Thinking about how as a chrono youth I fantasized about my teachers... makes me wonder how many of my students fantasized about me when I was a teacher ;3
@arisudotexe *giggles* depends on what grade you taught prolly. I know at like 15-16 I fantasized about so much random shit lol. I kinda doubt any of my college students have thought about bangin' my geeky ass lol.
@ThrowawayAI @arisudotexe how many of u were teachers lol
@lamp @arisudotexe I *am* a teacher hehe, game development.
@lamp @ThrowawayAI @arisudotexe It's increasingly common in the US.
1) It's a job which is easy to get into as long as you have a degree, but nearly impossible to make a career out of - so it serves as an "oh fuck I'm unemployed and need a job right now" thing for educated people.
2) Most people who have an M.S. or Ph.D. - which is like 10% of the population - had to teach college students at some point.
1) It's a job which is easy to get into as long as you have a degree, but nearly impossible to make a career out of - so it serves as an "oh fuck I'm unemployed and need a job right now" thing for educated people.
2) Most people who have an M.S. or Ph.D. - which is like 10% of the population - had to teach college students at some point.
@ceo_of_monoeye_dating @lamp @arisudotexe I'm really not a teacher-teacher in that respect; I "mentor" college-level programming crash courses really (and I do my own mentoring on the side too). I don't have to deal with most of the educational system nonsense (but no tenure either).
@ThrowawayAI @lamp @arisudotexe Oh, you do the coding bootcamp stuff? ![:kekw: :kekw:](https://social.isekco.re/proxy/media/19912/5hqydXcspxEO4F6PuO0kgwhIlfryEywYnlnTCU_DhtU=/aHR0cHM6Ly9iYWUuc3QvZW1vamkvc3RvbGVuL2tla3cucG5n)
Yeah, actually having to touch the educational system nonsense is bad. Each part of it is broken for a different reason and they all flow into each other to make a giant pile of shit. Homeschooling is unironically the best solution in the US today.
Yeah, actually having to touch the educational system nonsense is bad. Each part of it is broken for a different reason and they all flow into each other to make a giant pile of shit. Homeschooling is unironically the best solution in the US today.
@ThrowawayAI @arisudotexe @lamp Higher Ed is the worst because it's like 90% of why we're in this mess IMO. American Universities adopted the German system back in the early 1900s, which basically meant that they abandoned teaching duties and act like it's a giant waste of time. We educate K-12 teachers at universities, so those teachers were poorly taught...and then we start the cycle of garbage, and everything else begins to break. It's like if your engine just fucking explodes after the genie lamp light turns on, you just can't fix it.
@ceo_of_monoeye_dating @lamp @arisudotexe Yeah. I will say I wish I wasn't teaching bootcamp; I wish I had at least 1 hour a day with my classes instead of 1 hour a week. When I went to college it was a trade school for game development (back when that was rare) but it was 6 hours of classes every day and about 8 hours of homework every night. It was very intensive.
I would never want to put my students through THAT but I do wish they had more time in class and we covered more stuff. The best part about what I do is that in the 3rd term we work on portfolio pieces rather than a set curriculum so each student actually gets real experience on a project rather than just following along; and the portfolio stuff makes it worth it (I'm not sure if our certifications are worth BEANS but the portfolio gets some of my students jobs at least).
Also not sure I agree about the homeschooling... some parents are VERY MUCH not qualified to administer it, and it's tied in with religious upbringing here too, very closely.
I would never want to put my students through THAT but I do wish they had more time in class and we covered more stuff. The best part about what I do is that in the 3rd term we work on portfolio pieces rather than a set curriculum so each student actually gets real experience on a project rather than just following along; and the portfolio stuff makes it worth it (I'm not sure if our certifications are worth BEANS but the portfolio gets some of my students jobs at least).
Also not sure I agree about the homeschooling... some parents are VERY MUCH not qualified to administer it, and it's tied in with religious upbringing here too, very closely.
@lamp @ceo_of_monoeye_dating @arisudotexe Just an old expression, does Among Us use beans? (I've only played VRChat variants of it haven't actually played Among Us)
@ThrowawayAI @lamp @arisudotexe Yeah you can't really learn with a 14hr/day schedule. That's a little too much - I think I went 10hr/day tops, and I was mostly a straight-A student. On the other hand, 1hr/week with students is a little low. 3hr/week is a lot more balanced, and that's typical.
Homeschooling is becoming less religious - and less political - every year. Public schools in the US are bad enough that they're worth giving up on.
Homeschooling is becoming less religious - and less political - every year. Public schools in the US are bad enough that they're worth giving up on.
90% of learning is genetic. If the parent is intelligent the kids tend to be also. The other 10% is environmental, and it doesn't have to be filled with a repetitious education.
@Humpleupagus @lamp @ThrowawayAI @arisudotexe If you put a kid - no matter how intelligent - in the US public school system, the kid will not be able to learn. There is no level of intelligence which can overcome niggers constantly disturbing class. AP classes mitigated this when I was in the system, but those are currently full of them now.
It's not a simple linear "this plus that," it's a multiplicative "this and that." You really need both.
It's not a simple linear "this plus that," it's a multiplicative "this and that." You really need both.
We homeschool. My son was reading by the time he was three.
@Humpleupagus @lamp @ThrowawayAI @arisudotexe Yes. That type of thing is possible because your son is born to an intelligent and loving father who gives their son resources to help them learn how to read.
Yet we throw our children into schools full of niggers only to be taught by union bureaucrats who don't have that disposition towards the children, who are there to collect a check, and who tell the children to disown their own, and we wonder why things are turning out the way they are.
@ThrowawayAI@rape.pet I know I fantasized about my teachers starting in like grade 7, so I was probably 13. And I taught kids aged 6 to 14