Yes, this is the cluster.

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Are we really at a stage in public education where we consider it OK to have literally Google-branded schoolchildren whose learner identities are tied to being "responsible AI" users of private for-profit technologies?

I was very disappointed in it. My husband had to shush me constantly because I couldn’t contain my consternation.

“because it isn’t sophisticated enough to generate make work for empiricists.” Yes!! Every yes that has ever been uttered in time resounds at the absolute yesness of this! Perfect.

Same!

Absolutely. The carillon is ringing Xmas songs every half hour and, in addition to the interruption, I’m like it’s not even Thanksgiving yet! Bah humdrum seems fitting (cause it’s not humbuggery to respect the calendar).

The psychic toll is huge! It has changed the relationship in such a toxic way!

Calling up to the room was so nerve-racking! If they were running behind you’d be interrupting the interview of the person before you, whom you might cross in the hallway as they exited.

One time a committee member laid back on the bed (which had another person perched on it) and I thought hr was just gonna take a nap. He sat up after a few minutes. It was odd! But being interviewed in the pit wasn’t much better. Hundreds of tables of interviews around, all the forced smiling…

I’m always reminding people of this fact. In many places schools were virtual for only 3 months. The next fall they were back in person (with masking).

Writing this from a School of Literary and Performing Arts (next to the School of Human Inquiry): I feel your pain.

I have curly hair and I’ve noticed that the level of curl is lessening. The grays are coarser and less curly. The frizz didn’t lessen, though.