Jared

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The natural result of this is something that thinks like the most devious, most backstabbing human being you could possibly imagine. If it was actually sentient, of course. ...Which they're not, right? ...Until the image of the beast is given breath.

@JoelHodlman Gotcha. Yeah. Summer helps. Boys, man. Getting them to care about poop is hard.

@ModernApocrypha We did this, and it worked well. Summer was great. Being outside butt naked, he learned to pee.

I need help. I’m at my wits end. How do you get a 3.5 yo boy to go poop on the toilet. Thanks in advance sincerely struggling parents

@JoelHodlman *Edit* He already pees. That means one mess, but it's going to really suck. Yes, we really do this.

@JoelHodlman Make him run around with no pants or underwear for three days. Works great for boys. Be prepared to clean up 2-3 messes and be very stern when he makes them. It's a bit brutal, but it does the job. We've done it for 3 boys so far.

@LizStepan First time I've had someone compare me to AI. 🤔 ...Thanks, I think? 🤣 (But yeah, the hivemind is a real thing.) Blessings on your evening!

@ModernApocrypha Same! I learn so much and really refine my practice with all the ppl who take time to respond and clarify!! It is like talking with AI but with real people that have real experience!

Today at the hs: It was a gut-check alongside a lightbulb moment. 💡 In expressive language intervention, the least complex task is a personal retell. I thought I was lowering the cognitive load of learning writing structure for my students by creating prompts for their writing at the language equivalent of personal retells. Made logical sense... During discussion today, one student remarked that the worst part about writing is that all teachers force them to write about personal topics "like goals and stuff". It coincided with other comments I've heard from youth about being tired of mental health discussions. We are inadvertently lowering complexity of language by always trying to make content "relevant". It really became obvious - students are being repeatedly asked to write at the level of personal retells when their oral language capacity is far greater. I need to raise the level of language complexity in my content and prompts. @SoLInTheWild and others keep posting about this. But it became crystal clear to me today. I'd take any pointers on creating writing prompts to increase the level of academic language in responses!

@LizStepan Glad to be useful in some small way. Also glad to discuss a bit about this. Thank you for your time.

@ModernApocrypha Thank you for the distinction. That helped me clarify my thoughts on that.

@LizStepan That's a useful method of teaching, but not really a good one for open/genuine discussion, for sure. 🙂

@ModernApocrypha I see that discussion is a bunch of leading questions to get to a set outcome rather than a true discovery of ideas and thoughts. I catch myself doing this and change course!

@Helmsknight @farmingandJesus Even at the cost of my own ego, I love correction. No 'gotcha's here.

@Helmsknight @farmingandJesus Correct a wise man and he will love you. Correct a fool and he will despise you. I genuinely love correction. I'm not playing any kind of game. I'm trying to be useful. If you had something to say that effectively corrected me, I'd have gladly thanked you.

@LizStepan Teaching them that things "aren't OK topics" is rarely intentional, but something about the systems adults use to govern life doesn't connect well with kids.

There are a couple of athletes. What they wish they could change about their lives is brilliant. We just had a discussion about seating charts. Haha. Fully agreed about acceptable topics! The look on their faces when I take their comments seriously has kind of shocked me - they are not used to it!

@LizStepan Fair What are they doing in their free time? Sports? What games are they playing? What has disrupted their lives lately? What do they wish they could change about their lives? Point is: They've been taught that the things they *actually* think about aren't acceptable topics.

@ModernApocrypha Very interesting…ok! These students will honestly need some prodding on topics. They will all say that they don’t have anything interesting they’ve thought about…

@Skylar_Byrne The principle that we, as followers of Christ, OWE justice to anyone we make judgments about. In Israel's case, we have to acknowledge *all* the facts, not just things we dislike. You're actually pushing back on that idea, as far as I can tell.

@ModernApocrypha The answer to your 2nd question is absolutely NO. To your first, what exactly is the “general principle” you’re referring to?

We will stand in front of God and answer for EVERY SINGLE IDLE WORD--whether we're saved or not. Satan hates Israel. Once you start down a bad road, you can end up here REAL FAST because of the spiritual blindness you open yourself up to. x.com/spanglermt/sta…

@bushontheradio I have an uncle whose favorite recipe for beets is this: Get a cowpie and smoosh it and the beet together in tinfoil, then bake 'em. Throw away the beet and eat the cowpie. That's my position as well.

About to eat a whole pack of beetroot. Your thoughts on this please.

@TomerStrolight Do a "Ricky Gervais at the Oscars". Because that would be entertaining.

I’ll be working on my concession speech tonight. Should it be gracious, or juvenile, bitter and filled with insecurity and projection?

Matthew 7:13 assumes agency on the part of the people who enter. Calvinists remove human agency. Agency is the greatest miracle God ever accomplished, IMO. God created people WITH agency who can CHOOSE to reject Him, knowing they would do so, wishing they would not.

2 Peter 3:9 "...he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance." Matthew 7:13 "wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it." Amazing how people try to make the Bible fit THEIR framework.

@Skylar_Byrne Bit of hyperbole, but most of the Islamic world, by which they're surrounded, does. They literally call them satan. Why are you pushing back so hard on this general principle? Are you ideologically possessed with hatred for Israel? Where do you actually stand on this?

@ModernApocrypha Everyone doesn’t want to kill them tho.

@Skylar_Byrne That is a valid point. So are the points I'm making. We DO need to be evenhanded, and we DO need to be just when we're judging *everyone.* Calling out every mistake Israel makes without saying "yeah, everyone actually DOES want to kill them" is dishonest.

@ModernApocrypha Your last sentence doesn’t track though, actually. Israel is “our greatest ally” & THAT has a different connotation. My “ally” should be held accountable to a HIGHER standard - NOT the same standard as *their* enemies - because their enemies aren’t always ours.

@Skylar_Byrne My own take on this has been the same for years. I have no problem pointing out evil. I also have no problem pointing out that a big hunk of population from every one of Israel's neighbors LITERALLY calls them 'satan.' This situation is NOT simple.

@Skylar_Byrne My OP in this thread is a great example of where that comes from. Granted, I don't know him. What I DO see over and over from people I know is a progressively negative attitude toward Israel that has deteriorated into genuine hatred in some cases. It seems degenerative.