dorchadas

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by dorchadas 4y ago
> Funny, in most my friends groups someone checks their phone and I'm glad they do I hate it, it just completely disrupts the conversation, as OP said. > Why would we be talking about this if we didn't care about the truth o
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by dorchadas 4y ago
And I find I remember next to nothing I read in digital books, even eink books, whereas I can constantly recall stuff from physical books I've read. Plus, the act of phyiscally reading it does something, and I can generally remember
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by dorchadas 4y ago
It's not an excuse - it's just the way it is. If kids don't have parental encouragement or involvement at home, they won't see the value in education. I taught in a rural district in the South that epitomized this. Cultu
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by dorchadas 4y ago
Not even money. How involved are the parents in the child's education. That's generally the number one predictor I found in my years of teaching.
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by dorchadas 4y ago
We need to remember the average adult only reads at a 6th grade level... Not that that's good, but I'd say there's many other factors involved than just the schools (parental involvement, do they read outside school, etc)
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by dorchadas 4y ago
You'd think so, but I've taught ESL math. Good luck getting them to understand what's even going on without speaking their language. Especially if some, like my students, come in at high school having only really had five yea
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by dorchadas 4y ago
I'd like to hear about this. Trying to rebuild social skills I felt I never learned or have lost, including approaching people I find attractive without seeming like a creep. Email on profile.
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by dorchadas 4y ago
Seriously. What a depressing and dehumanizing view of the world. I moved away from my entire social circle two years ago, and it's been extremely rough. I knew people here when moving, and have made good friends, but it's not the
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by dorchadas 4y ago
I do, and I think Neil Postman called it out even in 1992. We've surrendered our culture to technology, and it's going to be dammed hard getting it back. Especially once LLM's can be trained to manipulate you at the deepest p
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by dorchadas 4y ago
Anecdotal, but I was in the Yucatan Peninsula in 2019 doing Spanish classes. My teacher was Maya, and he said now it had become fashionable to be able to speak Yucatec Maya whereas growing up you didn't want to. Several other of the Ma
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by dorchadas 4y ago
Can I ask where you're at? I'm a certified teacher, and since it's math/physics I can easily transfer it to any other state. Really debating moving somewhere dark if I move back to America, just so I can have the sky.
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by dorchadas 4y ago
Sadly, they still are and it's super depressing.
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by dorchadas 4y ago
Late to the party, and I dunno if you'll see this, but could it have been E.O. Wilson's Half-Earth ? He makes the argument in that book for keeping at least 50% of the land (connected) wild for animal use.
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by dorchadas 4y ago
> I wonder how happy these people were if the homes next to theirs constantly had same issues as these communities suffer from Or even if they just live on a normal income in a city acutely affected by it. That's what really turned
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by dorchadas 4y ago
You've got it exactly backwards - It's entitlement from tourists to feel like they should be allowed to live as locals over the actual locals , not for people who work in a place to want to have affordable housing there.
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by dorchadas 4y ago
Because AirBnB is destroying the housing market for the people who actually live and work in an area. It's pushing them out and destroying cities because tourists feel entitled to have a home to stay at instead of a hotel
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by dorchadas 4y ago
This might sound gate-keepy and elitist (and, y'know what, it is, and I openly admit to it because I don't think it's necessarily bad), but I 100% agree. Not all reading is quality reading, and if you're just rushing thr
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by dorchadas 4y ago
Thanks! I actually like the underground music already, just gotta find venues that do it here in Dublin.
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by dorchadas 4y ago
I think these things are well known, and the problem is that meditation is being lifted from its original context by people who don't understand it - and who can't navigate these things that are supposed to be navigated with teach
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by dorchadas 4y ago
I think there is still some algorithm-based teaching, or at least the students I taught had been taught via algorithms. The simple O(n^2) multiplication one, or long division, or adding/subtracting with carrying/borrowing. I know
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by dorchadas 4y ago
At least in math they didn't learn those operations though, because they don't have a strong foundation in the basics to understand how it works. Mental arithmetic is often indicative of at least a somewhat stronger number sense
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by dorchadas 4y ago
And, as a former secondary math teacher, I would argue that the use of a calculator has absolutely created a generation of zombies who can't do, or understand, basic math. We're talking simple things like multiply, or figure out
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by dorchadas 4y ago
Not only that, but it seems like any time I mention struggling to focus on some task, I instantly get told, no, I do have ADHD and need to get tested for it. Like, no, I just don't want to sit here and correct these math equations my
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by dorchadas 4y ago
Any tips for how to get into it as an adult?
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by dorchadas 4y ago
Any advice on where to start for someone who'd like to learn to dance better at nightclubs?
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by dorchadas 4y ago
How did you find that stat? I'd love to look it up for Ireland, Dublin and Galway especially.
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by dorchadas 4y ago
Sadly, it looks like it is. For another example in Tennessee, look at Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge. Even as recently as 50-60 years ago most the locals lived in the areas. Since then, they've been priced out by all the tourists and cabi
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by dorchadas 4y ago
And if they're using local housing, and paying more than locals can reasonably afford, I'd argue that's worse for locals.
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by dorchadas 4y ago
I do think things like tiktok have caused it to explode. I remember my last year of teaching we had a PD session on what to do if teens start self diagnosing themselves with various behaviours. It causes issues cause then they often do star
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by dorchadas 4y ago
> So there aren't enough houses. There are close to enough for the locals . The problem is when tourists feel entitled to houses, like I said. Stick them on the periphery, and let the locals actually live where they work. Instea

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