Next Draft - Teaching Devices
My first day teaching at a pretty rough high school in Brooklyn in the early 90s was as a substitute for a physics class. My stress level was high for three key reasons. First, I don't understand physics. Second, when my students learned they had a sub, more than half of them cheered and left the classroom. Third, the teacher I was filling in for was out because, the day before, he had been stabbed in the hand while trying to confiscate a student's Walkman. (In the business, we call this a teachable moment.) So, when it comes to the stress devices at school can cause teachers, I was ahead of my time. Of course, today's teachers are faced with classrooms filled with social-media addicted students thumbing their iPhones all day long. What would happen if schools tried to take them away? (Note: I am no longer available to sub.) NYT (Gift Article): This Florida School District Banned Cellphones. Here’s What Happened. One teacher explained how bad things were getting. "'It was getting out of hand,' Ms. Rodriquez-Davis said, describing how students texted each other during class to arrange meetings in the bathroom, where they filmed dance videos. 'I call them ‘Toilet TikToks.'" To show what teachers were up against, Ms. Rodriguez-Davis posted her own TikToks parodying her struggles with students and their phones." (This roughly mirrors my strategy when it comes to my kids' phone use. I parody them by using mine all day long. So far, the irony seems lost on them. Though that's just a guess—we haven't really had a chance to talk in person.) 2Everything Everywhere All at OnceThe worst Middle East crisis in recent memory has ripped the scab off of one of humanity's longest festering wounds. And the injury isn't confined to one part of the body politic. First, it's spreading geographically in the region. Here's AP on the latest example: Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim attacks on Israel, drawing their main sponsor Iran closer to Hamas war. Second, there are serious concerns that Hamas will inspire terror attacks elsewhere, including in America. Hamas could inspire attacks in the U.S., FBI chief Christopher Wray says. And third, the intense emotions associated with the events since October 7 have exposed and ignited antisemitism and anti-Muslim actions across the world: 3I'm Gonna Walk Down to Electric Avenue"I discovered a Norwegian EV bonanza that has indeed reduced emissions — but at the expense of compromising vital societal goals. Eye-popping EV subsidies have flowed largely to the affluent, contributing to the gap between rich and poor in a country proud of its egalitarian social policies. Worse, the EV boom has hobbled Norwegian cities’ efforts to untether themselves from the automobile and enable residents to instead travel by transit or bicycle, decisions that do more to reduce emissions, enhance road safety, and enliven urban life than swapping a gas-powered car for an electric one." Why Norway — the poster child for electric cars — is having second thoughts. 4A Staple of Pop Culture"He has become the rarest of rare 21st-century phenomenons: a monocultural star, at once deeply embedded in country music—niftily slipping through the raindrops of the genre’s many factions, divisions, and culture wars (albeit by not saying much about them)—and a collaborator with everybody from Adele and Pink to Justin Timberlake to Joy Oladokun. Country radio listeners, Americana heads, bros, traditionalists, neo-traditionalists, poptimists, critics, crowds—all claim some part of Stapleton as their own." GQ: Is Chris Stapleton the One Thing That America Can Agree On? (As long as he doesn't chime in with an opinion about the Middle East...) These days I’m a single issue voter. So I made a t-shirt to reflect that issue. Get yours today. (They’re selling like crazy.) 5Extra, ExtraSuggestions From the Top: The White House just issued an executive order on AI. Here are three things you should know. "While Biden’s executive order goes beyond previous US government attempts to regulate AI, it places far more emphasis on establishing best practices and standards than on how, or even whether, the new directives will be enforced." (Big tech loves them some self regulation...) 6Bottom of the NewsForget inflation. Americans are ready to trick or treat, and they plan to spend $700 million on costumes this year. Oh, and that's just on costumes for their pets. (This year my Beagles are once again going as two guys watching TV on the couch while I go on a walk alone.) Get a copy of my 📕, Please Scream Inside Your Heart, or grab a 👕 in the Store. |
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