Andrew G
@andrewgaboury.bsky.social
Husband to a hot wife. History teaching Rhode Islander living in England - Spurs and Red Sox fan so I’m used to disappointment
I even took time out of my history class to explain the etymology of “soccer”. My students were very surprised as I think they believed that the term soccer was an American invention.
December 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I even took time out of my history class to explain the etymology of “soccer”. My students were very surprised as I think they believed that the term soccer was an American invention.
As an American in England I call it football but my students sometimes ask which game I’m referring to which only underscores the problem. I generally differentiate between “American football” and “football” in conversation but it’s annoying.
December 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
As an American in England I call it football but my students sometimes ask which game I’m referring to which only underscores the problem. I generally differentiate between “American football” and “football” in conversation but it’s annoying.
And the air goes out of the bag here
November 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
And the air goes out of the bag here
This game has been bananas! Tale of two halves; Richarlson has been actively bad until that header
November 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This game has been bananas! Tale of two halves; Richarlson has been actively bad until that header
Happy that you spoke too soon!
November 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Happy that you spoke too soon!
They’ll have an amazing buildup and then just wilt in front of goal
November 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
They’ll have an amazing buildup and then just wilt in front of goal
Maybe not 95% of the Hacan but you know there’s a bunch of grifters trying to hook the other ones. “Can I interest you in this meme-coin?”
November 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Maybe not 95% of the Hacan but you know there’s a bunch of grifters trying to hook the other ones. “Can I interest you in this meme-coin?”
Not slander. Unvarnished reality. Truth hurts
November 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Not slander. Unvarnished reality. Truth hurts
It’s weird because no one makes articles anymore about “are video games more than Super Mario?” Board games always seem on the cusp of the breakthrough but not quite tipping over
November 8, 2025 at 9:44 AM
It’s weird because no one makes articles anymore about “are video games more than Super Mario?” Board games always seem on the cusp of the breakthrough but not quite tipping over
And you as the host should assign factions based on personality. The cranky MAGA uncle gets Barony, the conspiracy theorist brother gets Yssaril, crypto bro cousin gets Hacan
November 8, 2025 at 9:42 AM
And you as the host should assign factions based on personality. The cranky MAGA uncle gets Barony, the conspiracy theorist brother gets Yssaril, crypto bro cousin gets Hacan
A thief breaks into my house and steals my tv. I tried convincing him to return it but he said he didn’t want to. I guess that proves I had no right to the tv in the first place.
October 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A thief breaks into my house and steals my tv. I tried convincing him to return it but he said he didn’t want to. I guess that proves I had no right to the tv in the first place.
lol honestly true. The average kid has no idea how to maintain focus for any meaningful period of time. Unless the video is produced to have explicit breaks, then that video isn’t being watched.
It’s honestly shocking because I get being bored by content in school but these kids have NO discipline
It’s honestly shocking because I get being bored by content in school but these kids have NO discipline
October 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
lol honestly true. The average kid has no idea how to maintain focus for any meaningful period of time. Unless the video is produced to have explicit breaks, then that video isn’t being watched.
It’s honestly shocking because I get being bored by content in school but these kids have NO discipline
It’s honestly shocking because I get being bored by content in school but these kids have NO discipline
I taught in high schools in Massachusetts for 15 years until moving to and teaching in the UK this year. It’s only been a couple of months here but things are similar: no attention span for text based content, lecture, or video longer than 5 minutes. They’re curious but lack patience to learn.
October 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I taught in high schools in Massachusetts for 15 years until moving to and teaching in the UK this year. It’s only been a couple of months here but things are similar: no attention span for text based content, lecture, or video longer than 5 minutes. They’re curious but lack patience to learn.
This just shows how the entire thing is a conversation. What do we know and how do we know it? What does it mean if this and what does it mean if it’s something else? An educated curious society can grapple with these problems and live with a level of ambiguity that helps them inform other things.
July 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This just shows how the entire thing is a conversation. What do we know and how do we know it? What does it mean if this and what does it mean if it’s something else? An educated curious society can grapple with these problems and live with a level of ambiguity that helps them inform other things.
Imagine a math student didn’t understand what 1+1 meant. That 1 cookie plus 1 cookie is 2 cookies. If students can’t or won’t engage with history as a real force in their lives then it will never feel important or salient to them. But once it does it changes how they see everything.
July 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Imagine a math student didn’t understand what 1+1 meant. That 1 cookie plus 1 cookie is 2 cookies. If students can’t or won’t engage with history as a real force in their lives then it will never feel important or salient to them. But once it does it changes how they see everything.
My whole career I’ve been teaching in the United States but I’m moving to the UK to teach the upcoming fall term. We’ll see about differences, similarities etc
July 20, 2025 at 10:06 AM
My whole career I’ve been teaching in the United States but I’m moving to the UK to teach the upcoming fall term. We’ll see about differences, similarities etc
For the most part the fad is to get students to understand argument as the cornerstone of history. But what constitutes a reasonable argument? How much objective material can you expect a student to recall and meaningfully engage in higher level thinking? So much is fighting about output.
July 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
For the most part the fad is to get students to understand argument as the cornerstone of history. But what constitutes a reasonable argument? How much objective material can you expect a student to recall and meaningfully engage in higher level thinking? So much is fighting about output.
As someone that teaches history to secondary students, it’s the hardest thing. Parents and kids want tests that are “objective” which is the lowest form of learning. Administrators want rigor but are allergic to complexity and student struggles.
Recitation of facts isn’t history.
Recitation of facts isn’t history.
July 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
As someone that teaches history to secondary students, it’s the hardest thing. Parents and kids want tests that are “objective” which is the lowest form of learning. Administrators want rigor but are allergic to complexity and student struggles.
Recitation of facts isn’t history.
Recitation of facts isn’t history.
Even the “The” is important because it implies the sole one
July 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Even the “The” is important because it implies the sole one
Historiography is everything. “The American Revolution happened” is history. “The American Revolution began in 1775” is historiography. Every thing you decide to reference when discussing an event is historiography and involves making a judgement on it.
July 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Historiography is everything. “The American Revolution happened” is history. “The American Revolution began in 1775” is historiography. Every thing you decide to reference when discussing an event is historiography and involves making a judgement on it.
“Long story short, I had a sprinkler on”
July 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
“Long story short, I had a sprinkler on”
Absolutely. I had one in my room in 2016 and everyone assumed I was MAGA
July 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Absolutely. I had one in my room in 2016 and everyone assumed I was MAGA
I can’t hang a Gadsden Flag in a classroom and it pisses me off
July 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I can’t hang a Gadsden Flag in a classroom and it pisses me off