay - unless they really are clearly swearing and insulting then I think people should go the 'extra mile' beyond 2 messages 'deep' (LOL). Work through it instead of insult!
It's like people will do / say anything to avoid finding out more. No surely this can't be a real long message - SPAM SPAM SPAM - Like writing off a car when only a part of it seems damages though the narrow lens of text message and even that might not be true when you really talk to them.
So the next time someone writes something long. Don't be a ___.
THIS DOESN'T BUILD CULTURE AT ALL.
➡️ My message is here https://qoto.org/@freeschool/115233139234387503 and was only trying to bring to the table a lot of my experience (maybe the person isn't interested but could say why or ask what parts they didn't understand)...
And I'm here to show for myself (as poorly or well as my profile does) that THIS is it and my dissection is here without hammering on people but their patterns ARE CRAP and what I call #ModernPeople seem to have isms and measurable display poor judgement much like a racist does.
The example here is a supposed to be a teacher. So makes it twice as bad.
A better reply is asking nicely and that without saying these softer things like "Hey I didn't understand this part..." or "Why did you write me so much, is this a joke" ... the unfortunately you reach DEAD ENDS IN CULTURE really fast (that's why I'm using #ModernPeople or #ModernCulture hashtag because ALL culture is missing into a shittier kind which THIS teacher was supposed to be fixing / helping.
No it's not a joke or time wasting...
MY QUESTION TO THOSE CAN READ...
❓ So why do people *make communication* a time-waster by their own poorly labelling of it... Is it shirking responsibility or avoiding 'potential' trouble by closing out these types of students even if they are clever in other ways? ❓
It's like all or nothing in what I think CULTURE needs time AND is worth it... just don't throw it away...!!! It's like throwing people and planet by guessing wrong... "nah disconnect / throw it away".
Well I'm sorry that is not culture or building anything - in fact that is being anti-culture.
Even people fitting in paid professional "job" boxes are poorly design by those that care less about culture and more about money. Whatever..
Anyway by replying in a certain way on your 2nd response is not good. @multilingualfutures
I was genuinely interested and actually believe in your work. And now this response from 0 to nothing though I never intended it..
So you have made a mistake in the the length or detail of my post for something else and re-labelled it more than the excited "oh wow" email it was to try bring as much to the table... only for you to ignore it.
It's *exactly what is missing in a lot of culture and despite that you fell into the same mistake.
Where did that feeling of being free go?I understand it's a lot of writing... but that is the way in culture else you get #monocrop and less skilled people doing exactly what you did. CUT IT ALL!
As part of the culture (that you are demonstrating you want to repair) you're thinking something else more than an excited message to work through.
And as a half-worthy teacher myself even I know *you have to work around others* at the beginning! And then build our trust to whatever level (it's never there to start with or goes from strangers to something a bit better if not friends with yourself). THAT'S LIFE.WAKE UP.
So even if what I wrote is too long and trying to point out key things for you that is my whole life experience (like how cultures are blocked / attacked) then you having me shut down / blocked is contrary to #culture and really working that out!
So guess this is 'it' for why we have life like this now - we're all just haters and think the other is hating...
Your heavy conclusions you jumped in to aren't even true... I wouldn't waste my time like this (and please don't answer this and move into working on building something to see if really I'm a joker here or dedicating my life also but in a different way - AND UNITE THAT!).
OTHERWISE...
THIS IS NOT CULTURE BUILDING.
That competitive ego or whatever your reply demonstrated doesn't make it ok to guess or insult someone without working together a bit more.
You also make enemies and more hate like that (I'm not assuming any of those for myself towards you). But don't step on my toes either.
Maybe the traits are similar to manipulation or whatever you experienced we poor in YOUR life but YOU ARE WRONG so don't project it to me. I must stand against that without asking for a fight.
Plain and simple you're wrong and even I ask you reset and have an audio conversation instead.And yes THIS totally happens sometimes between people - usually with similar people or just text versions of us - and we have to snap out of that. You should know this / expect it as a teacher!
Why do I need to say this as a potential student / fellow teacher / customer etc !!!When the next new fan of any kind comes along - are you going to block them too and cut bridge.
Terrible,So I have to leave this message say "nice work" but you fucked up so we can move unless you come down from your high horse and simply *communicate*.
Is it so hard - no - take a breath and do the homework instead of acting like a poor student of life.Have a sense of something and instead of that false pride or whatever.
I can't believe the text overwhelmed you as a teacher.
SORRY. THIS IS NOT BEING A TEACHER OR BUILDING CULTURE. That is what you are trying to do - it's not even about me... so you could take more chances instead of blocking them.
I respect your poor judgement and that it's not right. And will move on while inviting repair or simply reset of this (I can forget you're writing and start again).
Just shutting it down is actually worst outcome. Not even for you or me. FOR CULTURE!
So as 'never mind' I leave this for other if you can't learn from it and to "start again" as the approach and even audio chat about it if that's enough text.
