Mathematics/Financial Ed teacher with an altruistic passion for educating others and fostering an educated army of future thinkers.
California
Joined June 2014
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Same rule for every kid: 150 XP a week or it's a strike.
Not the same guardrails.
I meet with each student weekly and keep notes. One kept going negative and couldn't say why. So: tighter structure for them, more freedom for others.
Back to 30/30 last week.
Last week in our @_MathAcademy_ public middle school class:
30/30 kids met our 30 XP/day floor
Class avg ~49 XP/day, up from ~43
Students hitting their stride
One finished Prealgebra, now in Integrated Math I
Not for every kid. For the right ones. There's a new path
Any math teacher who got into education for students first and content secondary I implore you to convince your school to pilot @_MathAcademy_
My transition from teacher to guide for these 30 students is amazing from every angle. This pilot is so much fun!
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Agree but w/ slight rewording:
"translate into a real-world job" ➡️ real-world value
"pathways that prepare them for the workforce " ➡️ prepare them to be valuable
If we add value to others then our goals will be aligned.
This is fake news at its finest.
First off, we’re not ‘banning’ any program. The federal government doesn’t set curriculum or programs.
Here’s the truth: we are holding colleges accountable for leaving students worse off than if they never enrolled. Too many graduates report delaying major life milestones like buying a home or starting a family. Why? Because low return-on-investment programs saddled them with unmanageable debt that was never going to translate into a real-world job.
Federal student loans are not a welfare program for failing college programs. American students deserve education and training pathways that prepare them for the workforce – and transparency about programs that will never pay off.
If the best form of flattery is imitation I hope @Alphaschool is flattered. My first 6 student @_MathAcademy_ pilot was fundamentally flawed: no true student/parent buy-in. My fault.
So I Fixed It.
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I surveyed and pitched ~350 future 7th/8th graders. Narrowed that down to a blunt "Do you really want this" filter which lead to a mandatory in person parent night and finally had our class of 30. We didn’t pick by grades — we picked for motivation and commitment. ⬇️
Not every kid wants this path. The ones who do were asking for an option that didn’t exist in our public school yet. High hopes they blaze a trail for new learning options in public education.
Huge shout to @Curriki for funding this opportunity.
Well here we go. Launching @_MathAcademy_ at Windsor Middle School in CA.
Stoked for the 31 7th/8th grade students & families who opted in.
Huge thanks to @Curriki for making this possible.
Documenting the journey. Launch sequence initiated!
Let's just say 'yes' but the question is the timing.
If retail is holding 77% then SP only jumps on institutional buying and it's not like big money is gonna swoop right after Feb. 16th (assuming lifted).
So what's the estimated timeline after removal?
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Fascinating! @theallinpod science corner interview w/ @friedberg & @chamath please. Maybe @elonmusk debating fusion vs solar w/ focus on energy independence for global peace.
@Helion_Energy @Dkirtley
Here's my conversation with David Kirtley (@dkirtley), a nuclear fusion engineer, all about the physics and engineering of nuclear fission, fusion, and the future of energy.
David is leading a team that's working to build the world's first commercial fusion power plant by 2028. This was a super technical conversation and a fascinating one, for both the near-term and the long-term future of human civilization.
It's here on X in full, and is up on YouTube, Spotify, and everywhere else. Links in comment.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
3:14 - Nuclear fission vs fusion
13:14 - Physics of E=mc^2
18:28 - Is nuclear fusion safe?
23:50 - Chernobyl
30:17 - Geopolitics
32:12 - Extreme scenarios
39:07 - How nuclear fusion works
1:11:59 - Extreme temperatures
1:17:00 - Fusion control and simulation
1:28:54 - Electricity from fusion
2:02:59 - First fusion power plant in 2028
2:09:52 - Energy needs of GPU clusters
2:20:16 - Kardashev scale
2:28:12 - Fermi Paradox
Hey @Polymarket – market suggestion 👇
Market: "Will the EPA's Pebble Mine veto be lifted by March 31, 2027?"
@SarahPalinUSA @TyewayorHighway @GovDunleavy
NO: The 404(c) Pebble Final Determination remains in force through that date.
Resolution sources: EPA website, Federal Register, final federal court decisions, and major news (AP/Reuters/Bloomberg) referencing those primary docs.
This starts with teachers, actually admin bringing in the tools for highly motivated teachers to create an AI first classroom experience for students.
Requires base teacher salary to improve & avenue to exit old guard thinking...no tenure (I said it). Students deserve the future.
$NAK seems like the definition of an asymmetric bet. Approval=moon & deny=bust. Like most here I have hard time believing Pebble isn't being mined & recent sell-off is extremely overblown providing massive upside financial opportunity. Can we discuss each side with reason? 👇
In a world where software can be spung up using Replit for pennies compared licensing cost what stops me from using Replit to recreate my own version of some software I want to use (personal only) & forgoing ongoing sub or license fee? (Cont'd) @downingARK @GrousARK @CathieDWood
Anyone can code with AI. @GrousARK and @downingARK demo how coding agents simplify development, making it accessible to non-technical users, and explore this tech’s impact on the economy, knowledge workers, and software democratization.
Watch.
ark-invest.com/podcast/the-b…
