Caitlin
@teacherontopic.bsky.social
I am coming over here from the bird-gossip site. Under construction. Uggh I hate moving.
Sometimes teaching and coaching is really challenging. And sometimes the middle schoolers will spontaneously start doing the chicken dance in public. So it all balances out.
November 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Sometimes teaching and coaching is really challenging. And sometimes the middle schoolers will spontaneously start doing the chicken dance in public. So it all balances out.
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re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
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The Batman effect: A female experimenter, appearing pregnant, boarded the train. In the experimental condition, an additional experimenter dressed as Batman entered from another door. Passengers were significantly more likely to offer their seat when Batman was present (67.21% vs. 37.66%).
November 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The Batman effect: A female experimenter, appearing pregnant, boarded the train. In the experimental condition, an additional experimenter dressed as Batman entered from another door. Passengers were significantly more likely to offer their seat when Batman was present (67.21% vs. 37.66%).
We had our school's Thanksgiving feast today. The kindergarteners wanted to know what I'm thankful for.
Me: I guess I'm thankful to keep learning every day.
Kindergartener: I'm thankful my legs stay attached to my butt.
Me: I guess I'm thankful to keep learning every day.
Kindergartener: I'm thankful my legs stay attached to my butt.
November 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM
We had our school's Thanksgiving feast today. The kindergarteners wanted to know what I'm thankful for.
Me: I guess I'm thankful to keep learning every day.
Kindergartener: I'm thankful my legs stay attached to my butt.
Me: I guess I'm thankful to keep learning every day.
Kindergartener: I'm thankful my legs stay attached to my butt.
I checked my school email address (gmail powered) and it was turned on, which makes me upset because I feel like there could be other people's private information somewhere in my email threads. Other people who can't meaningfully consent to this.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I checked my school email address (gmail powered) and it was turned on, which makes me upset because I feel like there could be other people's private information somewhere in my email threads. Other people who can't meaningfully consent to this.
although actually i probably wouldn't have such a hard time if i could remember to take my daily methylphenidate more than half of the time
As much as I enjoy the content of what I'm learning, and as convenient as it is, I am not loving an entirely asynchronous learning experience. It just provides me too much opportunity to ruminate on, and then misinterpret, what I'm actually supposed to be doing.
November 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
although actually i probably wouldn't have such a hard time if i could remember to take my daily methylphenidate more than half of the time
Student: Thanks for this game, Ms. Driscoll. I'm allergic to it now.
Me: Oh! Uh... does that-- wait, what do you think 'allergic' means?
Student: It means I really like it.
Me: Well. Thanks. But....
The moral of the story is, "ask follow-up questions."
Me: Oh! Uh... does that-- wait, what do you think 'allergic' means?
Student: It means I really like it.
Me: Well. Thanks. But....
The moral of the story is, "ask follow-up questions."
November 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Student: Thanks for this game, Ms. Driscoll. I'm allergic to it now.
Me: Oh! Uh... does that-- wait, what do you think 'allergic' means?
Student: It means I really like it.
Me: Well. Thanks. But....
The moral of the story is, "ask follow-up questions."
Me: Oh! Uh... does that-- wait, what do you think 'allergic' means?
Student: It means I really like it.
Me: Well. Thanks. But....
The moral of the story is, "ask follow-up questions."
As much as I enjoy the content of what I'm learning, and as convenient as it is, I am not loving an entirely asynchronous learning experience. It just provides me too much opportunity to ruminate on, and then misinterpret, what I'm actually supposed to be doing.
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 AM
As much as I enjoy the content of what I'm learning, and as convenient as it is, I am not loving an entirely asynchronous learning experience. It just provides me too much opportunity to ruminate on, and then misinterpret, what I'm actually supposed to be doing.
"What happened in fourth grade stays in fourth grade." - a very wise seventh grader
November 20, 2025 at 12:41 AM
"What happened in fourth grade stays in fourth grade." - a very wise seventh grader
A local pizza place named a pizza after our school principal and I feel like that's the exact level of fame that's actually best fit for most people.
November 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
A local pizza place named a pizza after our school principal and I feel like that's the exact level of fame that's actually best fit for most people.
just gaslighting myself into believing that if i can make it to fall break, i can get my act back together
(1) yeah right, i'm gonna overeat and oversleep and play at least as hard as i work
(2) self, have you really ever had your act together to begin with?
(1) yeah right, i'm gonna overeat and oversleep and play at least as hard as i work
(2) self, have you really ever had your act together to begin with?
November 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
just gaslighting myself into believing that if i can make it to fall break, i can get my act back together
(1) yeah right, i'm gonna overeat and oversleep and play at least as hard as i work
(2) self, have you really ever had your act together to begin with?
(1) yeah right, i'm gonna overeat and oversleep and play at least as hard as i work
(2) self, have you really ever had your act together to begin with?
November has only 30 days but is still somehow one of the longest months.
