6yo learning fractions with Synthesis. Teaching style is Socratic. Answer correctly, get increasingly challenging follow-up questions.
Lover her proud face at 1:10. That justified pride in what you've learned is the best motivator. Far better than points or leaderboards.
Here’s a fun related story.
I went to the ER with severe stomach pain a few years ago. I googled and one of the most likely explanations is appendicitis.
They do MRI. No appendicitis. I say “Isn’t appendicitis bacterial? And therefore subject to exponential growth rates? So it
Not being cute, this is the darkest vision for America I’ve ever read. No sleepovers, no saturday morning cartoons. No joy. Nothing to look forward to but endless grinding competition. Life itself sacrificed. In its place, “success.”
The reason top tech companies often hire foreign-born & first-generation engineers over “native” Americans isn’t because of an innate American IQ deficit (a lazy & wrong explanation). A key part of it comes down to the c-word: culture. Tough questions demand tough answers & if
Trying to persuade the 11yo to drop out of 6th grade and return to homeschool. He agrees school is a colossal waste of his time and potential. However, he makes the following (admittedly strong) counterpoint: It has girls.
Went to El Salvador recently. Asked some women if the country was really safe now. Involuntary smiles lit up their faces. Told me there was no place in the city they wouldn't feel safe walking alone at night.
Give this to people and they will beg you to be President for life.
wife and I tried watching this. within 5 minutes she says “oh i get it they’re going to keep having mysteries and never tell you the answers so you keep watching forever? turn it off.”
Baby #4 arrived this morning around 3am. Greeting new life is a mystical experience every time. Never gets old. Feels like we’ve known him forever. He is 8 pounds 7 ounces.
