Just out of curiosity really
This is for someone who has recently read Hillbilly Elegy and Educated, and is interested in reading more deeply about how communities and places shape people; and how people shape communities.
Modern Horizons 2 has was released about 5 months ago yet but the secondary market prices for enemy fetchlands have plummeted substantially.
Today, players can purchase enemy fetchlands for less than 60% of what they are going for last summer. At that time, enemy fetchlands sold within the range of $45-$75 depending on the specific land.
Today, you can acquire an Arid Mesa or a Marsh Flats for about $15. Verdant Catacombs sells for about $20. Misty Rainforest is at about $25 and Scalding Tarn is going for just a little below $30.
This is a massive drop compared to where the secondary value for these cards were just 6-7 months ago. At that time, Scalding Tarn and Misty Rainforest were ~$75 cards. Marsh Flats was a $45 card. Today you can buy three copies of Verdant Catacombs for the same price a single copy would have sold for back then.
I believe this is very close to the floor of the Modern Horizons 2 enemy fetchlands so if you want to play with enemy fetchlands and you don't own them yet, this might be the best time to pick them up.
There are several reasons this price drop in enemy fetches happened but some of the primary ones include:
- Modern Horizons 2 being a set that does NOT have a limited print run
- The enemy fetchlands having numerous alternate printing variants which makes the base model less desirable (i.e. retro frame, foil etched, extended art, pre-release promo)
- Several of other highly desirable cards in Modern Horizons 2 that ensured the estimated value of the set wasn't solely propped up by the fetchlands (Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer, Solitude, Cabal Coffers, Urza's Saga, [Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth](https://scryfall.com/card/mh2/261/yavimaya-cradle-of-growth
Hi.
My favorite reads last year were Jade War and Jade Legacy. I’ve also read Steel Crow Saga, the Divine Cities trilogy, and Kingfisher by Patricia A McKillip. FFXV: The Dawn of the Future is arguably more sci-fi but close enough. I would love to read more modern, secondary-world fantasy. I believed Sanderson has a “‘90s-inspired” book, but everything I’ve heard about Sanderson makes me think he’s not an author for me.
By “modern,” I would probably say cars would be minimum “modern” technology. Ideally cellphones or smartphones, but that’s probably asking too much.
Thank you for your time.
Edit: No YA, please. I’m more into the Epic Fantasy side of fantasy and not Urban Fantasy (eg Craft Sequence).
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In recent years, I am seeing a huge push toward fairy tale retellings and hidden magic fantasy, while a lot of epic fantasy classics are being reevaluated for iffy gender politics and other flaws of the time periods they were written in.
My question is this: what are your favorite new examples (meaning, series that started in the last 10 years or so) in the secondary world epic fantasy niche? Works like Wheel of Time and Riftwar were incredibly formative for me in my teenage years, and I always like finding new series in that subgenre.
Some recent examples I've loved: The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter, Ashes of the Sun by Django Wexler, Savage Legion by Matt Wallace.
Edit: Please let's skip Sanderson. I am already a huge fan and have read everything he's written, so there's no need to bring him up ;)
I'm working on brewing a bunch of decks for modern, and I'm wondering what is a good offhand deck. It doesn't need to be super competitive, just have the chance to potentially beat higher tiered decks. A mono-colored deck is preferred for the cheaper mana base. Any suggestions?
Secondary school is where all the crazy shit happens
Apologies for the mobile formatting
I was talking to my nephew recently and asked what his secondary school was like, he said boring, nobody talks to each other and it's just the same shite everyday.
I asked did anything mad ever happen and he shrugged, Granted the smart little shit is at a good college and I personally went to what can only be described as a lower class Grange Hill if the entire school went on a cocktail of E's, buckfast and Parental absences.