November 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
November has only 30 days but is still somehow one of the longest months.
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Earlier Star Trek was basically unvarnished hopeful enlightenment theory. DS9 deconstructs this.
We need a series that moves past naive enlightenment or deconstruction.
We need Romantic Star Trek.
We need a series that moves past naive enlightenment or deconstruction.
We need Romantic Star Trek.
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Earlier Star Trek was basically unvarnished hopeful enlightenment theory. DS9 deconstructs this.
We need a series that moves past naive enlightenment or deconstruction.
We need Romantic Star Trek.
We need a series that moves past naive enlightenment or deconstruction.
We need Romantic Star Trek.
This is how I have felt learning coding. There are so many people answering questions on reddit and stackexchange, posting youtube tutorials and blog explanations, etc.
If you want to learn to make art, there are countless people out there willing to help you. The only thing is, you have to be willing to try. The AI pushers want what they perceive is the kudos for having made the art, but they don't want to try.
November 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This is how I have felt learning coding. There are so many people answering questions on reddit and stackexchange, posting youtube tutorials and blog explanations, etc.
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I wish the chatbot had some way to provide a "confidence score" in its responses.
Unfortunately the chatbot doesn't know what it doesn't know...and to be honest, it doesn't know anything other than patterns in language.
It has no technical expertise in any field whatsoever.
Unfortunately the chatbot doesn't know what it doesn't know...and to be honest, it doesn't know anything other than patterns in language.
It has no technical expertise in any field whatsoever.
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I wish the chatbot had some way to provide a "confidence score" in its responses.
Unfortunately the chatbot doesn't know what it doesn't know...and to be honest, it doesn't know anything other than patterns in language.
It has no technical expertise in any field whatsoever.
Unfortunately the chatbot doesn't know what it doesn't know...and to be honest, it doesn't know anything other than patterns in language.
It has no technical expertise in any field whatsoever.
"The chatbot always sounds confident and authoritative." I hate that.
Giving medical advice, sometimes ChatGPT is right, and sometimes it is quite wrong, but it is hard to tell the difference:
"Rather, Wachter identified something more frightening: ChatGPT’s dangerous answers don’t sound risky to a non-doctor. The chatbot always sounds confident and authoritative."
"Rather, Wachter identified something more frightening: ChatGPT’s dangerous answers don’t sound risky to a non-doctor. The chatbot always sounds confident and authoritative."
Column | We found what you’re asking ChatGPT about health. A doctor scored its answers.
Asking a doctor to review 12 real examples of ChatGPT giving health advice revealed patterns that can help you get more out of the AI chatbot.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
"The chatbot always sounds confident and authoritative." I hate that.
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👋 I'm Danielle, and I'm on the #econjobmarket this year!
Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:
"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"
The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.
A JMP 🧵 -->
Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:
"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"
The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.
A JMP 🧵 -->
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
👋 I'm Danielle, and I'm on the #econjobmarket this year!
Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:
"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"
The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.
A JMP 🧵 -->
Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:
"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"
The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.
A JMP 🧵 -->
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You guys wish you were on the level of sincerity I’m on. I’m listening to You Get What You Give by New Radicals and feeling emotions. As a matter of fact I DO have the music in me. I DO have the dreamers’ disease.
September 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
You guys wish you were on the level of sincerity I’m on. I’m listening to You Get What You Give by New Radicals and feeling emotions. As a matter of fact I DO have the music in me. I DO have the dreamers’ disease.
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Slavery is about economics
It's a revealing moment...
J.D. Vance welcomes a two-legged robot helping on the job site. But if that helper is a person named Jose, he calls it a threat. Same tasks, same productivity boost.
The inconsistency reveals this isn’t about economics.
J.D. Vance welcomes a two-legged robot helping on the job site. But if that helper is a person named Jose, he calls it a threat. Same tasks, same productivity boost.
The inconsistency reveals this isn’t about economics.
November 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Slavery is about economics
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Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
guess who turned in her second draft of her coding project at 11:56pm when it was due at 11:59pm?
November 17, 2025 at 5:02 AM
guess who turned in her second draft of her coding project at 11:56pm when it was due at 11:59pm?
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I hardly ever used laptops in my ELL classes, & finally made the same decision for my IB classes. It was the right one 4 my students, tho created more work for me——-The Screen That Ate Your Child’s Education www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/o...
November 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I hardly ever used laptops in my ELL classes, & finally made the same decision for my IB classes. It was the right one 4 my students, tho created more work for me——-The Screen That Ate Your Child’s Education www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/o...
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your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
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The weirdest thing about this discourse is that states with shorter school closures have the same amount of learning loss! I keep waiting for all the punditry on this to catch up with basic facts
Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
November 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The weirdest thing about this discourse is that states with shorter school closures have the same amount of learning loss! I keep waiting for all the punditry on this to catch up with basic facts
This is what happens when I finally have time to work on grad school
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
This is what happens when I finally have time to work on grad school