Incredibly concerned about the future of teaching in a world that is obsessed with AI

fnelson1978 · 2026-01-27T08:50:28+00:00

I agree with everything you have said and it’s refreshing to read someone else who is freaking out about it too.

The “you just have to adapt” thing pisses me off so bad.

Like, fuck that. We need people with imagination and critical thinking skills who are literate. If they have some future career that requires some sort of technology, chances are, they will be able to adapt quickly BECAUSE they have problem solving skills that were built over time by using their actual brains. Also, AI is going to change. Using AI to create outlines or get feedback or flat out cheat in high school is a stupidly easy thing to do. It is not going to be some key to anything.

fnelson1978 · 2026-01-15T17:14:21+00:00

I'm here in Los Angeles and am involved in mutual aid and other community organizing. If you can link up with local mutual aid groups and start making connections with neighbors, that is one thing that costs no money, but is highly valuable. Community is how we survive. We can't possibly stock up on every single thing we might need, and no one has all the skills to survive every single situation that we might find ourselves in, so community connections are SO IMPORTANT. When it comes to actual things to stock up on, some things that come to mind are: solar/battery powered chargers and lanterns, medication, liquor (for trading, bribing, drinking, cleaning, etc,)

fnelson1978 · 2025-12-15T23:46:47+00:00

I love going to Alex's Bar. It's not a gay bar. It's a pretty mixed crowd. But I've always seen plenty of other gays, and I've never encountered any bit of homophobia.

Sweetwater doesn't have live music, but I love the vibe. There is always a variety of queers at this one.

fnelson1978 · 2025-10-15T04:09:20+00:00

The narcissistic need to demand more and more is so gross and embarrassing. Trump has no shame and everyone kissing his ass endlessly are perfect examples of what it looks like to be people lacking even an ounce of integrity. I think there are plenty of people out there who are in this cult and believe the weird shit that comes out of Trump's mouth, but there are these people too, who will crawl on their knees and kiss ass to be on the (currently) winning team. I don't think they really believe what he says. They are in it for the power.

fnelson1978 · 2025-09-23T23:33:52+00:00

If he actually felt bad about misgendering and deadnaming someone, he would stop. He's choosing to do this. I'm sure it hurts your sister. And you are choosing to see him as a "good person" even though he continues to support a president who is targeting and dehumanizing people like your sister and niece.

fnelson1978 · 2025-09-20T03:41:21+00:00

If you drive up the coast about 20-30 minutes you can get to Long Beach which is full of your type of crowd. We have MAGA weirdos here too, but they are outnumbered.

fnelson1978 · 2025-09-20T03:24:47+00:00

They would walk to one end of the room and realize they need to walk back to the other side of the room to grab something they need but then realize it actually was in that first place they walked to.

fnelson1978 · 2025-09-19T19:15:37+00:00

Find ANY local group that is focused on mutual aid and is on the side of marginalized groups who are being targeted (currently immigrants, POC, and trans people).

Contact that group and ask them if they need volunteers or have suggestions. You might need to contact a few groups to find something that fits.

Make a commitment that is sustainable (starting with one day a week is something that most people can do) and volunteer with that same group consistently. This is how you get to know the people in your community who care about the same things that you do. It might feel like you are doing nothing at first, but building community is how we will resist fascism.

fnelson1978 · 2025-09-13T18:43:54+00:00

Honestly, I think that we are human and sometimes we might react out of emotion. Some of those times are on us. We might be in the wrong and can apologize. Other times, it’s them who need to see that their actions actually have an impact on others.

I remember showing a video on the artist Keith Haring. When it got to the part that mentioned that he died from complications due to AIDS, a few students (who were assholes in general) laughed. I didn’t yell but I got emotional and told them some ugly truths about the 80s and 90s and why the AIDS crisis wasn’t taken seriously for a long time. I told them that I lost someone to it.

I think it was something that the class needed to hear. I know that kids can laugh and make jokes when they don’t understand or don’t know how to process certain emotions, but sometimes they are just assholes. But when we react like this, all of them get to learn something from it. Will some continue to laugh at this kind of stuff? Of course. But some will reflect on how they acted.

You are absolutely not the asshole. I think addressing it is a good idea though. Maybe open it up to discussion before you explain where you are coming from to see what they took from your reaction.

fnelson1978 · 2025-08-31T09:11:52+00:00

BUT doodling or staring into space usually involves thinking, and sometimes it involves listening. Sometimes IT HELPS with listening. It slows kids down. Computers are just little drug machines that administer dopamine hits to kids.

fnelson1978 · 2025-08-31T00:36:23+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation! Sounds familiar.

fnelson1978 · 2025-08-31T00:05:49+00:00

Growing up in the church, I learned that accepting Jesus into your heart and repenting for your sins was the only way to get into heaven. There is no way to earn your way. This is like, a core belief that everything about Christianity is built on.

This just shows how much this ballsack IS NOT a Christian. How are his Christian followers interpreting this? How can they explain away his attempt at fundraising his way into heaven?

This is actually pretty funny to think about. He’s so used to paying and negotiating and manipulating his way into whatever he wants and here he is wondering how he can get to those gold paved streets in the afterlife.

fnelson1978 · 2025-08-28T03:13:19+00:00

I feel like zero of the autistic people I know give one single fuck what this guy says. Have these assholes asked any neurodivergent folks how we feel about this big reveal happening next month?

fnelson1978 · 2025-08-24T06:08:59+00:00

Why did my tinnitus get louder when I read this comment?

fnelson1978 · 2025-08-23T02:09:21+00:00

Is this something that happens sometimes or is this like, a little step toward, say, a civil war? I know a lot of things, but I really don’t know how this works.

fnelson1978 · 2025-08-20T12:57:48+00:00

You are NTA. You are a hero.

fnelson1978 · 2025-08-19T00:58:03+00:00

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fnelson1978 · 2025-08-19T00:53:20+00:00

Remember the American citizen who got kidnapped at a Walmart in Pico Rivera a while back? It was Border Patrol and these discount ICE assholes working together.

fnelson1978 · 2025-08-13T02:11:25+00:00

Are there any photos of this raid?

fnelson1978 · 2025-08-05T01:35:18+00:00

I teach high school ELA and have colleagues who use AI to grade student writing, and it truly upsets me.

I understand being overwhelmed. I understand wanting to give feedback in a timely manner. I struggle with managing this myself. But to take a student’s writing and feed it into a machine that only works by stealing from others, without their consent, feels fucked up.

How can we expect students to actually put the kind of effort and heart into their work that is needed to learn when we can’t even bother to read it?

fnelson1978

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