***What Are You Smoking, May 2021?***

[coming to_falling too]

About to load some Samuel Gawith St. James Flake in a 1994 Georg Jensen Jul billiard with tapered brindle stem.

 

[tnfan]

First smoke today is John Aylesbury Classic Flake in a Castello “Castello“.

 

[samuelgawith01]

Cornell and Diehl Pegasus in a Peterson 9mm billiard.This is from early this morning.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking year 2014 4Noggins Prairie Wind in a smooth medium brown medium bend 1950s B.B.B. Own Make 307 apple with a sterling silver band and black vulcanite saddle stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.

 

[Jacob74]

Cut a few flakes off a block of Salty Dogs, letting them dry a bit now before I get at them with this cob.

 

[glub]

Escudo in a Peterson Dublin Filter 80s (sans filter) with a mug of English Breakfast tea.

 

[telescopes]

That’s the way to do it!
What are you teaching?

5th Graders. I work in a Barrio Community, but I teach the gifted. Most of the people I personally know, if not all of the them, state to me that their children are gifted. I rarely reply out of courtesy, but its hogwash. I teach the gifted and I know the difference. Some of the children I work with can reason, solve, and answer complicated problems faster than I can communicate them to the students. A few days ago, I was introducing multiplication of fractions. I proposed the problem 5/7 x 35 =. I asked a student what he thought the answer was without working it out. Before I could finish he said 25. I inquired as to how he knew that and he answered as follows, "Let's assume that the question is 1 x 35. Let's assume we think of the # 1 as 7/7. That means that 35 has been divided into 7 equal parts and since we are only referring to 5 of those parts and since 7 goes into 35 five times, we only need to take two 5s from 35 and we have our answer.

My head was spinning. Without any real instruction, he devised a ratio table in his head, understood how it worked, and came to an answer, all within about one second. That is gifted. My student teacher wanted him to do it "correctly" and use the algorithm, but after he thought about it, he was in awe as was I.

This is a more detailed answer then you were looking for, but this is what I teach. Not that it is important, but the majority of my students are either first generation immigrants or born somewhere else. My only regret is that they have come to America only to receive a half-assed education that is hell bent on dumbing down the curriculum and lowering anything that remotely smells like a standard that should be upheld.

 

[LotusEater]

Bengal Slices in the Stanwell bent pot

 

[bullet08]

PP in Peterson SH Lestrade. GEC86. Fully rubbed and dried. Lat bomb. Flavor is definitely consistent. I did something wrong last time. Oriental is there, but have to look for it. Sweetness is present, but can't say it's plum. A bit of spice.

 

[cshubhra]

In the morning... Watch City Deluxe Crumb Cut in a Sasieni Perfect Ten Canadian

Now

Last of my jar of Daughters and Ryan Ramback in a Kaywoodie Rhodesian from 2020

 

[cshubhra]

Am I the only one who thinks cshubhra and Fiddlepiper are the same guy, or at least brothers?

Now I have to research why you think so ?

 

[LotusEater]

5th Graders. I work in a Barrio Community, but I teach the gifted. Most of the people I personally know, if not all of the them, state to me that their children are gifted. I rarely reply out of courtesy, but its hogwash. I teach the gifted and I know the difference. Some of the children I work with can reason, solve, and answer complicated problems faster than I can communicate them to the students. A few days ago, I was introducing multiplication of fractions. I proposed the problem 5/7 x 35 =. I asked a student what he thought the answer was without working it out. Before I could finish he said 25. I inquired as to how he knew that and he answered as follows, "Let's assume that the question is 1 x 35. Let's assume we think of the # 1 as 7/7. That means that 35 has been divided into 7 equal parts and since we are only referring to 5 of those parts and since 7 goes into 35 five times, we only need to take two 5s from 35 and we have our answer.

My head was spinning. Without any real instruction, he devised a ratio table in his head, understood how it worked, and came to an answer, all within about one second. That is gifted. My student teacher wanted him to do it "correctly" and use the algorithm, but after he thought about it, he was in awe as was I.

This is a more detailed answer then you were looking for, but this is what I teach. Not that it is important, but the majority of my students are either first generation immigrants or born somewhere else. My only regret is that they have come to America only to receive a half-assed education that is hell bent on dumbing down the curriculum and lowering anything that remotely smells like a standard that should be upheld.

That’s so cool!
It must be gratifying to feed the minds of kids with that kind of intellectual capacity ( especially kids from under served populations)

I’ve taught a few university courses and I am amazed at how many undergrads are basically incapable of communicating their thoughts coherently either verbally or in writing.

 

[telescopes]

That’s so cool!
It must be gratifying to feed the minds of kids with that kind of intellectual capacity ( especially kids from under served populations)

I’ve taught a few university courses and I am amazed at how many undergrads are basically incapable of communicating their thoughts coherently either verbally or in writing.

Thank you and yes, it is.

 

[MrTom]

Good Evening Folks, Early Morning Pipe in a Peterson's. Home after dinner at my sisters.

 

[Gus]

good night all, second and last Champions League night of the week, Russ Ouelette Blend Luigi Viprati, years ago, 2015, when it was not yet official a friend brought me from the Chicago Pipe Show some 150gr, in a J.T. Cooke

 

[JimInks]

Enjoyed a tasty lunch, and am now smoking Watch City Simply VOriental in an undated straight smooth medium brown Wilshire 5 bulldog (Comoy’s second) made for John’s Pipe Shop in Los Angeles with a black vulcanite saddle stem. Time to do an interview.

 

[smknron]

Just starting on a bowl of Watch City, Rouxgaroux, in my unmarked pot with a quarter bent stem, and a small espresso to keep me going until dinner

 

[cigrmaster]

2012 Wessex Brigade Campaign Dark Flake in a Jack Howell Brandy.

 

[Ettrick puffer]

Good evening All
A bowl of Samuel Gawith’s 1792 Flake in a Savinelli Trevi 620 KS overlooking the River Tweed at Melrose.
Happy smokes.
Ettrick puffer

 

[MrTom]

Good Night Folks, Nightcap in a Dracula.