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State’s ‘Misguided Takeover’ of Houston Schools nytimes.com/2023/08/17/opini…
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ya, i feel like it’s time for us to get really honest. most students using AI to do all their work do it b/c they’re lazy. they’re not secret scholars just juggling a lot of responsibilities or disillusioned by an emphasis on getting a job rather than learning. they don’t care🤷🏾♀️
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Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing an essay, writing a eulogy, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing for 5,000 years.
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We are training kids to have a zero-percent tolerance for boredom. But deep thought is often boring at the start.
By 'gamifying' the classroom, we are effectively lobotomizing the capacity for deep work.
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Truly, I feel like the old poems were written by a different person. I still like them, though.
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Don’t listen to anyone who tells you a poem isn’t a poem just because it doesn’t rhyme or follow a fixed form. A poem is a distilled feeling, a condensed moment in time—it's language at its very best, like a punch to the gut that leaves you winded, dazed, longing for another.
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I interviewed a teacher who recently left the profession:
“I was tired of hearing ‘you are the union’ every time I questioned their priorities. If teachers really had a voice, maybe fewer of us would be walking away.”
THOUGHTS?
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when people turn 30 they’re sorted into one of these four houses like in harry potter
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Mike Miles & #HISD board of managers suggest teacher turnover has no impact on student achievement. With 10,000+ teachers leaving in a year, HISD faces turmoil ahead. #education #teacherturnover
marcolearning.com/impact-of-…
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Leaders, where's your broom? Coach John Wooden was possibly the greatest basketball coach of all time, but during the week, he could be found sweeping the gym before practice. Never be too important to serve.
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Do the damn problems. Too many damn people think they can learn without doing the damn problems. Doing the damn problems makes all the damn difference.
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The issue with people “letting AI do the reading for them” is that a society that does not read is a society that can’t think critically. It can be easily manipulated by authoritarians. When we don’t read we are less informed, more dependent on tech tools, and more compliant.
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We need a literary culture of outstanding amateurs--"hobby" writers who, nonetheless, work at the top of the craft. Not everyone should make a living at it. It's unhealthy to try. Write with the spirit of a cottage gardener or a weekend woodcarver--top skill, with leisure & love.
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2018…More teachers resigned than any other year prior
2019…A new record # of resignations
2020…That # SURPASSED.
2021…AGAIN
2022…AGAIN
2023…Broke ALL previous records
Questions: What was learned?
Answer: ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!
The career is simply no longer sustainable
