BlackOnBothSides

The obsession with teaching reading “skills” is a large part of the reason English classes have eliminated novels from the curriculum. The argument is you can teach the “skill” with just an excerpt. No need to read a whole book!

This movie is straight up hysterical black conservative propaganda

I understand why many Asian families feel frustrated in elite admissions systems. In intensely competitive environments, there is a real perception — and sometimes evidence — that exceptional academic performance still does not guarantee admission. That feeling should not be dismissed. But admissions committees also confront another reality: if you have 100 applicants from privileged, high-performing educational pipelines with nearly identical scores, resumes, research access, tutoring, and opportunities, it is not irrational to also value the applicant who achieved similar academic success despite poverty, instability, underfunded schools, family hardship, or lack of institutional advantages. That is not abandoning merit. It is recognizing that achievement exists in context. And medicine especially is not merely selecting expert test takers. It is selecting future physicians who will care for human beings across every class, culture, language, and circumstance in society. The irony is that many people who defend “objective merit” often become deeply uncomfortable the moment merit is evaluated in anything broader than a percentile ranking.

Teachers: Do you call every parent the first week of school? I've never done this and am skeptical about how successful it is. I feel like it would just annoy parents. I teach middle school. Parents tend to be hands-off by that age.

I was told by a 22yr old today that there was no way people were writing 10 page papers without AI.

But reading to pupils is not a soft option. It is not a pause from learning. It is learning.

Can somebody educated in politics explain to me how Mamdani is able to do all this stuff but no other politician is ever able to make any noticeable progress? How does he evade the same bureaucracy the other politicians always blame for not being able to do shit?

I’ve been reading James Baldwin and pretty much every page I’m like “okay so this is probably the smartest guy who ever lived, right?”

this mf really sat for this