Right now there’s no feedback that a kid has done more than they need. If the kid really want that A, they go full throttle. And feedback is “great!” But they don’t know that they’re overdoing it.

Thank you!

There were people trying to go along with it to get something out of it, business collaborators, people doing the seig heils ironically. They were people just like us!

Only note on scratch is that there are a ton of really dumb games on there so you need to watch them like a hawk so they don’t end up playing PizzaClicker3000 when you think they’re learning.

“It’s not what you say, it’s what people hear”. I wish I’d heard/internalized that earlier.
I mused a bit in jdwyah.substack.com/p/how-to-act... as well. “Inessential accuracy” feels like something I wish a boss had drummed into my head earlier.