Lol no. These guys were tenured professors doing the same shit for years. It’s a systemic issue where they rely on a definition of the “Socratic method” that is completely divorced from the original and functional tool. It’s a buzz word they’ve been misinterpreting for over a century.
Seriously, lol. Just lecture if you’re gonna lecture. I hate playing hide the ball with my own students because it’s just a waste of time for everyone involved.
Absolutely. Small group is a must. I think the variations with seminars (always around 20 because universities want to maximize their profits) and lecture halls are terrible.
I see it working with 10ish people at the absolute max.
I don’t like the Socratic method as it is employed in classrooms. I think the method of questioning is fine, and dissecting a subject can be fun with the right group and foreknowledge, but most instructors absolutely suck at making sure all students are up to speed with whatever is being discussed.
I don’t see its value as a teaching tool without a strong enough instructor to prepare the students for its use and to guide the discussions in a productive manner.
Every professor I’ve ever had who used this method basically wasted class time with fill in the blank response questions. These are not higher order thinking discussions and do nothing to actually broaden understanding of whichever subject is being discussed. It seems like a cop out for the professor to me, at least how I’ve seen it used in multiple major universities.
I’ve had better Socratic discussions while high as fuck with my buddies after class than when we were actually in the lecture hall.
It’s tough. A lot of kids use it to goof off or vape/do drugs in the bathroom. Even in middle school.
There are definitely kids you can trust, but many at least abuse it to goof off.
Edit: Forgot to state, US.
Yep, that tracks.
I’m really big on Halloween. I decorate the interior of my classroom and my house (sometimes a little outside of my house like cobwebs over the gate and fencing and a tombstone or three, but we had painters working this year, so that stuff stayed in the garage).
My partner decorates hardcore for Christmas/Yuletide, but it’s all very secular and interior with just a wreath outside on our door, so it’s nice to not have to put up lights lol.
I don’t do any other holidays, tbh. My grandmother gave us so much stuff for Easter and 4th of July, but we don’t celebrate either.
We decorate for seasons, generally, and have like spring/summer/fall/winter decor, but that’s mainly just swapping out pillows on the couch and little flower arrangements or a few knick nacks. Some of the Easter stuff was useful for our spring decorations, and, thankfully, my aunt ended up snagging a bunch of the other Easter stuff because she has fond memories of those decorations when she was a child.
A lot of the other stuff that wasn’t trash worthy (most of the chintzy 4th of July stuff) was scooped up by others in a garage sale, so it was nice to see some other people enjoy those things.
My grandma has always loved setting up garage sales and she was super sweet to everyone who showed interest or bought her old decorations. It was really nice for her to see these keepsakes go to a new home and know that they were valued.
She’s mellowed a lot in the last ten or so years and I was a little surprised with how gung ho she was about throwing the cheaper stuff away lol she was acting like the amazing hostess she has always been and saying things like “This is my last garage sale, so only the nice things make it to the tables for sale!”
I know that’s kind of a tangent, but I really have enjoyed helping her downsize and move into a smaller space near my parents, and thought this story would probably apply to a lot of others’ experiences with family decorations and memories.
Edit: It was also pretty cute how my grandma was giving things away to people who really liked things. She’s always done this, but this time seemed a little more special and personal for her. She had so much stuff that she made a decent amount on the furniture anyway, but that was definitely not the goal for any of us lol.
Nice. My dad is always a firm believer of eating vegetables last to help with digestion, but there are benefits both ways lol
I brought this article up to him a while ago and while he’s pretty set on his routine he has changed it up a little if he really wants to enjoy a steak or something as the last bite.
Interestingly enough, my local Wendy’s has the best fries out of any fast food chains I’ve tried. They are consistently perfectly crisp and salted. Better than how I even remember McDonald’s fries in their heyday.
I do know that Wendy’s leaves more up to their franchisees than some places, so maybe I just got lucky with the people who own the one by me.
Oh lol I got the opposite, but that makes sense.
This is usually my go to. Come over, friendly and with a solution in hand.
Main point is don’t make them feel less than or dumb for forgetting the blocks lol
Edit: Also, if you can pull off casually welcoming as they’re new.
I mean, if it was continual, it sounds like it’s actually the landlord skipping out on their pest control duties. That shit’s illegal.
“More at six…”
Probably not the only one here with this kinda story, but a perfect fit black leather jacket. Used it for Beatles/50s/Grease costumes all throughout college and beyond. Same store, I also found a couple really dope vests but they no longer fit.
Ended up giving those to a younger cousin who was about the same build as me, so they’re still getting use.
This is pretty much me as well. I may use results from a search, but, for the most part, I’m never signed in and I haven’t commented or voted on anything for quite a while.
The comments seem less helpful or on point with new content from that site anyway, so whenever I am on it, it’s usually like a problem solving thread that was posted a year or more back.
Edit: I’m only signed in on my main computer as I still have that login running, I guess.
Also, idk what people are talking about with lack of content. It’s not oversaturated to the point that new posts get lost in the churn, but the communities I subscribe to have a fair amount of posts going on.
I feel like people aren’t curating their lemmy feeds well or at all if they’re not seeing content. I will say that it takes some time to figure out which communities to subscribe to, but I think the majority of that is behind me and I’m catching up with interesting content through stuff like new community or trending community posts.
Unironically, the original trilogy credits always got me pumped up for the next one.
Totally, I mean a lot of my gripe with cars is about how they’re currently used and their safety and environmental impact.
I recognize the need for low occupant vehicles, but definitely also see that we’ve blown past any reasonable projection of their use.
As far as cutting cars out of cities goes, it’s pretty important to cut commuter cars as well. Commuter trains are safer, way more easily regulated and keep cars out of the city.
I shed no tears for the owners of parking lots and ticket writers who would lose out with an increase in commuter trains. They bet on the continuation of inefficient forms of transportation and sought to capitalize on convenience, let 'em fail like commercial real estate and have the cities restructure their downtowns when the prices on those buildings plummet.
Not just you. Lots of negative feeling going around. If I could put a word to what I saw today, it would be “grim”.