Russell Swanson

Christian, husband, dad, science educator. I am either lecturing student teachers or trying to kill something outside. Views are my own.

[Russell Swanson @RussellSwanson1]

Life’s a vapor. Live accordingly.

[Russell Swanson @RussellSwanson1]

@thistle_ki35141 Will this be live-streamed?

[Russell Swanson @RussellSwanson1]

@Fintech00 Have books and toys around and go about your normal business. They’ll get bored and find things to do, make, read, and look at.

It’s all about availability and not caving to the whining. 😆

[Curiosity @CuriosityonX]

Iconic space quotes... Apollo 11 vs Artemis II

[Russell Swanson @RussellSwanson1]

@KSArchaeologist “The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those crushed in spirit.” Praying for supernatural peace in the midst of this trial for you.

[KansasArchaeologist @KSArchaeologist]

@TheCyberHouse 1. Fort Laramie, WY
2. Emporia, KS
3. Polo, MO
4. Pierre, SD

[Russell Swanson @RussellSwanson1]

@JoshDaws He wasn’t postulating that technology is evil, rather it always comes with trade-offs. One of his chief concerns was the removal of the human discretion and interaction for the sake of expediency. In a lot of ways, he is right still about tech adoption.

[Russell Swanson @RussellSwanson1]

@PNWG_NATURE State lands in Kansas, Jan. 2025

[Russell Swanson @RussellSwanson1]

@colinsmo People argue that gov involvement will erode private schools, but in my mind giving parents the ability to use the ~$20,000 in local, state, and federal tax money for tuition, transportation, food, etc will increase the accessibility to schools that aren’t failing students.

[Russell Swanson @RussellSwanson1]

@MrDanielBuck I don’t think it’s a matter of wrestling:
1) Virtue and knowledge are derivatives of the highest good (communion with God).
2) A culture that rejects God’s authority can only be made a group of more educated liars and thieves. “Men without chests,” if you will.

[Russell Swanson @RussellSwanson1]

@cboyack Two things can be true at once:
1) The goal should be to have a literate populace. Neighbors that read and use logic is a good outcome to strive for.
2) Public education has failed to produce this outcome for the majority of the populace.

The question is: how do we respond?

[Russell Swanson @RussellSwanson1]

@jonharris1989 As an Eagle Scout, this made my heart happy.

[Joshua D Phillips @JoshPhillipsPhD]

Teachers using AI to create lessons

Students using AI to complete lessons

Teachers using AI to grade lessons

What the hell are we even doing? 🙄

[Russell Swanson @RussellSwanson1]

I finally watched this Hoover Institution interview of Ben Sasse. As a Christian, husband, and father, the interview had me in tears multiple times. What a testimony, and an example of how to fight the good fight, up until the end.

https://t.co/tjiMyw8Js5

[Russell Swanson @RussellSwanson1]

This reminds me of Lewis in “The Abolition of Man.” We need to be a people educated not only with information, but for understanding the vision of the men and women that came before us: their values, character, and way of life. These are real, tangible, and lovely.

[Earth @earthcurated]

NASA will send HUMANS on a mission to the Moon on February 8, the first moon mission in 54 years

[Colin J. Smothers @colinsmo]

9 months from now you could be holding your newborn daughter
9 years from now you could be teaching your son to ski
19 years from now you could be at your daughter’s graduation
29 years from now you could be meeting your first grandson

or

you could be at another concert.

[Russell Swanson @RussellSwanson1]

@teachthemx3 With the demands for individualized learning caused by age cohorts rather than skill cohorts, it will happen (and is happening in rural settings) and will be the dominant practice by the end of the decade-if not sooner.

One of many results of mandatory pass-rates, IMO.

[Russell Swanson @RussellSwanson1]

@teachthemx3 @educatedandfree Even rural schools in KS are heavily impacted, our local district is having to actively cut budgets to contain the cost of the flight.

[Russell Swanson @RussellSwanson1]

Sweet November is my favorite time of year.

[MeatEater @MeatEaterTV]

Our idea of wealth is a full freezer and a collection of memories in the woods.