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Tricia Donovan
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As an instructional designer working in higher ed, I have so many problems with this article, but THIS PART infuriated me. While "focusing" may be a soft skill students should improve on while in college/uni, exams should only assess whether a student has gained the knowledge necessary to fulfill /1
Complicating matters is the fact that the line between having a learning or psychological disability and struggling with challenging coursework is not always clearly defined. Having ADHD or anxiety, for example, might make it difficult to focus. But focusing is a skill that the educational system is designed to test. Some professors see the current accommodations regime as propping up students who shouldn’t have perfect scores. “If we want our grades to be meaningful, they should reflect what the student is capable of,” Steven Sloman, a cognitive-science professor at Brown, told me. “Once they’re past Brown and off in the real world, that’s going to affect their performance.”
December 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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What a fun Friday activity. Thanks @clairewillett.bsky.social
Tricia, 43, lives in a third-floor walk-up in the heart of Chicago where house plants double in size each year, and Abbey’s Desert Solitude and her own independent novel A Misfit’s Guide to Infiltrating a Cult—two books she was reading while working from home—sit atop a stack of unread books facing out at eye level on her crowded bookshelf. She throws pottery alongside retired, white Democrats, like a Taylor Swift song come to life.
November 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Last week I found out my first script, which I wrote/finished last year, is a Comedy second rounder at #austinfilmfestival
#aff31 #aff So proud of my little Christmas romcom! #screenwriting
Script Competition Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival 2024
September 9, 2024 at 3:42 PM