Bill Hart-Davidson

"Scale is not going to achieve itself," said Tom, showing no preference for attachment.

@mettalrose :) two paths diverged in a yellow wood, and I...

@billhd Wonder what happened in that cemetry that made you wanna transition to academia 😝

1. McDonald's Crew Member 2. Professional Juggler 3. Commercial Nursery (Trees & Shrubs) Laborer 4. Cemetery Groundskeeper 5. Professor

@ApoclpseStudent Professor, definitely. Never had better clients than when I worked at the cemetery. :)

@drewloewe This one. youtube.com/watch?v=yNyfOw…

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Pleased to announce we received an NEH grant for our America in the Kitchen project with MSU History, Libraries, & Matrix Follows up our project What America Ate & MSU Libraries, Feeding America Thanks NEH (neh.gov) & for those who support NEH #NEHgrant @matrixmsu

@jwrobertshaw Sparse graphs, man. Wild stuff.

@jwrobertshaw It always makes me think: "Wow, this is like a more interesting timeline version of me!" lol

@mettalrose Oh cool! Yes, this is us! :)

@billhd Ahh interesting! Thank you for sharing. Also, I was today years old when I learnt that you and others at MSU made Eli review! That's crazy. We've been using it in our writing program for years :D

This is the way.

@kristinarola all I can think of is JOLT! cola...and then I run away.

Is my fear of energy drinks a Gen X thing or a me thing? I'm all "yeah, i don't know what those things are about, I'll just have some more black coffee please." (sidenote: SO SLEEPY today, debated energy drink, but got scared 🤣)

@mettalrose Of course that's been a major thread in my whole career. lol. But we try to sum it up in a tidy way (w/ evidence cited in a list of sources) here: elireview.com/2017/03/28/giv…

@mettalrose My answer to this is not to be the only, or primary, giver...but to work to build a robust feedback culture among the group. That also is bolstered by the evidence on learning that it is *giving* feedback that is among the most valuable things to do.

@ApoclpseStudent Restaurant quality reference right there.

@VictorJDH lol, MSU has one! research.msu.edu/acronyms

@willybeam24 @bomani_jones 100%

@bomani_jones The correct answer is always the Allman Brothers

ok folks, i made an important decision. well, not "decision," but... after much consideration of the age-old question of "what is the best american rock band?" i have an answer that won't change.

@MereSophistry @SethLargo @DLib24 I would add that a fine version of "getting better" in my formulation is simply "making the sort of writing I will likely be doing easier, less stressful, more efficient"...all fine by me.

@SethLargo @DLib24 @billhd I think there is a lot to say about writing classes (i do not speak for literature or English classes, or the trees). A lot of writing pedagogy is tied to prestige models (see Anuj’s quote in this thread). AI makes legible some of the tensions of these investments

The conversation about AI and student writing reveals my own investment in the practice. I have wanted to be a writer since 3rd grade. My best friend growing up wanted to make money. I cannot change the transactional relationship people may have with writing.

@SethLargo @DLib24 @MereSophistry I wasn't thinking of students so much as...most folks who have writing to do of some kind. I agree that student status *should* imply a desire to improve.

@DLib24 @billhd @MereSophistry If that's the majority of people, why keep English in the curriculum at all? For most students, their writing ability at age 18 is more or less set there for life unless they want to "be better." (Devil's advocate question of course.)

@MereSophistry @DLib24 Yes, I often juxtapose "wanting to be better" vs. "wanting to be done." Most people are in the latter group, understandably.

@DLib24 Totally. I almost said something about grading but its twitter

@CCguerilla @JonPiccini I recognize the three humps on the m from his jersey.

@CCguerilla @JonPiccini Pretty sure Shimp was on my baseball team in 3rd grade.

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