Tootfinder

"Bullshit universities: the future of automated education"
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-025-02340-8
"[…] The dream that AI could teach students effectively neglects the importance of ‘learning how’ in order to ‘learn that’, that teachers are also role models, and t…

Oh no I just found out that one of my favorite Buddhist teachers has just gone all AI grifter
Tara Brach, WYD this is not the dharma

https://lnkd.in/p/gcynwNDX

I've read my dad's family history over and over, but this week one little detail finally clicked. It led me to a piano teacher, two music schools, and new questions about my grandmother's musical talent.
I have the dates, but I want the stories. And sometimes the search makes me miss Dad even more.
#Genealogy

I Missed That The First Time – Bob Mueller
A familiar family history reveals a surprising connection to a piano teacher, opening new questions about my grandmother, genealogy, & Dad's past.

I Missed That The First Time
Sometimes you can read the same family history a dozen times before a detail finally clicks. A passing reference to my grandmother's Chicago days led me to a piano teacher, two music schools, and questions about her musical talent that I wish I'd asked my dad.
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I Missed That The First Time – Bob Mueller
A familiar family history reveals a surprising connection to a piano teacher, opening new questions about my grandmother, genealogy, & Dad's past.

"My experience as a teacher felt like learning to play basketball by being subbed into an NBA game, and then being told I should have done better."
"There is an entrenched bureaucracy at the district level that has the deeply-held belief that teachers are the problem."
https://jason722.substack.com/p/leaving-teaching

#Memphis, looking for a great meal and a great cause? Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, #Tambolis on Madison is donating 10% of all food and beverage sales to Indivisible Memphis Collective Good Immigrant Pantry!
Try the spicy vodka campanelle if you like heat 🌶️ And their pizzas are delicious! 🍕

Event: CSEE Institute for Teaching World Religions
I was invited to give a talk at a training session of educators on religious literacy and Islam. From the CSEE Institute for Teaching World Religions Website: Knowledge of the world's religious traditions is vitally important for communication and understanding in our current world. CSEE's institute brings together religious studies scholars and world religion teachers for thought-provoking presentations, activity…
https://husseinrashid.com/2026/07/06/event-csee-institute-for-teaching-world-religions.html/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@simonbs/117399556610476087
I always follow my music teacher’s rule: sit in the front row. It forces me to be engaged, pay attention and not drift.
Yes, there was always a small risk of a tedious talk.
But there is now an epidemic of people telling you what they asked ChatGPT to do, and you realize that you are poorly positioned to sprint for the exit.

The Shape-Shifting Sounds of the Accordion
Maria Telesheva from Eugene, Oregon, plays B-system chromatic button accordion
226 buttons, 35 lbs / 16 k, quite a workout — playing pieces by Bach and Schubert
In this well-filmed performance you can watch her hands dance on both sides of the instrument❤️‍🔥🪗
In a short ted talk she discusses how she learned as a child from her father/teacher, and plays two beautiful pieces
#accordion #ClassicalMusic #TedTalk