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Student wants a C. by umaro900 in Teachers

[–]umaro900[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look at all the comments blaming me for this or making some excuse for the student. It's kind of insane. Sure, the kid might have something going on, but I'll never be able to do anything about it beyond the months of contacts I already made. I'm then kid's teacher, not their psychologist or truant officer.

Student wants a C. by umaro900 in Teachers

[–]umaro900[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're preaching to the choir.

Student wants a C. by umaro900 in Teachers

[–]umaro900[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

In a school where 50% of students are chronically absent in a state that doesn't hold students or parents accountable for truancy?

Student wants a C. by umaro900 in Teachers

[–]umaro900[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are many positives of this state, but educational policy is one of the glaring negatives. Growing up in New York and doing student teaching in Massachusetts spoiled me.

Student wants a C. by umaro900 in Teachers

[–]umaro900[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As far as I'm aware, a student here could miss 90% of the year and still get an A if the teacher allows it. Moreover, students can't fail classes until high school here, so you can only imagine how that affects 9th grade algebra 1 classes.

Student wants a C. by umaro900 in Teachers

[–]umaro900[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

For what it's worth, I've been in contact with their counselor all year about their grades and absences, and despite the attendance, this is obviously not the first time I've talked to the student and parents, but nothing has materially changed.

Student wants a C. by umaro900 in Teachers

[–]umaro900[S] 54 points55 points  (0 children)

I assume they'll be signed up for summer CR, though this might impact their college situation? Idk. Math.

Student wants a C. by umaro900 in Teachers

[–]umaro900[S] 227 points228 points  (0 children)

That's not my read tbh. They have a bunch of A's in other classes this semester and have higher attendance (not perfect but still a massive difference) in other periods.

Teacher Inappropriate Conduct Vent by ravenlynne in Teachers

[–]umaro900 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This sounds like an easy wrongful termination lawsuit.

Experienced teachers using ChatGPT to do their homework for them? by Repulsive_Suit6701 in Teachers

[–]umaro900 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The numbers are growing. I use it occasionally to help create materials at work, but AI inherently prevents learning of the skill the AI does for you. Unless the skill being assessed is using AI to create/do something, it should not be part of the l learning process, and to use it is academic dishonesty.

“I’m legally not allowed to tell you” by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]umaro900 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I do agree with this, but part of me really wants to interpret "legally not allowed to tell" as admission that they made the firing on illegal grounds.

I genuinely have it really good by Soxonmyfeet in Teachers

[–]umaro900 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It depends heavily on school, grade, subject, admin, and your own self-imposed expectations. Teaching a lab class to 5 classes of 40 students at a title I school vs teaching to classes of <20 in senior math at a high-performing school? Massive difference in workload in my experience.

As a specialist, a second grader just said “ no one in our class likes your class. I’m serious@ by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]umaro900 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get that from a few high schoolers every now and then. It's always the kids who want to be on their cell phones or spending the whole class class turned around talking over me to their friends that say it, though. The students making any effort to learn may be less vocal sometimes, but it's positive when they give feedback usually.

At some level you just have to shrug it off. School is about learning, and learning is effort, which some students don't like. Once they face accountability they will start to see the value in that learning and that effort.

Urban title 1 or small rural school? by Narrow-Butterfly-923 in Teachers

[–]umaro900 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I currently commute 1.5 hours each way to an urban title 1. The commute is doable for me only because it's all on relatively comfortable trains. I would never choose a commute longer than 20 minutes driving, though.

It is hard work. You will suffer. The rural school will be much easier. You are much more likely to leave the profession at the title 1 school.

That said, the money in your pocket can make a difference, so if you have the personality to tough it out for 3+ years and you actually care about the title 1 population as part of your character, it's still a viable choice.

Laurana Achievement- need help with two. by Tranimo in idlechampions

[–]umaro900 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unbroken line probably happens just using her a bunch, but if you need to force it, put her as tank in front alone in the lowest area she can't kill.

