Posts by mishari@mastodon.technology
(DIR) Post #AMZ6Mx4iFtmSoKngrA by mishari@mastodon.technology
2022-08-15T14:00:40Z
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Efficiency - Schools are terrible place to learn things. It may have made some sense once upon a time when information was scarce and you needed a 12 year tour of human knowledge.Could you sit your Highschool exam now? If you forgot all of that, it's time wasted. /3
(DIR) Post #AMZ6MxZYPES0LzEJvc by mishari@mastodon.technology
2022-08-15T14:00:41Z
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Efficiency (2) - In 1984 Benjamin Bloom observed "the average tutored student was above 98% of the students in the control class." This is because schools are not optimized for individual outcomes. Again, a lot of wasted time. /4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom%27s_2_sigma_problem
(DIR) Post #AMZ6N0VPV5v1S0JYO0 by mishari@mastodon.technology
2022-08-15T14:05:33Z
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Variety - rather than being limited to the choices in school, kids can learn anything they want through YouTube/Khan/Coursera/etc., if they want to go deep, they can hire a tutor on Preply.Marcos here has a PhD in general relativity, will tutor you for $30 an hour. /5
(DIR) Post #AMZ6N1bTQ2MYr69uTY by mishari@mastodon.technology
2022-08-15T14:05:36Z
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Learning variety (2) - if the teacher in a school isn't clicking with your kids, you cannot do anything about it. If the online tutor sucks, you change them, or change your approach. It's a click away. Kids are learning 4 languages along with other classes. /6
(DIR) Post #AMZ6N2cDekYNzhW1HE by mishari@mastodon.technology
2022-08-15T14:05:37Z
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Physique - the kids are strong. They can touch their toes, lift more than their body weight, play in the pool for 6 hours, outrun me (I jog 6kms several times a week), walk up 20 floors without sweating, walk 8++ kms casually. /7
(DIR) Post #AMZ6N3iHZgzvOnMNMm by mishari@mastodon.technology
2022-08-15T14:05:38Z
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Quality time - I get to spend a lot of time with them, and we have a fantastic and open relationship. Many old people I talk to wish they got to spend more time with their kids, I don't have that problem. We spend time hanging out, playing games, reading, tinkering. /8
(DIR) Post #AMZ6N4fU1aLwMP3eds by mishari@mastodon.technology
2022-08-15T14:05:39Z
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Keep it real - kids learn from real life, not some simulacrum of a hybrid factory prison we call school. Their achievements are real, their failures are real, their learning real. They learn how to assess possibilities, manage risks, and I'm there to help guide them all along. /9
(DIR) Post #AMZ6N5hICLOVYIuc6K by mishari@mastodon.technology
2022-08-15T14:08:30Z
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Community - everyone gets involved in raising the kids, my parents, my aunt, my neighbours. We all contribute, and the kids are enriched by absorbing a variety of perspectives. I'm grateful for all the help I get and the kids have a great relationship with everyone. /10
(DIR) Post #AMZ6N6fuYxsqaJH1aS by mishari@mastodon.technology
2022-08-15T14:08:31Z
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There are other factors in favour of unschooling but these are the main ones for me. People may have other priorities but based on how vastly superior the unschooling experience has been, I would never, if I can help it, ever send my kids to school. /end
(DIR) Post #AMcjpJHtMKOoYMOVNI by mishari@mastodon.technology
2022-08-17T10:43:39Z
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What is a good communications platform for the neighbourhood? Google Groups seems to be very buggy these days.
(DIR) Post #AMiFw2smcD5ofzLHqS by mishari@mastodon.technology
2022-08-20T07:34:13Z
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Indonesian national day event at the Indonesian Embassy, Bangkok. Lots of people, great food and music.
(DIR) Post #AMoDiuloQpjun8S6vQ by mishari@mastodon.technology
2022-08-23T03:55:54Z
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Got my portable CO2 monitor. @zerocovidthai
(DIR) Post #AMyU1wtYIUw9jNlnuK by mishari@mastodon.technology
2022-08-28T03:44:14Z
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Today at CoderDojo
(DIR) Post #ANHzzO8s121wRHfCgy by mishari@mastodon.technology
2022-09-06T13:40:09Z
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Long discussion today with the kids about fear and power, gave them examples about how people will readily give power to someone who can claim to protect them against threats, real or imaginary.C exclaimed "sounds like an easy to get power"... smart..
(DIR) Post #ANyocvl7v7CgOw1J6e by mishari@mastodon.technology
2022-09-27T05:28:48Z
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ขอเชิญทุกท่านลงทะเบียนเพื่อเป็นสมาชิกสมาคม OpenTechSummit Thailand กันด้วยครับ https://forms.gle/5DoKzVTCFxnhJQRV8 @klaikong @srakrn @bact @Jabont
(DIR) Post #ANyocwSNKJnYZ4FqW8 by mishari@mastodon.technology
2022-09-27T05:30:33Z
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(DIR) Post #AO0mEi7z8dbZa9xHHc by mishari@mastodon.technology
2022-09-28T03:49:12Z
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If the availability of open source code makes it a public good, then perhaps the releasing of open source code can be a tax write off, similar to an art donation.
(DIR) Post #AOAyKGCiiOFvZMk3hw by mishari@mastodon.technology
2022-10-03T02:12:37Z
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My son's query today, so proud of him. 😅😅😅
(DIR) Post #AOQYtAfwcqDtjN4PNQ by mishari@mastodon.technology
2022-10-10T12:36:14Z
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This BonChon POS runs MySQL #mildlyinteresting
(DIR) Post #AOrQQq7NA6vVJPdMtU by mishari@mastodon.technology
2022-10-23T13:17:05Z
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Drivers Float Telegram Groups For Cab Rides | Bengaluru News - Times of India - https://m.timesofindia.com/city/bengaluru/drivers-float-telegram-groups-for-cab-rides/articleshow/94999734.cms