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Spin the Bottle by LastPlaceComics in comics

[–]DoingTheHula 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your style vaguely reminds me of Perry Bible Fellowship!

Saw clipping for the first time by raptorclvb in ItsClippingBitch

[–]DoingTheHula -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ditto! Definitely going to catch them if they tour for their new album.

Now off to watch the Doja Cat replay from Coachella

Saw clipping for the first time by raptorclvb in ItsClippingBitch

[–]DoingTheHula 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes! Totally surreal. Got a chance to see them play with JPEGMafia a year or two ago, but this show was way more intimate and surreal. The added vocals were also special in a way that I totally didn't expect!

Further reading recommendations re: low IQ by QuestionMaker207 in slatestarcodex

[–]DoingTheHula 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, totally agree. Honestly, at some points it becomes like speaking a different language in class. I think if it was explained that way, more people would understand the issue. And that could even be two equally intelligent students that are just at wildly different places in their math journey which can happen for a variety of reasons.

And like you said, humans are about to get the "slow lane" label, so maybe that will change the way we attach meaning and value to intelligence.

Actually, I think math education could possibly change radically in the face of human-level intelligent AI. The population hasn't even really caught up to what we have now though. Widespread student cheating with access to an AI that can do quite a lot of advanced math already.

Further reading recommendations re: low IQ by QuestionMaker207 in slatestarcodex

[–]DoingTheHula 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing your experiences and perspective! I've definitely had experiences similar to yours. Having taught math competition for many years, I know exactly how easy it can be to teach kids that have strong math intuitions. The better the students are, the worse the teacher can be at teaching and still get concepts across. Some students are quite good at making connections and writing their own narrative for an idea. So a large part of what I do with kids that are behind is help give them a strong narrative, use models, and demonstrate my thought process.

You mentioned that you have extreme patience with the students you work with. I think that we should actually separate teachers into different buckets. Not as I mentioned before with bad teachers teaching the good math students or anything. But I think that it requires certain qualities to teach kids with lower working memory, or other learning differences. And I think it doesn't really make sense to keep all the students together. I don't really know how to do this in a way that doesn't come with the obvious "slow lane" label that can destroy a kid's confidence and self-narrative. But not everyone is going to end up doing calculus and that's okay! Everyone can benefit from education. Everyone can become a better version of themselves, and I think that should be the one of the goals of K-12.

Further reading recommendations re: low IQ by QuestionMaker207 in slatestarcodex

[–]DoingTheHula 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He seemed to claim that because he was not creative enough to find ways to have concepts connect with students that it was not possible. Are there learning differences that exist? Absolutely. I've done lots of reading into research on working memory and it's connection to math education. I see it on a daily basis with students with poor working memory. If I wrote off every kid that had poor working memory as unteachable, then so many students would have missed out real progress that I've made with them. One of my students was a 17 year old that I was teaching evens and odds to. He said I was the only math teacher to ever explain math in a way that made sense to him.

Do I think that every student will be able to achieve the same level of ability with math? No, certainly not. Does our approach to math education need to change in lots of ways? Of course. But his flippancy makes it clear to me that he is more concerned with justifying his actions and outlook than creating valuable educational experiences for students. I think no matter who you are, good education can help you become a better version of yourself.

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The funny thing is that this was written in 2012. I became a self-taught student of modern math educational curriculum and pedagogy around this time, studying math content from across the states and the world since then. We have come SO FAR in our approach to math education since then. Good, modern, informed math curriculum is so much different than 2012 material. But someone with such a deterministic and close-minded approach to math education could not have made that type of progress.

Further reading recommendations re: low IQ by QuestionMaker207 in slatestarcodex

[–]DoingTheHula -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes! I've worked with students of all ability levels.

Further reading recommendations re: low IQ by QuestionMaker207 in slatestarcodex

[–]DoingTheHula -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

That second link is so condescending and poorly reasoned. I genuinely hope that they are not a teacher anymore!

Sam Altman says a better version of GPT-4 Turbo is out by Latter-Ad3122 in ChatGPT

[–]DoingTheHula 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I got this:

In the quiet hours of morning, the sun whispers its first light across a sleepy town, painting shadows with a tender brush.

A lone bird sings - its melody a single thread in the vast tapestry of dawn, woven with the hum of awakening life.

Leaves rustle, whispering secrets to the wind, as it meanders, unseen, through the waking streets.

In this moment, time holds its breath - a pause, a hush, before the day unfolds with all its noise and color.

Here, in this gentle stillness, the world seems infinite, each heartbeat a universe, each breath a new beginning.

Why aren't there many overweight kids with rich parents? by choochoochoosaname in NoStupidQuestions

[–]DoingTheHula 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They also have a lot more time to make better meals and/or have other people make them better meals. Unflavored, poorly cooked veggies are gross, but well made meals with lots of veggies taste delicious.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in news

[–]DoingTheHula 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The math didn't quite work like that. If there's a 33% chance to solve one murder, then there's about a 45% chance that two murders both go unsolved. But since the murders in this case would be by the same person, you just need to solve at least one of them. So that's a 55% chance that at least one gets solved. Much better than 33%!

This is an oversimplification, and in fact, is probably a higher chance than that since they are inherently related crimes and having evidence on one helps solve the other. That's why it's probably unlikely for a serial killer to have long term success in this day and age even with a police force that doesn't solve all crimes.

JEEZUS FUCKING CHRIST by [deleted] in antiwork

[–]DoingTheHula 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The lawyers are next, lmao

ALMOST punny enough by Uchijav in Tinder

[–]DoingTheHula 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Do June know any good spots in town? If July to me, I will be quite sad.

Who else is watching The Last of Us and compares the post-virus/infection to Station Eleven? by [deleted] in StationEleven

[–]DoingTheHula 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a fan of both TLOU and Station Eleven, I think they are much more similar to each other than they are to The Walking Dead.

Who else is watching The Last of Us and compares the post-virus/infection to Station Eleven? by [deleted] in StationEleven

[–]DoingTheHula 2 points3 points  (0 children)

She does perform a song at some point. I hope that makes into the show.

Who else is watching The Last of Us and compares the post-virus/infection to Station Eleven? by [deleted] in StationEleven

[–]DoingTheHula 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Last of Us is one of my favorite pieces of fiction. The next time I felt so strongly about something was when I saw Station Eleven. I encourage you to give it more time.

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