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[Mike K.]

How are private schools approaching this requirement, or how about home schooling via SIDES or NIDES?

[dasmo]

If they need funding it’s included.

[Mike K.]

But are they doing a good job with this requirement? So far we are only hearing of a complaint from a public school student.

[Victoria Watcher]

Alberta to mandate teachers be balanced on all issues, pushing neutrality in schools

 

https://www.thealber...chools-12084172

[Victoria Watcher]

 

 

https://x.com/r0ck3t...975419687723212

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 13 April 2026 - 03:48 AM.

[lanforod]

I agree with much of that yeah. But a full paradigm shift with a tech that few really trust yet is not in the cards today.

[Mike K.]

As I’ve always said, a university education just proves you can put up with BS. Musk calls it a certificate of endurance. Same thing.

[dasmo]

Ya. The problem is he is using a truth to sell AI as the replacement. No thanks.

Edited by dasmo, 13 April 2026 - 10:18 AM.

[aastra]

 

As I’ve always said, a university education just proves you can put up with BS.

 

"Piled higher and Deeper" is a musty cynicism that's probably about as old as the modern university system itself.

[aastra]

 

The problem is he is using a truth to sell AI as the replacement.

 

That which we call bull**** would by any other name smell just as sweet.

[aastra]

The problem isn't the bull**** itself but rather the manner by which we try to choke the bull**** down.

 

Thus, get ready for the new-and-improved approach, which will surely address all of the shortcomings of the innumerable other new-and-improved approaches that preceded it.

[dasmo]

True. AI can personalize the delivery of the bull**** tailored just for your consumption!

Edited by dasmo, 13 April 2026 - 04:22 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

He Asked Classmates To Read A Sentence. The Result Went Viral (Philadelphia).

 

https://youtu.be/qxn...8UnJUUT7zmMET3f

 

 

 

 

 

 

High school student exposes classmates’ abysmal reading skills — as they struggle with words like ‘silhouette,’ ‘extraordinary’

https://nypost.com/2...reading-skills/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 06 May 2026 - 03:34 AM.

[aastra]

 

....they struggle with words like ‘silhouette,’ ‘extraordinary’

 

English is challenging enough to learn all by itself. You're just confusing the students when you throw in a bunch of fancy French and Latin words that they'll probably never use.

[dasmo]

I still can't spell silhouette on my own.

[aastra]

When I type "Chardonnay" it almost always comes out as "Chardonnary" on the first attempt.

[aastra]

 

 

I still can't spell silhouette on my own.

 

That's extrordinary.

[Victoria Watcher]

I’ve said before though.

Students need to know basic math. Reading. And reading comprehension. And then some more complex stuff like problem solving and critical thinking.

I’m not sure we are doing any of this teaching well.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 06 May 2026 - 09:27 AM.

[dasmo]

I’ve said before though.

Students need to know basic math. Reading. And reading comprehension. And then some more complex stuff like problem solving and critical thinking.

I’m not sure we are doing any of this teaching well.

I've said IT before.... 

[Victoria Watcher]

lol.