suyang.bsky.social
Early language education, learner and teacher of language, languages are indivisible from the cultures of the communities who speak them.
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Yes. I think the whole point is the “easy sell”. It’s the same reason I have students telling me “duolingo can teach me more than Spanish class!” And then not being able to tell me what they learned from Duolingo other than a list of memorized words and nonsense phrases. But my class is too hard. 🤷♀️
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No quarrel. I’m a public school teacher, taught the first part of my career at charter schools (elementary school version of the degree mill) and I’m consistently amazed by the amount of students and parents I meet who consider school to be a mill and therefore think these ai ideas are reasonable.
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I think that’s what many people have thought about higher ed for years, that it’s a degree mill that they must endure to get out the other end and start making money.
Which makes the way that this is being sold sound reasonable. If you don’t actually want to learn anything.
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In case you’re interested, something similar to this comes up in the tradition of Qing Ming in southern China, where you must care for the tombs of ancestors each year. 1 child policy puts a lot of pressure to visit many places each year to honor each set of ancestors.
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And woe if a student is absent. They will never make up that work and it’s all your fault because you didn’t take the time to meet and re-read it out loud to them.
I’m so tired.
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Yes! It’s the first of a 2 book series, the second is “we unleash the merciless storm”
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Dark as in dystopian, slightly creepy, wonderful in both the sweetest moments and the deepest despair.
…I don’t know if that actually helps.
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If you like dark fantasy, it’s excellent.
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Please tell me that you’ve read “we set the dark on fire” by Taylor Kay Mejia.
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"A professor just assigned an essay on Kafka’s Metamorphosis and Emma's fingers hover immediately over ChatGPT.
‘Why struggle when AI can analyze it for me?’ This split-second decision mirrors a global cognitive shift:
trading mental effort for convenience.
Brains are adapting in alarming ways"
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That closet was deceptively large and held So Many lovely crafty things
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When you take responsibility for raising a child in any capacity, that child does not owe you anything for existing or supporting their life into adulthood. You, adult person, made that choice, and that child did not have a choice in the same capacity.
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“…The way I played with you Sophomore year…”
The self-awareness of personal growth is so precious.
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Ours is hanging out in the hot compost after being dug out. We’re short on rain this week and it’s making itself a nuisance.
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But judge for yourself!
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There’s a student I teach who is absent 3-4/5 days a week. She comes in and uses the systems set up to do her missing work, and asks questions. Another student with near-perfect attendance refuses to do anything. It’s about accountability, not attendance, and they ALL deserve our support regardless.
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And furthermore, if you tell a child the name for their eyes down to their toes and SPECIFICALLY NEGLECT a few parts, they definitely notice and know “I shouldn’t say anything about those parts, we don’t talk about them” which enables someone with bad intentions to take advantage of that situation.
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This is also my autistic survival trait “oh we’re planning a gathering—“ (me interrupting) “I’ll bring food!”
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You forgot to add make sure the grill is on when you apply. It won’t work without some heat.
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We could at least have the story of how he met lady Margalotta.
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I had a family member who did. His wife had a brain aneurysm and declined steadily for 15 years. His girlfriend helped him to care for his wife for the last 3 years of her life. It was support and love all around. Much needed for all involved.
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I’m an author of a picture book & 2 YA novels that have received starred reviews from trade journals like School Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews. My books are all about community, family, and finding our voices. You can learn more about them here: nataliasylvester.com/natalia-sylv...
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I was teaching elementary school face to face (district decision) in 2020. You bet I bent the truth since they were offering them only to health care workers at the time. Not even just for me, but the amount of damage I’d do to the high-risk kids in my care!
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You deserve all that and more.
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I like the idea that learners' language grows organically. It's not the same as a chopped up version of the grammarian's language. whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2024/12/omel...
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It was a Languages educator called Eric Hawkins who compared teaching languages in England to "gardening in a gale of English" - the environment was not conducive. Hopefully he had some suggestions... He was just before my time really. www.theguardian.com/education/20...