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@rasterweb@mastodon.social
2025-06-17 02:55:46

A friend of mine just retired after 28 years as a teacher… I’ve been working for 31 years since I got out of school and probably have another 10 to 15 (or more) years before I can even think about retirement.
(I’m not jealous, I just wish we had a better system where people didn’t have to work their entire adult lives.)

@inthehands@hachyderm.io
2025-06-16 17:14:59

When I say that I wish the bubble would burst so we could start having actual conversation, this is the kind of thing I’m talking about.
In the meantime, not being a researcher myself in any kind of position to critique the paper, I’m happy to just look at it and cherry-pick the conclusion that I think is unequivocally helpful regardless: we all (students in school, students of life) should cultivate active, engaged minds that work with ideas by •doing• and •creating• instead of simply passively receiving.

@davidaugust@mastodon.online
2025-05-31 16:16:32

"I think my high-school acting career lasted a day."
-Dennis Farina
#acting #coaching #inspiration

@ruth_mottram@fediscience.org
2025-06-24 16:59:34

I used the acronym "LLMs" after the word "AI" in a school parents' meeting today and only one other parent ( my husband) knew what it was.
Is it just a bit of jargon? Completely unknown? Or am I out of touch?
jargon but also a word people use
not jargon but a bit obscure
No idea what you're talking about
I'm a techbro who wants to know what people think

@ginevra@hachyderm.io
2025-06-20 00:35:29

Language learning has been part of me since high school. I'm solid in 2 non-English languages, crappy but survivable in 2 others. I've played with & started learning others many times.
I'm real busy rn, but language learning could be a fun thing to do for myself & make me feel like I'm still me.
But I'm stumped about my language picks. I learnt the obvious European languages in school; later tried key Asian languages. What do I want to do now?
African languages? I won't be getting a chance to use them much in Aus, & I'm unlikely to get to a stage where I can read literature.
I tried Slovenian/Slovene on a whim & really love it, but I'll never go there. Is the practical but unfun answer grind out more kanji/hanzi? Or is whimsically learning a language spoken by only 2.5 million people reasonable? I will continue struggling through with Ukrainian, 'cause I think it's important.
#LanguageLearning

@MamasPinkyToe@mastodon.world
2025-06-19 17:12:54

I pass by the site of a mass shooting, an elementary school, several times a week. It's half a mile from my house. I hardly ever think about it.

@davidaugust@mastodon.online
2025-06-27 17:47:33

The challenge of HEPA filters in the classrooms.
h/t @…
source: xcancel.com/kadamssl/status/19

screenshot of a thread by Kathryn @kadamssl: 

A new development in the sociological experiment of denial, backlash, and normalization: The moms are piling on the poor soul who sought suggestions to on how to get HEPAs into the classroom. 

🧵 

Jun 26, 2025 · 4:05 PM UTC

Common Criticism 1. We don’t even have air conditioning in classrooms, and you’re worried about HEPAs?! 

Answer: Has it occurred to anyone that kids need BOTH and not neither? 

Common Criticism 2: HEPAs won’t do anything. Ju…
screenshot of a thread by Kathryn @kadamssl: 

Common Criticism 3: Are you going to pay for them?! (They’re too expensive.) 

Answer: First of all, the school boards *should* be purchasing & maintaining HEPAs. With all of the hand waving about absences, you’d think investing in staff & student health would be a no brainer… 

Second: Is anyone considering how expensive it is to have a sick child and/or to be sick themselves? Even with socialized medicine in Canada, it costs 💰 to take time off. I…
screenshot of a thread by Kathryn @kadamssl: 

Common Criticism 4: If the schools were ever going to get HEPAs, they would have done it during COVID. There’s no point trying now. 

Answer: ‘During COVID’ is now & we will need airborne mitigations now and for the foreseeable future. Remember, policy moves slower than science... 

Just because it hasn’t changed YET doesn’t mean it won’t. But it will take pressure from citizens, parents, advocacy groups, and any other concerned individuals to get …