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Cake day: June 21st, 2023

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  • Hey, remember school during COVID? When most kids wouldn’t even bother turning their cameras on for remote learning? That worked out real well. What these dickheads are trying to push ignores the social aspect of learning. Sure, some people can learn in isolation, but many/most of us benefit from being around others. Processing information involves synthesizing your own thoughts, but also analyzing the thoughts and behaviors of others around you. And this doesn’t even consider the motivation that a good teacher can provide and how it can build self esteem and self efficacy. The content, while not insignificant, is a vehicle to help people learn how to think, and not just acquisition of facts.















  • I’ve been thinking just how difficult it would be to coordinate a full national general strike, or even a statewide one. It seems like a possible way forward would be to target worker groups that would have a domino affect on other groups. For example, if you could get teachers, especially elementary level teachers, to strike, many of their parents would need to stay home due to lack of child care. I’m wondering if there are other union based groups that could have a similar effect.