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Education: the inter-becoming of subjects
“The universe is a communion of subjects, not a collection of objects” – Thomas Berry Even with the advent of AI, I still come across the dated idea that human education is about teaching people things. Instruction has its place, of course, in the context of human learning as a whole. But instruction must be Continue reading
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Your Teachers are Here to Stay
As a teacher, I have sometimes asked myself, perhaps after a math class that went poorly: what in me is better replaceable (…by YouTube or ChatGPT…)? Will my role as high school physics and math teacher continue to be meaningful and relevant in the decades to come? Why, truly, am I doing this work which Continue reading
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Rainbows Are Nowhere Away

Our final 12th grade physics block, Visual Physics, ends up being as much a course in philosophy of science as a study of optics. A favorite experience is when we take a hose with a spray-nozzle, go outside on a sunny morning, make rainbows, and discover they transcend the idea of distance. If you try Continue reading