My school was so bad it was shut down lmao
There was one time a particularly cuntish science teacher had a heart attack in the hallway and no word of a lie, the class that was waiting stood around and pointed and laughed at him while he lay there. A teacher came out to see the commotion and he "retired"
Other instances :
Cutting open the bottom of and Stuffing the Vice Principals chair with orange peels once it was found out she was allergic resulting in all fruit being banned lol
The boiler pipes being "Burst" (broken by students) everytime the weather went below 1° so everyone could go home.
Teachers car being stolen by students, joyrided and burnt out facing the school.
The easiest place on earth to get drugs, I honestly learnt more about drugs from friends than in school.
Multiple fights between teachers and students
Toilet bouncers were eventually called in to stop the places from being trashed. Literal bouncers
One particularly bad case of a "High Ranking" Orange Order member who also happened to be our English Head getting arrested for sexuallt assaulting students (Crowe ya dirty aule cunt ye)
Multiple teacher/parent fist fights
Girl caught shoving a deodorant can up her fanny in the locker rooms, she was called "Sure-ly" from then on.
These are just examples off the top of my head and what absolute insanity we witnessed while "learning"
Awh Templemore, you were a shithole.
So, what's the maddest things to happen at your secondary? Or was I just from a REALLLLLLYY scummy area?
It’s not official yet, but our principal said it is likely.
Please contact AISD board members to let them know your thoughts, but this isn’t a board decision- it’s a decision made by the superintendent.
I am already leaving after this school year, but we are about to see a mass exodus of teachers.
I swear half this sub thinks their own personal beliefs and biases are more scientifically accurate than the experts who’s entire job it is to make these decisions. You guys are starting to sound like the anti vaxxers
Whenever the topic comes up, much is made of how badly and how comprehensively Year 7s tend to struggle with the ur-fundamentals of using PCs, and no wonder: it really does sound like hell dealing with it, and I don't envy anyone who has teach a room of eleven year olds how to use a mouse (amongst many other things...). Less is spoken, however, of the knock-on effects later down the line in secondary school and sixth form. From the odd comment I've seen, I infer that children still struggle for quite a long time after they first have to get to grips with PCs, but I'm interested in explicit perspectives on this, and on whether you think children leave school adequately prepared for a life of using PCs.
To be honest, I’m slightly worried about moving so far away from friends and family if I’m also going to be financially screwed! I would like to spend some time exploring too so I guess I’m going to have to buy a car over there (I didn’t want to but I get that New Zealand is quite sprawling and I’ll need one)
Edit: I know that you’re all pissed off with the amount of “moving to Christchurch” posts. I apologise it’s just a big move and I don’t know anyone out there (moving by myself) and I don’t want to make the wrong decision.
Tell your stories!
https://youtu.be/cWUYaOKi45E
A bit of a tongue in cheek topic, I know. But try to approach it from a realistic point of view, difficult, I know, considering it's just a fantasy story.
Flitwick is a former duelling champion. Probably not many of them out there. Yet he teaches First Years how to levitate feathers. Seems a waste of potential from our modern perspective. It's like a Heavyweight Boxing Champion becoming a PE teacher.
Dumbledore is a world renowned war hero, Parliament Speaker and apparently President of the UN. Yet he's a Headmaster of a school...
If you approach those conundrums from a certain angle, they seem ludicrous. I know, I know. The Wizarding World is small etc. etc. But to me it still seems a bit off. Flitwick could be teaching aurors or running a duelling school and Dumbledore could be whatever else he wanted. Yet, they teach snotty brats.
On the other side Durmstrang had a former terrorist as Head. Which just shows that Hogwarts really is better.
Hi I'm turning 17 next year, have 15k from working part time.I won't need the money anytime soon so I'm willing to take high risks over a long period of time. An emergency fund has been setup too so the 15k can purely be for investing.
Any advice on where to invest the money? Or if you have any other suggestions other than investing that'll be much appreciated too :D
Edit: Thanks for all the advice! I'll look through each of the investments commented and do more research into them
Hello, I’m a 21 year old recent marketing degree graduate. However, after spending 6 months as a marketing assistant, I realise now it’s the wrong profession for me. I had a bit of a 1/5 life crisis, I was on autopilot for the past 6 months. When I look above me at my managers and their managers.. I’m scared. I need to get out.
Marketing drains me, it’s boring and quite unfulfilling. I also don’t like the fact that my role is about making people feel insecure if they don’t have a certain product/service. I finally realised I’m not the kind of person who is able to do a quiet 9-5, office based job on a lap top. I languish in such an environment. I thrive around people, and all the hints were always there.
To cut a long story short, I’m considering a career in post primary teaching as I know now I work best with people. I loved my time in secondary school too, but mostly for the social aspect. I get energized by being in such a communal environment.
I want to know what I’m getting myself into, if I so choose it. I’m concerned that I have an over glamourised/unrealistic view of what the profession entails. I want the truth. Good and bad.
I’ve also learned that I would prefer to work in a way in which I don’t have to answer to anyone, or even minimally. Teachers also seem to have not total, but a lot of creative freedom for how they teach. And of course, the holidays are amazing.
My questions are below, if you have any answers to any of them I’d be deeply appreciative!
• What sort of person/traits are suited to secondary teaching? (Or, what kind of person isnt suited to teach!)
• What are the pros of such a career?
• What are the cons of such a career?
• Financially, is the job still a middle class paying position? Can the pay support a reasonably comfortable lifestyle? (Although that is subjective), Especially considering that a lot of time and money is involved to qualify!
• What do you wish you would of known before you got into the teaching profession?
• I was considering doing Politics (and society) and Geography, is there much demand for those subjects?
• What subjects should I avoid doing due to over supply? As I want to be sure there’ll be jobs waiting for me when I graduate.
• What is the fastest and cheapest way to fully qualify? (I don’t think my current degree will be able to be used for any subject unfortunately!).
Thank you!
That’s two high schools now 😬
Hello, I am a Sec 4 waiting for my O level results which is coming out 2 weeks later and JC only starts in February. I was wondering if secondary schools in general allow alumnis to work in the school as a relief teacher, without any qualifications as I'm still a student. Thank you for reading.
Hello, I am a Sec 4 waiting for my O level results which is coming out 2 weeks later and JC only starts in February. I was wondering if secondary schools in general allow alumnis to work in the school as a relief teacher, without any qualifications as I'm still a student. Thank you for reading.
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The pandemic and prior self reflections made me come to this conclusion. Whenever I ask teachers why some students are failing in school - pre university - the most common answer is that students home environment explain students performance. In other words, schools have little impact on a student achievements. It’s their home environment and their genetics that drive performance
This study linked hereseems to validate what I heard.
The homeschooling industry often presents statistics that homeschooled students do better than public school students, like here 1, or here 2
If schools are indeed not adding much value, everyone who can afford to homeschool should be encouraged to do so. If you can’t afford that, the public system should quickly split kids based on ability as early as the 3rd grade so that kids who are predisposed to succeed do so, and other kids are babysat accordingly. Additionally, since schools don’t add much value, we might as well have 50 kids per teacher and reduce taxes.
I’d love to be convinced otherwise. I’d love to be convinced that schools play a key role on someone’s academic performance. I know it is a provocative opinion but I’d love to get good arguments to go against my point of view here.
PS: I’m willing to hear all sort of arguments but I’m more concerned about academics
Thank you!
As said in the title. Recently after getting back my O-Level results I have been researching university courses' prerequisites, and realised that many courses require you to have taken physics in JC. However, I did not take physics in secondary school and instead took pure biology and chemistry. I did quite well for both of the sciences. Initially, I was thinking about taking both H2 biology and chemistry in JC but after researching, I'm wondering if it's possible to take physics instead of biology despite not having a physics background. Is the jump very big? I understand there should be a placement test if I were to do so. Has anybody done this or heard of a friend who has gone through the same thing? Please share your experience! Thank you in advance.
Back then I just saw it as a nice day off school but thinking about it now I feel like it happened a bit often, obviously I was too young to realise but was something going on with the government back then or something? Also I accidentally went on Ireland gone wild when I was looking for this sub and oh boy
Hi guys,
I just finished a levels this year and interested to apply to medicine. However im worried cos in secondary school i had 1 bad offence which is getting caught gambling. It is classified as major offence in my school. Apart from that, most of my discipline records are fine.
Do yall happen to know if this will jeopardise my med school application? Can NUS or NTU request for my discipline records or do they just look at the transcript (which is fine).
Thank you all for your time.
Modern Horizons 2 has was released about 5 months ago and the secondary market prices for enemy fetchlands have plummeted substantially.
Today, players can purchase enemy fetchlands for less than 60% of what they are going for last summer. At that time, enemy fetchlands sold within the range of $45-$75 depending on the specific land.
Today, you can acquire an Arid Mesa or a Marsh Flats for about $15. Verdant Catacombs sells for about $20. Misty Rainforest is at about $25 and Scalding Tarn is going for just a little below $30.
This is a massive drop compared to where the secondary value for these cards were just 6-7 months ago. At that time, Scalding Tarn and Misty Rainforest were ~$75 cards. Marsh Flats was a $45 card. Today you can buy three copies of Verdant Catacombs for the same price a single copy would have sold for back then.
I believe this is very close to the floor of the Modern Horizons 2 enemy fetchlands so if you want to play with enemy fetchlands and you don't own them yet, this might be the best time to pick them up.
There are several reasons this price drop in enemy fetches happened but some of the primary ones include:
- Modern Horizons 2 being a set that does NOT have a limited print run
- The enemy fetchlands having numerous alternate printing variants which makes the base model less desirable (i.e. retro frame, foil etched, extended art, pre-release promo)
- Several of other highly desirable cards in Modern Horizons 2 that ensured the estimated value of the set wasn't solely propped up by the fetchlands (Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer, Solitude, Cabal Coffers, Urza's Saga, Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth, [Swor
Modern Horizons 2 hasn't even been out for 2 months yet but as I predicted secondary market prices for enemy fetch lands have plummeted. Today, players can purchase enemy fetch lands for less than 50% of what they are going for two months ago. About two months ago, enemy fetch lands sold within the range of $45-$75 depending on the specific land.
Today, you can acquire an Arid Mesa or a Marsh Flats for less than $20. Verdant Catacombs and Misty Rainforest are going for for about $30.
I don't believe this isn't the floor yet, I expect them to bottom out losing another $3-$5 in secondary market value (~$15 Marsh Flats is possible).
There are several reasons this price drop in enemy fetches happened but some of the primary ones include Modern Horizons 2 being a set that does NOT have a limited print run, the enemy fetch lands having numerous alternate printing variants which makes the base model less desirable (i.e. retro frame, foil etched, extended art, pre-release promo), along with the several of other highly desirable cards in Modern Horizons 2 that ensured the estimated value of the set wasn't solely propped up by the fetch lands (Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer, Cabal Coffers, Urza's Sage, Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth, Sword of Hearth and Home, Murktide Regent)
Many months from now (perhaps more than a year later) they will rebound and gain some of their secondary market value back but nowhere near where they were a few months ago ($45-$75).
Allied fetches are now more expensive on the secondary market than enemy fetches. I anticipate they will continue to go up in value over the next few months because I don't think we will see a reprint for them this year.
I believe sometime in mid-late 2022 or early 2023 we will see a Modern Horizons 3 or alternate Horizons set (i.e. Commander Horizons) where allied fetches will be reprinted. Perhaps we'll see a Secret Lair reprint before then.
Questions to consider for discussion:
- Are you surprised that the enemy fetch lands lost so much secondary market value in such a short period of time?
- Have you picked up any enemy fetches on the secondary market since Modern Horizons 2 has bee
