Anonymous on Invented or True?May 22, 2026
There are parents and teachers pushing to get rid of the devices because they aren't good for the kids. It's…
Anonymous on Invented or True?May 22, 2026
There are schools in my county that provide ipads to elementary students. They graduate to chromebooks in... 4th grade? reason…
xykademiqz on PowerlessMay 22, 2026
I'm in STEM and everyone is complaining about budget cuts at federal funding agencies and the dwindling support for the…
cliff arroyo on Hierarchies Are GoodMay 22, 2026
" a wonder I didn’t grow up to be an axe murderer" There's still time! Never give up on your dreams!
random reader on Invented or True?May 22, 2026
There are public school systems that distribute one device (laptop or tablet) to each student starting in kindergarten (many of…
Anonymous on The Word Not Ate His HomeworkMay 22, 2026
I believe the proponents of New Thought (you know, the "Every day, in every way, I am growing better and…
cliff arroyo on The Word Not Ate His HomeworkMay 22, 2026
"dumb mistakes by missing key words like “not” I learned long ago through bitter experience to never use negative forms…
Anonymous on The Word Not Ate His HomeworkMay 21, 2026
Some of the most staggering reading-aloud blunders in church happen when somebody leaves out the word "not". The other one…
random reader on How Academics Will Write Themselves into a FutureMay 21, 2026
I have spent some time over the past couple of months talking to people who sell different homework platforms for…
oldcowboy3 on Hierarchies Are GoodMay 21, 2026
LOL ;-D
Anonymous on The Word Not Ate His HomeworkMay 21, 2026
my son is pretty smart but sometimes makes dumb mistakes by missing key words like “not” or “best” etc. it’s…
Anonymous on The Word Not Ate His HomeworkMay 21, 2026
So, is ‘not’ … racist?
bluebird of bitterness on Hierarchies Are GoodMay 21, 2026
I was a straight-A student in elementary school and one of the smartest kids in my class, but I was…
Clarissa on The Word Not Ate His HomeworkMay 21, 2026
Opposition to standardized tests reeks of "very special cookie" preoccupations.
Anonymous on The Word Not Ate His HomeworkMay 21, 2026
Vision issues matter and indeed are common.
Mitch4 on Sudden AgingMay 21, 2026
My high school has a nondescript name ("Southwest") and, truth to tell, no particular reason to be famous -- no…
Clarissa on Sudden AgingMay 21, 2026
I'll be shocked if she doesn't have some Pedro who beats her squirreled in the background.
Clarissa on Sudden AgingMay 21, 2026
You can have completely white hair and come off as young. It isn't the hair. Everything about him is old-man…
Clarissa on How Academics Will Write Themselves into a FutureMay 21, 2026
I'm in languages, so we don't notice AI at all. There's no place for it because any attempt to cheat…
Anonymous on Sudden AgingMay 21, 2026
His new wife is draining him. lol
cliff arroyo on Sudden AgingMay 21, 2026
"He didn’t shave" Definitely part of it. But also the baggy shirt and the slumped forward posture, very different from…
cliff arroyo on How Academics Will Write Themselves into a FutureMay 21, 2026
"Do you expect the number of Universities will shrink significantly as well? " Capital no longer wants an educated public. This…
oldcowboy3 on Hierarchies Are GoodMay 20, 2026
"It’s ok to be excluded. It’s ok to be aware that intellectual limitations exist. It’s ok to know that some…
Anonymous on Sudden AgingMay 20, 2026
He didn't shave. Could've gone gray years ago and you'd never have known it with the cue-ball look. ethyl
Demotrash on Hierarchies Are GoodMay 20, 2026
Even if you don't sort kids, they will still know how good or bad at reading they are relative to…
oldcowboy3 on Hierarchies Are GoodMay 20, 2026
Was in the same era, we had no formal grouping, students were assisted as needed. But we were sometimes allowed…
Mitch4 on Hierarchies Are GoodMay 20, 2026
In my primary years (1950s) one year we had flower names for the groups. The top was orchids, I still…
oldcowboy3 on Hierarchies Are GoodMay 20, 2026
Some of this may be IQ, part of this may be genetics. Some may be environmental, both nutrition and presence…
cliff arroyo on Hierarchies Are GoodMay 20, 2026
"When a child is put in the lowest reading group, they usually know it" I remember when, in the third…
Anonymous on Hierarchies Are GoodMay 20, 2026
I still remember my reading group in the 2nd grade. "The Condors" I was proud to be in the top…