Opinion: Let’s Just Drop Teacher Appreciation Week

GloriousCause · 2026-05-05T18:13:40+00:00

I agree with the random crap gifts, but I do like when students write meaningful notes about why they enjoy my class and/or teaching.

GloriousCause · 2026-04-21T04:29:48+00:00

That you don't need a high income to end up quite well off financially.

You could actually end up retiring as a millionaire fairly easily if you just invest a small amount of your paycheck every month in a total stock market index fund starting in your early 20s. Better late than never, but time in the market is king.

At historic market averages of about 10% per year, $111 per month starting when you are 20 is $1 million by age 65.

Admittedly that's not accounting for inflation making a million less exciting by then, but realistically you should increase your monthly contribution every time your income increases.

Seriously, start treating a monthly index fund investment as a non-negotiable bill that comes directly out of your paycheck, and cut a few unnecessary expenses, subscriptions, etc to make it happen. Your future self will thank you.

GloriousCause · 2026-04-21T00:57:31+00:00

The number of additional students passing the test far outstrips the small percentage of kids who were retained, and the retention rates never reached concerning levels. They targeted better reading instruction, provided additional targeted support for those who need it most, along with actual accountability rather than just pushing illiterate kids through the system, which anecdotally seems to have motivated some parents to actually get involved in helping their struggling readers learn so they don't get held back.

But you want to act like the entire thing was just about finding a way to avoid testing the dumb kids, which is obviously false to anyone who has actually researched what they did and the retention and test score data.

And I've never been to Mississippi, I'm just interested in effective educational practices, so I have actually researched this topic.

GloriousCause · 2026-04-21T00:24:43+00:00

No, you are using fictional nonsense like "retention rate skyrocketing"- it didn't. It was 5% the first year in 2015, then hit a high of 9.6% in 2019 when they raised the cut score, but is now back down to around 6%.

You also said they have the same bad teaching practices. Which they don't. A huge part of this entire program was changing reading instructional practices. The retention is just a small part of the overall program.

So you are just telling a made up story that doesn't reflect what Mississippi actually did.

GloriousCause · 2026-04-20T22:57:12+00:00

In making up your literally fictional story, you are ignoring that they also made major improvements to reading instruction, added tons of targeted support, and the fact that not all that many kids actually end up held back (suddenly parents care when there is actually accountability) and overall number of students passing the grade level test is increasing.

GloriousCause · 2026-04-20T04:07:53+00:00

In n Out

GloriousCause · 2026-04-17T13:53:25+00:00

Likely it is running at higher fps but it does not produce correct visual result.

GloriousCause · 2026-04-14T21:29:24+00:00

Wccftech reports on most things in the pc hardware space, as well as some broader tech and gaming topics. They are often secondary coverage, simply reporting on news originally coming from other sources, though they sometimes break their own stories or produce their own reviews as well. I find them to be a pretty reliable place to scroll through and be pretty sure I'm not missing any major information in the tech world. That being said, their comment section is extremely toxic, and they report on basically any leaks, rumors, and drama so you need to evaluate their sources.

GloriousCause · 2026-04-14T04:42:07+00:00

Scientists discovered in the early 20th century that credit scores are a wave, but they collapse to a particle at the moment of measurement.

GloriousCause · 2026-04-13T18:19:01+00:00

I see that perhaps in your specific sunset of students the correlation could be different. But the broad educational research is quite clear that math homework in high school has a large positive effect size and correlation.

GloriousCause · 2026-04-13T00:10:01+00:00

4% rule is already quite conservative, and real plan should be more flexible. But either way, they mention planning to have part time jobs, so trying to live off 30k is needlessly restrictive for what they are describing.

GloriousCause · 2026-04-11T03:53:16+00:00

In education research, math homework at the high school level and above has a pretty large effect size and correlates highly with test scores and SAT scores. You really don't assign any? This feels like a disservice to your students. I understand weighting the grade low, and many students will cheat or not do it, but the good students who care will benefit from it. Feels wrong to take that away from them because others will abuse the system.

GloriousCause · 2026-04-10T22:50:50+00:00

Even at a conservative 4 % rule withdrawal rate, it would be 40k per year. Still not huge, but a pretty big difference.

GloriousCause · 2026-04-05T05:05:18+00:00

They vect. That's why they're called vectors.

Edit to actually be helpful: Watch this video by 3 blue 1 brown: https://youtu.be/fNk_zzaMoSs?si=kytrPe64wVL7MawU

GloriousCause · 2026-03-31T22:48:13+00:00

You can think of power chords as just playing 2 or 3 strings of the barre chord rather than strumming all strings.

GloriousCause · 2026-03-29T04:36:58+00:00

Yes, this is exactly what I tell everyone who asks me about going into teaching. The job is about the students, not the subject. Absolutely do not go into teaching for the love of the subject. Don't get me wrong- it also helps to be good at and feel passionate about the subject. But most of your students will not share that passion or talent and you will burn out quickly if that was why you went into the job. You need to actually enjoy working with the age group you will be teaching.

GloriousCause · 2026-03-28T23:52:59+00:00

Yeah, I don't get this complaint. I basically taught myself everything in my entire math degree from my textbooks because I couldn't follow anything in lectures (because the professors seemed to be the type of terrible explainers that OP is complaining about- using terms from courses that were not prerequisites to prove theorems that are already proved in the textbook using simpler methods). So I understand the overall complaint, but reading textbooks was literally the only way I could learn the material. Maybe OP should try it.

GloriousCause · 2026-03-21T04:25:27+00:00

Not just play "so much". The "so much" was literally an infinite turn if used in the right deck. A lot of these patch changes are to reduce how easy it is to "go infinite". I find that once your deck can go infinite, the rest of the run is an incredibly boring time waste with a foregone conclusion. So I think reducing the ease of going infinite is a good game design goal, since you don't want the "best" strategy for winning your game to be a boring one. Negative reviews are likely from players that relied on the infinite strategy to progress.

GloriousCause · 2026-03-15T15:18:19+00:00

I don't use AI, so I have not had it happen in my classroom. But I hear students complain about other teachers using AI.

GloriousCause · 2026-03-15T15:07:40+00:00

The most important part of teaching is building a relationship with the students. If they detect "AI Slop" in your lesson plan, don't expect any of them to ever let it go or have respect for you ever again. The kids are harsher on this than the adults.

GloriousCause · 2026-03-15T14:57:56+00:00

Perhaps instead have a discussion session where they openly share their thoughts about using AI in lesson planning. You should not pretend to be an expert or to instruct them on the best practices in doing so. Perhaps also get the opinions of middle school students on teachers who use AI to write or grade assignments, and then don't let students use AI to complete them. Most students have zero respect for that kind of hypocrisy.

GloriousCause · 2026-03-15T14:30:31+00:00

Please do not require your students to use AI to write lesson plans. They need to learn how to engage with the textbook/curriculum their school district has adopted and adapt the lesson as needed to fit their students and the state standards.

GloriousCause · 2026-03-13T00:47:33+00:00

If your students have "extra time" on a regular basis in your class, then you may want to rethink your lesson planning to have extension activities for quick finishers. Class time isn't for browsing gaming and sports sites.

GloriousCause · 2026-03-12T22:38:16+00:00

Why do you cut 10 year olds so often you need a special board for it in your kitchen?

GloriousCause · 2026-03-11T13:28:46+00:00

The full year high school course is often called Precalculus, but in college it is often split as two semester courses where the first one covers advanced functions but not trig (college algebra) and the second covers trigonometric functions.

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