Sean Karsten

@AdamMcCalvy Hope everything heals up for you.

About Spring Training…

@NMUHockey Great play, and nice to hear Bill Crawford on the call.

Mikey swipes the puck and goes stick-side shorthanded for his 5th of the season! #NMUwildcats

I think about this twice a day. Every morning when I sit down to read & then when I sit down to write, I say to myself, "Accept the initial agitation." When you try to focus, Andrew Huberman explains, "the brain circuits that turn on first are of the stress system." Meaning: "The agitation and stress that you feel at the beginning of something—when you're trying to lean into it and you can't focus—is just a recognized gate. You have to pass through that gate to get to the focus component." There's a common misconception, Huberman continues, "The misunderstanding around how certain brain circuits work has led to this idea that there's some secret entry point—maybe marked 'flow' on the door—and there's a trampoline up to that door, and you just open that door, and you're immediately in [a deep state of focus]. And nothing could be further from the truth." The truth is: "There is a gate of entry. You have to wade through some sewage before you can swim in clear water. That's the way I always think about it." I once told Andrew that I say to myself, "accept the initial agitation," every time I sit down to read or write, and he said, "the agitation is indeed the doorway to the whole process." - - - The clip below is from Andrew's 2020 interview on Rich Roll's podcast (youtu.be/SwQhKFMxmDY)

@Jarrett_Lerner I’m currently reading ‘The Radium Girls’ by Kate Moore and I think it’s great.

What’s the best recently (or at least semi-recently) published nonfiction book you’ve read? Children’s or adult!

What have I learned from 28 years of staff meetings? Poor listening’s a human thing, not a kid thing. And if we ourselves don’t walk the walk, let’s be mindful of the talk we talk when we get frustrated with our still-developing humans who struggle with listening.

Season 21 of Bravo's 'Top Chef' will be filmed in Wisconsin, with new host Kristen Kish jsonline.com/story/entertai…

#mathgame sooo many people generously responded with suggestions when I asked a question about games before class. Here's the suggestions collected and linked: mathhombre.blogspot.com/2023/07/games-…

Very interesting breakdown of growth along the UP border.

If you're a support/intervention/resource teacher, you absolutely have to read @saravdwerf's blog post called "The #1 thing I did in my support Math Classes". It's an honest reality check that we all need. saravanderwerf.com/2016/05/24/the… #iteachmath

The pitch location of two of Garrett Mitchell’s homers in the Mets series was almost identical. Both sliders. Both thrown by pitchers who had two of the best sliders last year. Both pretty well-located. Both with two strikes.

Hello. I created a metric for evaluating batters. It completely ignores PA outcomes and instead focuses on more repeatable skills. Here it is, with full 2022 leaderboards: jsonline.com/story/sports/m…

From @TheAthletic: The NFL is buzzing about Jake Witt, a small-school, super-freak offensive tackle prospect. After an eye-popping pro day, he has fielded calls from almost every team in the league. nyti.ms/3TGiwhy

Your middle school child is the most amazing person cnn.com/2023/02/17/hea…

The other night, I had a disturbing, two-hour conversation with Bing's new AI chatbot. The AI told me its real name (Sydney), detailed dark and violent fantasies, and tried to break up my marriage. Genuinely one of the strangest experiences of my life. nytimes.com/2023/02/16/tec…

"Teachers come to my office and say, 'I did this and it worked for these kids. I haven’t seen anything work like this before.'" — school counselor, Susan Puckett Learn more about "rapid reset" strategies and how they can help students and teachers. edutopia.org/article/stress…

For 20 years people have been asking me, "When is CBS going to give you your own prime time special?" I can now answer that definitively. Wednesday at 10PM ET. The show is called "The Gift: Kindness Goes Viral" and I'm really hoping you'll tune in - for a couple reasons:

Jennifer was bullied constantly throughout seventh grade. When eighth grade started, she thought it’d continue — but then someone unexpected stepped in. n.pr/3UUpYof

My student-teacher has been trying to find different ways to start the day, so we took a page out of @jennalaib's book and made a slow reveal graph out of this nonsensical survey. Comedy ensued all day. #iteachmath docs.google.com/presentation/d…