One interesting bit is the usage of Grammarly to simply “clean up” writing. Grammarly has a generative AI feature that changes entire documents with a click: “make it confident,” “make it persuasive,” etc. Students can use this and feel authentic unlike when they put prompts into chat gpt…

I had that reaction to the joint-in-mouth selfie on the couch as his kid goes off to fight fascism. Too perfect.

Both red fern and bridge in fourth grade for this guy. Along with “a taste of blackberries.” And Roots, the whole TV series! In class!

They pretend that sentiment does not exist but view every slightly wishy-washy likely-R voter as this unlearned kingmaker to be soothed like a fussy baby.

Watching this was fascinating after having Wigand for high school chemistry.

A very bad recent diagnosis, a sudden authentic spiritual awakening, and/or a decision to pack everything/everyone along for the trip…

I’ve found that high school students (I teach) often don’t even perceive AI use in brainstorming/writing process as inauthentic, because the app extension is in the document advising them, because they see it as an extension of the self.

When this man writes, I just hear the porter from Macbeth hissing “equivocator” over and over.

Also: an elderly man pushing a wheelchair on a quiet tree-shrouded street with evidence of bike use and public transit. What is that code for?

Seems like it’s time for the 82nd Airborne to come deal with farm-to-table cuisine and the inevitable products of drug wars and public health failures.

I quoted you in my education newsletter…

The Articles must be protected at all costs. We have to write and share them. Together. On the same page. America is made up of many Articles. Some I like, some I don’t. But I’ll defend your right to Article to the death. Our Articles sit together in the pews of the Times. Along with our Pods.

In addition to providing therapy and companionship!

My sense, as a teacher and observer, is that a lot of young people are simultaneously lonely/sad, fairly privileged, desensitized to depictions of suffering, perma-distracted, and very very bored. "Recreational nihilism" is accurate and may in fact appear in my upcoming unit on The Stranger....

As a teacher I've been increasingly concerned about teens (boys, mostly) growing disinterested in the exploration of worlds via literature and, through such boards and social media, participating in the construction of a fictitious world of forces and figures that they can superimpose over our own.

NYT has to get that first sip of snake oil! Mmmm, when it hits the lips!

Today my high school principal told me that students should be using AI for some parts of my senior English classes because companies involved with AI advertise on billboards all over San Francisco, and that is where the jobs will be.

I’m sure you’ve noticed the thought leaders and innovators proselytizing (likely on the payroll) about AI in the classroom, breathlessly celebrating what it might do if kids would only use it like kids are completely disincentivized to use it!