There’s this short story called Barbie by Gary Soto I used to read with my 5th graders. That and Mother and Daughter about a dyed dress for the dance. And we would talk about why the characters feel so much shame and anger about the bootleg Barbie/ dress. the kids had brilliant empathetic discussion

This is like when I thought beez in the trap was about pollinators

That’s not true. Mainland US and Europe both about 4mill sq mi.

This is what bothers me. What kind of judgment could a person have without having a plan for their nazi tattoo **in advance**. don’t be a nazi but also don’t be an idiot! If I were running for municipal library board I’d still reexamine my social media and check my tattoos

It’s disingenuous. We call our dad’s cousins aunt too. They just wanted to put Mamdani,9/11 and hijab in a headline

I find it really telling (disturbing) that the students think it is somehow better that their pov just happens to mimic Nazi propaganda rather than it being intentional

Also, assuming the best, that this isn’t a deliberate misunderstanding, the initial comment is about how a protest that is not met with violence isn’t seen as threatening and therefore probably isn’t really effective. Nonviolent resistance isn’t what’s at question

This is just not an accurate representation of the Civil Rights movement. I don’t like to randomly argue online but this is just ahistorical-the Klan had infiltrated many police forces and had been terrorizing black Americans explicitly since the 30s but also before that for nearly 70years

Do you know any teachers 😂

Fr fr fr where’s shame when we need it

There’s a fantastic Lucille Clifton quote “People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and that's a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated.”
Anyway think you’re spot on and it’s a shame.

A little extra cheese too

And more practically speaking, I teach them to take notes and self monitor. Let them know there’s no right way, but they want to be in charge of their brains and how note taking is a great tool for that whether it’s an outline keywords, etc. it’s a muscle that can be built up

Also, I coach them in a very basic positive way. “You can do this etc” and I also in a crazy way like “these companies don’t want you to think for more than 90sec because then you’d realize your addicted to their product and stop generating revenue for them” 😂

I wouldn’t call myself expert, but a few things that have worked : setting a timer and requiring 10min. of quiet with nothing but the paper text and note taking tools in front of them. Then Id increase by 2 to 3 minutes every week until they can do 15/20

I read recently that a lot of the “test industrial complex” is promoting skimming over deep reading for K-12 students which seems related to both the lack of engagement and the attention deficit if you want to call it that

I can’t say that that’s relevant to my experience. I worked hard to pick rich and engaging texts. For example, I remember teaching a great Jemison story to my New Orleans kids related to Katrina. Once I got the kids into it they were hooked, but getting them into it- excruciating.

Speaking as a K-12 teacher, post Covid what I saw was an attention gap different than vocab or safe space to do hw or early exposure to literacy- (the things tied to socioeconomics). Even kids who *could* fluently read and had advanced comprehension skills needed training in sustained focus

I think this is better than the 48 laws of power and Art of war which is what I recall 30 something men who didn’t read saying it’s what they were reading when I was in my 30s

Most Brits reject Nigel Farage’s NHS plans and remain in favour of current system Most Brits reject Nigel Farage’s plans and remain in favour of the current NHS system, a major poll has found.

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Taxi Driver comes to mind. Guys who seem to think Travis Bickle is relatable.

Can someone define pinch and plimsoll for me

Northern exposure dreams

Last night, at the final show of her Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour, Cyndi Lauper brought out Joni Mitchell (for “Carey”), Cher (“Girls Just Want To Have Fun”), SZA (“True Colors”), John Legend (“Time After Time”), and more.

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Andre the Giant?

Idk a lot about this but I have seen Newsies like 40 times and it seemed like that was about money

Meta brought AI to rural Colombia. Now students are failing exams When Meta embedded AI bots in its apps, even students in the most remote corners of Colombia gained access. But rather than boosting learning, it’s getting in the way.

This is the giant Canary in the coal mine of what AI will do to education. Improperly adopted, it will destroy critical thinking and educational attainment.

For the oligarchs, this is a feature of AI, not a bug.

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I think this is true of k-8 teaching too. It requires leadership, management, attention to detail, advanced pattern recognition, etc but is still mostly women’s work

1000 times yes I’m trying so hard not to let the lyrics into my consciousness

Not at all- it definitely is reportable assault and from a legal standpoint it’s absolutely assault as it involves minors. My point was that some anxiety about the bus can be founded and isn’t always just middle class panic.