Language Learning Matters
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Education is a human endeavor. Communication is a human right.
Stopping by woods on a sunny evening: “My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and drought-dried creek The brightest evening of the year.”
Happy birthday to this person, all grown up now, on the longest day of the year.
I regularly refer to these panels from Persepolis to try to explain the problem with dualist approaches —VERY timely right now with all of the AI stuff out in the ether. The genius of making complex ideas approachable (& funny!). ❤️
Drawing is for fun, & you’re doing great! Here is what happens when you draw completely from imagination (done in collaboration with a then maybe 10 yo?). Would not recommend.
Cathy O’Neil, Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality & Threatens Democracy.
Gonna go finish rewatching 13 Assassins because it’s a mood.
Anatomy stop motion project made from cut paper in progress. Day 2, where we redo everything done so far to try & make it a little less creepy. It is anatomy, though, so there’s only so much less creepy you can make it.
Old-school inspiration board. Made a lot of it myself. Why use AI when you can use your brain & your hands?
It doesn’t feel great when people I otherwise agree with forget the bit in civil rights history where they prevented people from voting because they couldn’t read to a certain level. Yes, we need to provide better access to literacy instruction & opportunities to read & write …
Tree that was turned into something else that was turned into something else.
Had not realized this was one of the magnets on the refrigerator until this morning. Offered without comment.
If I feel burnt out on trying to talk to people about education, there’s always photographing breakfast.
A supposedly fun thing I will likely do more than once: photograph animals & then give them speech bubbles so they can say hello.