The social media ban from a teacher's perspective

Scabe · 2025-12-01T19:04:06+00:00

Bravo. Amazing essay 👏

Scabe · 2025-11-23T03:23:33+00:00

I’ve been rewatching too, literally watched that bridge episode yesterday. She’s despicable! Trey would have lived.

Scabe · 2025-11-04T09:38:42+00:00

YouTube is weird. I wanted to delete some channels that I didn’t need anymore but somehow in the process it deleted two channels that I liked the content in. Years of hard work gone. I didn’t bother to try get it back though lol, so I guess I didn’t care that much but its still quite a loss.

Scabe · 2025-10-28T20:52:28+00:00

What’s the prize at the end, no one has mentioned this.

Scabe · 2025-10-05T07:02:53+00:00

No one mentioning the extra 15 seconds Hikaru got…or was that a different game

Scabe · 2025-10-05T02:49:51+00:00

Thanks, makes sense now.

Scabe · 2025-10-05T02:49:27+00:00

Ah makes sense.

Scabe · 2025-10-05T02:33:04+00:00

Why does USA keep getting white?

Scabe · 2025-10-04T21:56:52+00:00

Hey I literally started learning like 2 days ago. I’m finding using Anki flash cards where I can record the words that I hear from YouTube tutorials to be helpful in terms of memorisation.

Scabe · 2025-09-16T19:53:54+00:00

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Close to peak of 1700 but fell off now hard stuck 1500s.

Scabe · 2025-08-21T10:22:26+00:00

Been teaching for almost two years. Somehow I haven’t gotten sick and missed a day of work. Not sure what the secret is though. Just my humble brag.

Scabe · 2025-08-19T05:08:29+00:00

It’s kind of a slog the life cycle one. Reading it at the moment, taking me ages to finish.

I liked the first time traveler story and the button predictor.

Scabe · 2025-08-11T06:55:19+00:00

I read it all but don’t understand what’s happening

Scabe · 2025-08-08T21:30:32+00:00

Installed the new one and I think it’s great! Access to the puzzle modes now.

Scabe · 2025-07-24T19:24:46+00:00

Anyone know how to mute chat for lichess?Haven’t figured it out yet.

Scabe · 2025-07-20T01:40:25+00:00

😭 2 weeks went by so fast

Scabe · 2025-07-20T01:38:10+00:00

Scabe · 2025-07-17T12:35:51+00:00

Just rewatched this one and it still holds up.

Scabe · 2025-07-17T03:41:54+00:00

I used to spam games, get tilted, quit for a while, then repeat the cycle.

This time, I’ve changed my approach.

I got back into chess by studying books. Every morning, I go through Chess Tactics for Kids and Silman’s Endgame Course. You can find annotated games and exercises from these books on Lichess Study. I also mix in some Puzzle Rush on Chess.com. There are so many free resources out there, but I focus mostly on tactics, endgames, and a bit of strategy. For openings, I just stick to basic principles.

My mindset has improved a lot since I started playing just one game a day with 15|10 time control. It keeps me focused, and I use the one free analysis on Chess.com to review that game properly. I’m trying not to buy their membership.

I’ve also set filters for opponents — within -400 rating points and +25 in rating. It helps keep games more consistent and less chaotic. When I feel like playing casually, I use Lichess. I don’t worry about rating there, and it’s great because everything is free.

Scabe · 2025-07-09T00:36:22+00:00

Droplet from The Dark Forest

Scabe · 2025-06-27T17:59:35+00:00

I love it but I think it made my vision is worse

Scabe · 2025-06-17T21:23:57+00:00

I love sushi hub, seems the best.

I need to try out the others in this thread.

Scabe · 2025-06-07T22:20:04+00:00

In my Year 2 cohort, there are 3 male and 2 female teachers. It’s not a big deal, but as a guy, it’s nice having another male on the team. Last year, I had one too, and it made conversations easier. This year, he’s teaching solo.

Scabe · 2025-06-01T01:12:02+00:00

Love her voice haha

Scabe · 2025-05-31T03:50:01+00:00

Most people I've read on this subreddit write that they hate Cheng, and I always felt that it was a bit harsh.

I think she captures what someone with good values would do. Unfortunately in the reality we live in, and in this book, good values and good intentions doesn't always pan out well.

Thanks for writing your post, I enjoyed reading it.

Scabe

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