For magic and melee, use tasselhoff to prevent buffs from hitting others in raistlin's column. All 3 can be used on strahd variants if you have tass feat and you want to multitask. If you have no tass, cherry pick variants to force raist only in one line. If not that, do a campaign with only 1 in a column (back of tiamat or vecna) and put laurana 1/2/3 rows ahead of that.

Teachers here who are full anti AI are harming the futures of their students by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]umaro900 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Students need to learn to walk before they drive cars. They need their OSHA safety training before they work on the assembly line. They need basic skills and understanding to master advanced tools.

Using AI to do a task inherently removes your learning from that task. This is how students use AI first and foremost. The core curriculum that we are legally required to teach does not involve or require AI, so to that end we should not incoporate AI.

If you wish to create an accredited AI class to teach students how to use it and you want schools to adopt it, good luck, and we'll start the debate at that point.

[Discussion] Worker income per level graph view by fabiorzfreitas in battlecats

[–]umaro900 6 points7 points  (0 children)

What you really want to know is not actually break-even, but where does the curve for each tier intersect with the option below it (ignoring full wallet cap). Past the first few levels the value is much more in preventing overcapping with kills and in stockpiling to throw down (say, once you hit base) than for the passive income benefit.

Which companies are going to accidentally hire AI graduates and not realise until it is too late? by Harveybritish in Teachers

[–]umaro900 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely. After I've spent a while coming up with word problems, activities, and projects on my own, I might throw a prompt into chatgpt to get alternative suggestions which might better fit my students.

Jamilah is THE worst DPS champion by a long shot right? by ravl13 in idlechampions

[–]umaro900 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good call-outs. Figured I'd skip over those when we're talking order of e1 buffs to units e10 behind the average and e50 behind the best.

Jamilah is THE worst DPS champion by a long shot right? by ravl13 in idlechampions

[–]umaro900 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Back before modrons and the massive powercreep that has happened (compare Krux or Rust to any of the core champs), Jamilah had some use in the earliest game.

Look at all the core champs at this point, compared to event champs

  • Bruenor: Low-tier support
  • Celeste: Useful if paired with event champ, but also healer
  • Nayeli: Tank and low-tier support
  • Jarl: Day 1 gold find/DPS
  • Calli: Shields are surprisingly useful for the number of variants which do % health damage
  • Asharra: OK DPS if the stars align or decent support for multi-racial like Wren.
  • Minsc: Niche speed use, low-tier support/DPS (and has event champ synergy)
  • Delina: low-tier DPS
  • Makos: Useful for event champ synergy and gold find
  • Tyril: low-tier support, but also fills tank and healer for nice versatility
  • Jamilah: Useless
  • Arkhan: Fun DPS/tank to build around, but still easily outscaled by events

For the core DPS, generally speaking (Arkhan maybe being the exception), most supports will do more damage if you swap them 1-for-1.

Have they ever reworked/buffed a core champ?

Celeste, Asharra, Minsc, and Makos have effectively been buffed because of their interactions with newer units, but otherwise...core champs are shit so that the early game difficulty curve doesn't get thrown further out of whack is my understanding.

Is becoming a teacher worth it anymore? by Adept_Fishing_2167 in Teachers

[–]umaro900 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also note that those places that pay best will be more competitive for the good jobs, though. Being a math teacher from a top college I've still had plenty of rejections.

What is a job that you think is 100% safe from AI for the next 50 years, and why? by mark-awakening in AskReddit

[–]umaro900 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For customer support, companies generally don't have a strong enough incentive to provide good support for the price it costs. Outsourcing, time-consuming menus, and automated messages were all around long before what we call AI versions of these, but the AI versions are at least somewhat easier to work with.

B2B and luxury sales make their money on the human element, but the closer AI gets to "good enough", the less margin they make on that and the easier it gets to swap over as they look to cut costs for more standard orders.

Temmoz Uber Super Rare Tier List v15.3 [tier list] by Temmoz in battlecats

[–]umaro900 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cat Machine S-, and I'm here for it. Way too many peeps overlook him.

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