Okay @mraleosays.bsky.social, diving into literary theory on Monday and have absolutely no clue how it will go!

(That said: it is really, really fun as a teacher sometimes to try something 100% new and outside of your wheelhouse)

"But at the same time the stakes feel higher, I feel like the solutions feel smaller."

One of the places @mrneibauer.bsky.social and I arrived in our conversation: we don't think adults are meeting the moment with their "solutions" right now.

I had a strong opinion on this but it’s getting stronger as I learn from my own sons’ experiences:

If fear of AI cheating means all major graded writing in high is completed in class, we deprive students of so much opportunity for students to develop as writers.

I had a scholarship for the first class. I was the oldest at 79. I am sharing what I learned with friends, family and senior groups. I lead natural history and historical walks in San Rafael CA I'm much better informed now. A walk for our Marin Asian Alliance was much deeper experience due to class.

We invented graduated drivers licenses for teens. They worked. But we leave 80-year-olds to “see how it goes.” Every family suffers on their own. But this is a shared social problem, not a personal one. We need conditional licenses for older drivers. Daylight. Local. Annual medical check-ins.