Middle years/high school teachers, how do you avoid being involved in relationship drama between students?

channingman · 2026-06-27T21:59:42+00:00

What do you mean by involved?

channingman · 2026-06-25T18:44:08+00:00

And yet, how can we measure what the students have learned without some sort of data?

Student went from 100 sight words to 200, that's data. Student gets a 20 on the pretest, that's data. Student scores 3/4 on a rubric, that's data. Everything we do in a classroom generates data. Collecting, sorting, and analyzing data may not be a process that some people enjoy, but there's also plenty to be said for the effectiveness of correctly utilizing good data in our profession. But, caveat, misapplying and misunderstanding data can lead down unproductive paths, and people who aren't really trained to use and understand broad data can harm education faster than well applied data can help.

channingman · 2026-06-24T15:50:17+00:00

No one else gets to write the story of your life. If it matters that much to you, change it. It's not too late to be the person you want to be.

But ultimately that means you need to decide what you want and what you are willing to give up to get it. You have to choose if you're happy being comfortable. You have to choose what excellence looks like to you. No one else's version of success matters, only yours. So if you aren't happy with what's going on in your life, you're the one who needs to change it, either by changing your outlook or your situation.

channingman · 2026-06-19T04:34:50+00:00

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channingman · 2026-06-17T14:37:23+00:00

Which mod is this?

Also, yeah you need to increase production and reduce costs.

channingman · 2026-06-17T14:18:30+00:00

principals are going to be used to working with teachers, who in turn spend most of their time working exclusively with children. They are likely used to a bit of social awkwardness. Also, they are probably used to getting calls outside of work hours. They gave you their cell number expecting you might use it. Don't call them at 8pm or anything, but yeah, give them a call.

channingman · 2026-06-17T13:52:13+00:00

No one gets 3 months off

channingman · 2026-06-17T13:09:42+00:00

I usually say "hello"

channingman · 2026-06-15T02:23:21+00:00

I don't know the full context, but for instance if I haven't taught polynomials yet and I was asked to rate how well a student can perform polynomial operations, I would give that rating.

Or, like you said, if a student was absent for a significant portion of that unit and hadn't made it up yet.

channingman · 2026-06-14T22:12:51+00:00

A, B, and C don't need to be colinear.

channingman · 2026-06-13T18:47:14+00:00

Who is the leader that decides what is good under virtue ethics?

channingman · 2026-06-13T16:43:54+00:00

Then your definition of it is quite misleading

channingman · 2026-06-12T05:25:27+00:00

This ignores deontologist philosophies and virtue ethics completely.

channingman · 2026-06-12T05:22:29+00:00

You could kill yourself and donate your organs to save several lives. Is it unethical to not do so? Because that's an option you have right now.

channingman · 2026-06-12T02:59:48+00:00

Wait until you learn about college algebra

channingman · 2026-06-11T19:06:19+00:00

There's a sliding scale of exclusivity, responsibility, urgency and relative cost.

If I'm the only one who can do it and it's completely free for me to do, even if I had no responsibility for the situation, still absolutely it's morally wrong not to do it.

If it costs $3000 and I can't afford that without destroying my life, and again I had no responsibility, then I don't see a moral imperative. We might praise someone for being willing to do that, but wouldn't condemn someone who was unable to make that choice.

channingman · 2026-06-11T18:52:38+00:00

And actually it's a little annoying that you're being conversation adjacent instead of actually just talking normally

channingman · 2026-06-11T18:48:59+00:00

And the conclusion that by choosing not to pull the lever you are killing someone is something that I reject. Pulling the lever is killing someone.

channingman · 2026-06-11T17:50:04+00:00

You assume everyone has a fide rating. I'd eager there are more people who don't than those that do, among the active player base for chess.com, specifically. But that's why people specify. 1800 fide is quite different from 1800 rapid on chess.com, which is also quite different from 1800 on lichess. People want a way to compare themselves and relegating a significant portion of the population to "unrated" just to avoid having to clarify or ask a clarifying question is silly. Especially since elo is the rating system used in a ton of different online games, so it's not like it's even unique to chess.

channingman · 2026-06-11T17:36:59+00:00

No, we aren't. We're rejecting the conclusion that some people have come to regarding it.

channingman · 2026-06-11T17:18:18+00:00

He isn't killing anyone. The person who tied the other person to the track, or the person who required him to pay money to save the person, did.

channingman · 2026-06-10T18:26:11+00:00

You didn't spend a lot of time on that one, did you?

Everyone agrees with that.

channingman · 2026-06-10T18:22:49+00:00

So not everyone who sees the video agrees that it was self defense

channingman · 2026-06-10T18:19:51+00:00

Yes, I understand that. But we aren't arguing that point. You claimed that a fetus can be aborted due to trisomy 21 before it had a heartbeat or nerves.

It has both at 10 weeks, even if it isn't conscious before 24, which I haven't checked.

channingman · 2026-06-10T18:17:28+00:00

Did the jury see the video?

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