3 ms·

This is really interesting insight. Thank you. I am particularly interested in what you said about BBBS. I just added them on my list of entities to donate t

This is really interesting insight. Thank you. I am particularly interested in what you said about BBBS. I just added them on my list of entities to donate to every year. I'll repeat, I wish more teachers were like you. It really sounds like the kids in your classes get access to really cool and valuable material and thinking they are unlikely to see with other teachers.

mlyle 4y ago
Thank you for the discussion. > I am particularly interested in what you said about BBBS I, too, give to BBBS. Money definitely helps (but it's not super clear how to e.g. make it 2x bigger). It's my sense that many Boys and Girls Clubs are also good in the same way, but less supported by research. > I'll repeat, I wish more teachers were like you. I do my best. I'm not a career teacher but it's my second (third? fourth?) career after retiring from tech. (I hear rockstar teachers through my walls, and I'm able to do well in part because I can just piggy back on a lot of their efforts). > It really sounds like the kids in your classes get access to really cool and valuable material and thinking they are unlikely to see with other teachers. Last thought: IMO it doesn't matter too much what you teach, as long as the teacher thinks it is cool and it builds a tolerance for taking on difficult work in the students. Most of my students will never use the stuff I'm ostensibly teaching them, but that's OK.