Truly surprising multilingualfutures @multilingualfutures
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BELOW ARE COMMENTS THAT LEAD US HERE:
⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️FreeSchool=Co-Op+Friendship🔁? @freeschool
@multilingualfutures Hi your description of what you do is interesting. I'm not into websites much - I find them a block using colonial style gateways "in order to get ahead" (not just saying that because it's in your bio but really I feel like websites *block* people and make it too formal... but anyway not knowing that let it be and maybe has to for the monetary sides and automation of the flow etc...
So I'm wonder what you can offer people as part of those kind of things existing, but not via website?
Thanks - interesting...
3d
multilingualfutures @multilingualfutures@freeschool I will try to post lots of things here that are useful for language teachers and revitalizers, as I have been on my other platforms, and there is a ton of stuff on my youtube. I have a complete course there for free, the entire framework that I I have developed with communities is available for free, and back to the website, there are libraries of resources and frequent workshops there for free also.
I do try to decide thoughtfully how much can be public and how much can be free, because financially there are huge challenges to be managed, but also, it's very important in this work that things be done through relationship and that communities be supported in adapting the resources to their own contexts. Part of the decolonization process is removing the positivist approach to education where appropriate. This is stuff we are constantly exploring and revolving with.
@freeschool babbling, irrelevant, and directionless comments like this are energy vampire behavior. Insisting and changing platforms (esp when 0 people asked you for a 1:1) and ending with a negging compliment like that are signature manipulative behaviors of abusers. None of this is welcome here, you're blocked, but commenting in case others wonder why.
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CW: BUILDING CULTURE (Example how not to do it and what to do better...) Modern People are out of their mind!...
So you meet a new person and profile online and what seems to be a great "build culture / empower people / teach people / etc".
But when you reach out to them their 2nd reply really stinks - Their attitude has taken what you say and made it into something else. From just the 2nd reply...
I admit a lot of things (like writing longer than average or other comparisons to others), but why people make things into even more of a mess or not work it out with you?
So how do we solve that mess (from previous history also) and even with people who say in their bio :decolonizing our methods and creating empowering, healing, and regenerative learning communities." to not do the opposite and create frustration and accusation.
The very people who do this for a living or have similar intentions just block people like that! It's so unskilled. If you write me something long I'm not going to flip out like this about it... and I hope any 'culture' in the future isn't going to do similar.
It seems more than a "hello" or long text, and suddenly they turn into someone else or get themselves in a twist and even label you (which is insulting!)...
So here's the reply and I'll show more of how the person got to this point (without my intending too and being sincere all the time)
2nd reply I get:
:airquote: "@freeschool babbling, irrelevant, and directionless comments like this are energy vampire behavior. Insisting and changing platforms (esp when 0 people asked you for a 1:1) and ending with a negging compliment like that are signature manipulative behaviors of abusers. None of this is welcome here, you're blocked, but commenting in case others wonder why." :airquote:
I ask "what is wrong with people" and answer myself the same things this person user is working on ! (@multilingualfutures )
So...on top of not working through things a bit after my long message, someone accuses you of lots of extra stuff.. and it's like WOW... #shrug etc. Also a bit of anger or frustration increases rather than anything towards positive - To be straight even if I or another person writes you an essay - unless they really are clearly swearing and insulting then I think people should go the 'extra mile' beyond 2 messages 'deep' (LOL). Work through it instead of insult!
It's like people will do / say anything to avoid finding out more. No surely this can't be a real long message - SPAM SPAM SPAM - Like writing off a car when only a part of it seems damages though the narrow lens of text message and even that might not be true when you really talk to them.
So the next time someone writes something long. Don't be a ___.
THIS DOESN'T BUILD CULTURE AT ALL.
➡️ My message is here https://qoto.org/@freeschool/115233139234387503 and was only trying to bring to the table a lot of my experience (maybe the person isn't interested but could say why or ask what parts they didn't understand)...
And I'm here to show for myself (as poorly or well as my profile does) that THIS is it and my dissection is here without hammering on people but their patterns ARE CRAP and what I call #ModernPeople seem to have isms and measurable display poor judgement much like a racist does.
The example here is a supposed to be a teacher. So makes it twice as bad.
A better reply is asking nicely and that without saying these softer things like "Hey I didn't understand this part..." or "Why did you write me so much, is this a joke" ... the unfortunately you reach DEAD ENDS IN CULTURE really fast (that's why I'm using #ModernPeople or #ModernCulture hashtag because ALL culture is missing into a shittier kind which THIS teacher was supposed to be fixing / helping.
No it's not a joke or time wasting...
MY QUESTION TO THOSE CAN READ...
❓ So why do people *make communication* a time-waster by their own poorly labelling of it... Is it shirking responsibility or avoiding 'potential' trouble by closing out these types of students even if they are clever in other ways? ❓
It's like all or nothing in what I think CULTURE needs time AND is worth it... just don't throw it away...!!! It's like throwing people and planet by guessing wrong... "nah disconnect / throw it away".
Well I'm sorry that is not culture or building anything - in fact that is being anti-culture.
Even people fitting in paid professional "job" boxes are poorly design by those that care less about culture and more about money. Whatever..
Anyway by replying in a certain way on your 2nd response is not good. @multilingualfutures
I was genuinely interested and actually believe in your work. And now this response from 0 to nothing though I never intended it..
So you have made a mistake in the the length or detail of my post for something else and re-labelled it more than the excited "oh wow" email it was to try bring as much to the table... only for you to ignore it.
It's *exactly what is missing in a lot of culture and despite that you fell into the same mistake.
Where did that feeling of being free go?I understand it's a lot of writing... but that is the way in culture else you get #monocrop and less skilled people doing exactly what you did. CUT IT ALL!
As part of the culture (that you are demonstrating you want to repair) you're thinking something else more than an excited message to work through.
And as a half-worthy teacher myself even I know *you have to work around others* at the beginning! And then build our trust to whatever level (it's never there to start with or goes from strangers to something a bit better if not friends with yourself). THAT'S LIFE.WAKE UP.
So even if what I wrote is too long and trying to point out key things for you that is my whole life experience (like how cultures are blocked / attacked) then you having me shut down / blocked is contrary to #culture and really working that out!
So guess this is 'it' for why we have life like this now - we're all just haters and think the other is hating...
Your heavy conclusions you jumped in to aren't even true... I wouldn't waste my time like this (and please don't answer this and move into working on building something to see if really I'm a joker here or dedicating my life also but in a different way - AND UNITE THAT!).
OTHERWISE...
THIS IS NOT CULTURE BUILDING.
That competitive ego or whatever your reply demonstrated doesn't make it ok to guess or insult someone without working together a bit more.
You also make enemies and more hate like that (I'm not assuming any of those for myself towards you). But don't step on my toes either.
Maybe the traits are similar to manipulation or whatever you experienced we poor in YOUR life but YOU ARE WRONG so don't project it to me. I must stand against that without asking for a fight.
Plain and simple you're wrong and even I ask you reset and have an audio conversation instead.And yes THIS totally happens sometimes between people - usually with similar people or just text versions of us - and we have to snap out of that. You should know this / expect it as a teacher!
Why do I need to say this as a potential student / fellow teacher / customer etc !!!When the next new fan of any kind comes along - are you going to block them too and cut bridge.
Terrible,So I have to leave this message say "nice work" but you fucked up so we can move unless you come down from your high horse and simply *communicate*.
Is it so hard - no - take a breath and do the homework instead of acting like a poor student of life.Have a sense of something and instead of that false pride or whatever.
I can't believe the text overwhelmed you as a teacher.
SORRY. THIS IS NOT BEING A TEACHER OR BUILDING CULTURE. That is what you are trying to do - it's not even about me... so you could take more chances instead of blocking them.
I respect your poor judgement and that it's not right. And will move on while inviting repair or simply reset of this (I can forget you're writing and start again).
Just shutting it down is actually worst outcome. Not even for you or me. FOR CULTURE!
So as 'never mind' I leave this for other if you can't learn from it and to "start again" as the approach and even audio chat about it if that's enough text.
Truly surprising multilingualfutures @multilingualfutures
⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
BELOW ARE COMMENTS THAT LEAD US HERE:
⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️FreeSchool=Co-Op+Friendship🔁? @freeschool
@multilingualfutures Hi your description of what you do is interesting. I'm not into websites much - I find them a block using colonial style gateways "in order to get ahead" (not just saying that because it's in your bio but really I feel like websites *block* people and make it too formal... but anyway not knowing that let it be and maybe has to for the monetary sides and automation of the flow etc...
So I'm wonder what you can offer people as part of those kind of things existing, but not via website?
Thanks - interesting...
3d
multilingualfutures @multilingualfutures@freeschool I will try to post lots of things here that are useful for language teachers and revitalizers, as I have been on my other platforms, and there is a ton of stuff on my youtube. I have a complete course there for free, the entire framework that I I have developed with communities is available for free, and back to the website, there are libraries of resources and frequent workshops there for free also.
I do try to decide thoughtfully how much can be public and how much can be free, because financially there are huge challenges to be managed, but also, it's very important in this work that things be done through relationship and that communities be supported in adapting the resources to their own contexts. Part of the decolonization process is removing the positivist approach to education where appropriate. This is stuff we are constantly exploring and revolving with.
@freeschool babbling, irrelevant, and directionless comments like this are energy vampire behavior. Insisting and changing platforms (esp when 0 people asked you for a 1:1) and ending with a negging compliment like that are signature manipulative behaviors of abusers. None of this is welcome here, you're blocked, but commenting in case others wonder why.
