MikeG

A student today at my elite university admitted to me today that she took a class so she could work on reading for more than 20 minutes at a time. She can't read. She mainly skims and summarizes, she says and still gets A's. This student is, by professional standards, illiterate. Gonna have high GPA when she graduates. This conversation was had after 6 of 22 students dropped my course because the maximum reading per week in one week was over 100 pages. What people aren't grasping is that this is literally *dangerous*. These people are going to be come doctors, engineers, etc. They are - by any metric - vastly less capable than prior generations. These effects are cumulative over a lifetime. This grade inflation is part of the problem, but not even close to the entirety. And the problem obviously starts in K-12. Students don't know history because, you can't actually become historically literate on the advice of 'never assign more than 30 pages a week'. You can't develop any of the skills that came with literacy. This is, quite honestly, a civilizational catastrophe.

When a billionaire’s daughter says you’re “out of budget” Girl, pls

I went viral for the wrong reason. I tweeted about Slacking an employee on his wedding day, logged off for nearly 48 hours to observe Passover, and returned to 1.9 million views and over 600 (mostly) angry comments. People criticized my intent, my leadership, and most importantly, the culture of the company I’ve spent five years building. I understand where they’re coming from. At Triple Whale, we pride ourselves on the passion each employee brings to work. It’s at the core of everything we do. And that excitement is contagious. It makes showing up every day a treat for me. But one of our values is also to act like a mensch — to operate with honor and integrity, and to respect both our customers and each other. I take that very seriously. So I’ll be the first to admit that my excitement got the best of me here. And for that, I’m sorry. To the employee I never should’ve messaged, and to all of Triple Whale, for not upholding that value. I care a lot about this company. Probably too much sometimes. This was one of those times. And it’s on me to set the tone — and I’ll be better. For myself, for Triple Whale, and for the ecosystem I care so much about.

This is not baseball.

"Sometimes, somebody can play so weird..."

You should be able to look up a lawyer's LSAT score, what their actual bar exam score was, and if they required any special accommodations for both. And if they don't like it? Don't become a lawyer. They have the fate of people's lives and/or property in their hands.