#subtoot, but I just read a well-intentioned toot from a FOSS technical brand account that said,

rl_dane@polymaths.social

Education in 2025 is all about leveraging the right digital tools to enhance learning and teaching experiences.

And that just makes me so very sad.
Like... get a freaking book, the more philosophical and weird the better, go make a little picnic, read your book, and think big, complex thoughts about life.

THAT is PEDAGOGY.

Not using the latest technical geegaw that will be utterly forgotten in five years.

* kicks dirt
* yells at cloud

#I_wanted_to_be_a_professor_but_the_academy_died_while_I_was_still_in_it

fbievan@polymaths.social

@rl_dane education is fake now.

Eh— I've learned to just accept it...

rl_dane@polymaths.social

@fbievan

That's rough.

I'm glad I got my degree in the previous decade, before orange julius took over and ruined everything.

sotolf@polymaths.social

@rl_dane @fbievan It must have been a problem for longer, I don't think a real educated public would vote for the obvious trap.

pixx@merveilles.town

@sotolf @rl_dane @fbievan

Strong disagree.

People having different beliefs does not make them stupid or uneducated.

sotolf@polymaths.social

@pixx @rl_dane @fbievan I didn't say anyone were stupid or uneducated, don't put words in my mouth......

pixx@merveilles.town

@sotolf @rl_dane @fbievan

> I don't think a real educated public would vote for the obvious trap.

I may have misinterpreted this then? Came across as "the people who do so are uneducated"

amin@polymaths.social

@pixx @sotolf @rl_dane @fbievan

Momentarily hijacking this thread, but I can't let it go by without referencing how we need more "A1" in education.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/12/linda-mcmahon-a1-instead-of-ai/83059797007/

steffo@a.junimo.party

@amin @pixx @sotolf @rl_dane @fbievan hijacking this thread even more that yes i'd love huge sheets of paper (A1) in classrooms