Your experience and mine differ then running a 5.8ghz link between two buildings about a thousand feet apart in heavy (torrential) rain using directional POE wifi bridges such as this one https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B072Y5S8YX/
I use something similar on the family ranch to reach the shop buildings located about 1000 feet / 300 meters from where the Starlink is mounted at the house. I used these https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B072Y5S8YX/ they are limited to 100 mbps on the hardware ethernet port, so are a bit slower than Starlink on a fast day, which works ok for me.
I am doing something very similar using a TP-Link RE450 to convert from wifi to ethernet, then household WavLink Mesh, which feeds a wifi bridge to an outbuilding about a thousand feet away, using a pair of these https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B072Y5S8YX/ Works well except in heavy rain where I get dropout on the wireless link before starlink drops out.
Don't yell. I co-teach in a room with 50 kids. The other teacher yells frequently. I don't. I can control the room and she can't. She nearly has an anxiety attack daily because of it.
You have to come up with your own system of rewards and consequences that the students actually care about individually. I take my 8th graders outside once per week to just play sports or do whatever they want on the track. They know that when I ring my high pitched chime, they have three seconds to stop talking. If they don't, I write down the names of the offenders and they don't go out at the end of the week. You should get some kind of high pitched noise because everyone hears it regardless of volume. If you try to use your voice, you have to be louder than the entire class and it's hard to do that without yelling. I use this one
The trick is to not let anyone know who is on the list until right before you go outside. Otherwise kids who are on the list will just say fuck it and torture you all week. They won't remember talking at an inappropriate time, so I make sure to write down "Jeremias -- talking to Alyssa after chime," in case they accuse me of lying.
Also, and this is where I disagree with the top comment--do not use blanket punishments. If 20 kids are doing great and the same 5 kids fuck it up for everyone, not only is it not fair to punish the 20 kids, but they will stop caring because they'll know there is a high chance that they're going to lose their privilege anyway through no fault of their own.
The more thoughtful conferences all tend to use one of these instead of mic tapping. For $11, I'm starting to think I might have to get one for the gig bag.
I have a second house on my property where my Mom lives and I extended my internet and Dish network to her house using one of these: Wireless bridge
Not necessarily making a brand recommendation, but more of a concept recommendation. The instructions were not great on this one, sorta like they were written in another language then run through Google Translator. Got the job done but required some trial and error.
A wooden double agogo. That wooden percussion instrument kids use in elementary school. Can hit it with a striker, or rub the striker against the sides for a cool tone.
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0012/3034/0176/products/PP253_960x.jpg?v=1558021398 (this one does not have the sides like yours).
And this single one does.
Coloring, adult dot to dot, Plexer puzzles
The 40 meters you describe is well within the max length of the cable (at least for CAT 5 & 6). The connector connecting the two segments together may be introducing loss. Try replacing that first then if it does not clear up, try another port on the switch end and/or a different Ethernet cable. If you can swing it go fully wireless with this or something similar: https://www.amazon.com/QW-CPE5450-Wireless-Bridge-Point/dp/B072Y5S8YX/
Wireless will need a clean line of sight.
I don't know about the album, but the sound you describe sounds like chimes: https://www.amazon.com/TreeWorks-Chimes-TRE417-Single-14-Bar/dp/B001U3YBFQ
Was it something like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnfNLKXLp3E
Most albums that feature chimes do so in combination with other instruments, such as piano, organ, or even full orchestra.
I have seen teachers use a 3 pipe chime, I use a 1 pipe chime. I like the 3 pipe one, sweet variety of sounds, but the one with just one works just as well. Here is the link:
After my colleagues saw me using one, they bought their own. That price is really good! I paid double!
could get her a zenergy chime if she doesn't have one yet. my mom used to have one and they're only about $10.
I bought this:
Rhythm Band Steel Cowbell 4.5 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006MON14/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_QhXoyb4ADBQ4S
And it turned out to be my favorite cowbell I've ever owned. Nice and solid, mid to high tone with quick decay, looks nice, hits nice
My girlfriend and I live in a tiny cabin in the woods with our three cats, next to a field with donkeys, a goat and a sheep, and our driveway leads to a private wooded trail. It is a ridiculously beautiful, cute and idyllic place to live, and when I lie down in the hammock on our wrap-around porch, one thing I'm missing is the sound of windchimes. I love the deep and reverberating tones of the larger chimes, but they are not cheap, so I've been waiting for a birthday, or a bonus at work...or a bonus on Reddit??? Haha seriously, this is such an unexpected, but lovely thing to do, especially because of the good vibes it spreads to all of us, just from the thought of being able to do the same thing one day. Thank you for reminding us how good it feels to help someone else <3