Matt Busch
@mattbusch.bsky.social
HS Social Studies teacher (AP World, World, Sociology).
We might be back up...
We might be back up...
Please make your way all the way through this excellent thread.
It acknowledges the challenges we are all facing in education and gives a clear path forward.
It gives me hope.
And that is something I haven't felt in a while friends.
It acknowledges the challenges we are all facing in education and gives a clear path forward.
It gives me hope.
And that is something I haven't felt in a while friends.
What we are seeing here, to me anyway, is the end result of the commodification and gamification of education.
This is not a "students today" post--it's more "this is a new form of dysfunction" that doesn't look exactly like it's been in previous decades. It's more than just "first-year chaos." It's an across-the-board inability to process instructions, engage with longer texts, and *connect* with others.
November 30, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Please make your way all the way through this excellent thread.
It acknowledges the challenges we are all facing in education and gives a clear path forward.
It gives me hope.
And that is something I haven't felt in a while friends.
It acknowledges the challenges we are all facing in education and gives a clear path forward.
It gives me hope.
And that is something I haven't felt in a while friends.
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Multiple things are true:
I have students eager to learn whose enjoyment of reading has been drummed out of them;
I have students who want to write (& think) for themselves who become paralyzed at needing to do it;
I also have students who resist seeing my class as anything but a box to check.
I have students eager to learn whose enjoyment of reading has been drummed out of them;
I have students who want to write (& think) for themselves who become paralyzed at needing to do it;
I also have students who resist seeing my class as anything but a box to check.
November 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Multiple things are true:
I have students eager to learn whose enjoyment of reading has been drummed out of them;
I have students who want to write (& think) for themselves who become paralyzed at needing to do it;
I also have students who resist seeing my class as anything but a box to check.
I have students eager to learn whose enjoyment of reading has been drummed out of them;
I have students who want to write (& think) for themselves who become paralyzed at needing to do it;
I also have students who resist seeing my class as anything but a box to check.
There is a metric shit-ton of problems our society is facing, but I'd argue this is the one they pretty much all stem from:
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 2:30 AM
There is a metric shit-ton of problems our society is facing, but I'd argue this is the one they pretty much all stem from:
If anyone needs me I'll be dusting off my Neil Diamond Christmas CD albums in preparation for tomorrow.
November 28, 2025 at 4:41 AM
If anyone needs me I'll be dusting off my Neil Diamond Christmas CD albums in preparation for tomorrow.
As I've said before, the best thing you can encourage your child to be is a failed sports* coach.
*Men's football and basketball especially.
*Men's football and basketball especially.
Former LSU coach Brian Kelly received a letter from LSU confirming that he was fired without cause and is owed “liquidated damages as required” under his contract of about $54 million.
LSU confirms Kelly was fired 'without cause' and is owed his full $54 million buyout
Former LSU coach Brian Kelly has received a letter from LSU confirming that he was fired without cause and is owed his full $54 million buyout.
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
As I've said before, the best thing you can encourage your child to be is a failed sports* coach.
*Men's football and basketball especially.
*Men's football and basketball especially.
4 should be 1
8 should be 3
1 should be 2
I will cede, however, that this list still qualifies hims for whatever he wants to run for.
8 should be 3
1 should be 2
I will cede, however, that this list still qualifies hims for whatever he wants to run for.
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM
4 should be 1
8 should be 3
1 should be 2
I will cede, however, that this list still qualifies hims for whatever he wants to run for.
8 should be 3
1 should be 2
I will cede, however, that this list still qualifies hims for whatever he wants to run for.
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Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
I'm tweaking, into a whole new era
G-funk, step to this, I dare ya
Funk, on a whole new level
The rhythm is the bass and the bass is the treble
Chords, strings, we brings melody
G-funk, where rhythm is life
And life is rhythm
G-funk, step to this, I dare ya
Funk, on a whole new level
The rhythm is the bass and the bass is the treble
Chords, strings, we brings melody
G-funk, where rhythm is life
And life is rhythm
November 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I'm tweaking, into a whole new era
G-funk, step to this, I dare ya
Funk, on a whole new level
The rhythm is the bass and the bass is the treble
Chords, strings, we brings melody
G-funk, where rhythm is life
And life is rhythm
G-funk, step to this, I dare ya
Funk, on a whole new level
The rhythm is the bass and the bass is the treble
Chords, strings, we brings melody
G-funk, where rhythm is life
And life is rhythm
Watching MAN IN THE INSIDE and the bit about the AI coffee machine not working without a sample of your DNA is perfect.
No notes.
No notes.
November 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Watching MAN IN THE INSIDE and the bit about the AI coffee machine not working without a sample of your DNA is perfect.
No notes.
No notes.
Ok, maybe we should look into this Ivy League grade inflation thing...
Ah yes. Harvard Law School in the early 1990s, well known for its Communist professors.
November 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Ok, maybe we should look into this Ivy League grade inflation thing...
Me after playing tennis on a Friday after a long week.
a man with a mustache is wearing a striped shirt and a tie
ALT: a man with a mustache is wearing a striped shirt and a tie
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Me after playing tennis on a Friday after a long week.
As a teacher, this random reddit post just made my day.
November 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
As a teacher, this random reddit post just made my day.
If you can, make some time to read this if you're in anyway connected to a classroom:
To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:11 AM
If you can, make some time to read this if you're in anyway connected to a classroom:
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Evergreen analysis of any Ken Burns documentary:
The central problem that emerged in Episode 1 of Ken Burns's new documentary about the American Revolution is that while he wants to integrate a wide range of voices and the historians responsible for this broader perspective, he refuses to allow it to disrupt a traditional and familiar narrative. 🗃️
November 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Evergreen analysis of any Ken Burns documentary:
The Dems are gonna fumble this bag so freaking hard.
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November 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The Dems are gonna fumble this bag so freaking hard.
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31-41% of survey respondents are awesome.
AI cannot fail, it can only be sabotaged. You must stay ever-vigilant against Trotskyist wreckers.
November 13, 2025 at 2:13 AM
31-41% of survey respondents are awesome.
If I ran for president solely on the platform of de-golding the White House I'd get at least 200 electoral votes right?
November 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If I ran for president solely on the platform of de-golding the White House I'd get at least 200 electoral votes right?
This is the best repudiation of the "crisis of masculinity" that I've read.
Everyone should read it when they have the chance:
Everyone should read it when they have the chance:
November 11, 2025 at 4:42 AM
This is the best repudiation of the "crisis of masculinity" that I've read.
Everyone should read it when they have the chance:
Everyone should read it when they have the chance:
No work tomorrow? Good a time as any to watch PREY again.
November 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
No work tomorrow? Good a time as any to watch PREY again.
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Mamdani is going to impose Shari's Law where everyone can get pies 24 hours a day.
Mamdani is going to impose Sha-na-na Law where key government positions will be filled through a kareoke competition of doo-wop hits.
Mamdani is going to impose shangri-la law. Everyone will be blindfolded and forced to play Marco Polo
November 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Mamdani is going to impose Shari's Law where everyone can get pies 24 hours a day.
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As someone who teaches in a building that did this I hate absolutely everything about it.
Many districts in my area are going AP seminar (for all) in place of English 10 and not one book will be read. I teach elective AP seminar and there is no time for books. Some I have talked to mentioned maybe one short novella. It’s depressing. I teach 5-7 books with my 10th graders.
November 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
As someone who teaches in a building that did this I hate absolutely everything about it.