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Texpatriate
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Public school teacher of English II and English III. Interested in mythology, Shakespeare, art, and history.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
How about honest subdivision street names? Strip Mall Vista. No More Oaks Drive. Retention Pond Way.
August 31, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Also do notice, these two Supreme Court decisions dropped the *same day*:

- States can restrict online speech if it is "adult".
- The mere depiction of homosexual existence can be objectionable adult content.

A plus B equals C
Alito includes screenshots from the books he thinks parents should be able to bar schools from letting their children read.
June 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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(the black hole here, too, is how can you possibly evaluate the analysis that your LLM produces if you are not trained to interpret, analyze, historicize?) everything is amazing if you know nothing
June 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I teach Animal Farm and enjoy reading parts of it aloud to students. I have fun with the songs and the sheep who cry "Four legs good, two legs baaaaad," but now I have to bite my tongue to keep from adding "Maaaagaaaa! Maaaaagaaaaaa! Maaaaaaaagaaaaaa!"
May 20, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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I am of the apparently radical opinion that we should invest in books in schools.
April 24, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Be right back, just as soon as I check for understanding, give constructive feedback, and shift my teaching strategies to reach the ten million students in my country-wide classroom. 🙄
March 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Maybe the Argo was good for Jason, but it wasn't good for Medea (or her dismembered brother).
March 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM