Ryan 🇺🇸🇹🇭

#ComprehensibleInput educator
#Cryptocurrency advocate
#Languagelearning nerd

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[Ryan 🇺🇸🇹🇭 @RyanInSiam]

@rebelEducator How can existing educators break out of the school system and work to promote better education for their families and their communities?

[The Modest Teacher @ModestTeacher]

Make Teachers Lounges Great Again

[The Modest Teacher @ModestTeacher]

Three non-classroom related things we can do to improve student outcomes:

1. Start school later
2. Feed kids higher quality food
3. Give them more movement breaks and physical activity opportunities throughout the day.

[rebelEducator @rebelEducator]

The average kid spends 15,000 hours in school between the ages of 6-18.

90% of that time is utterly wasted.

Wasting kids' time means wasting their potential.

5 reasons school is wasting your kids' childhood (and why administrators don't care, and won't ever fix it) 👇

[Lawrence King @lawrencekingyo]

The more you travel the more you realize you were sold a bunch of lies

The countries you were told are starving, have great organic food

The countries you were told were "dangerous", have people walking the streets at 1am

And don't get me started on natural medicine

All lies

[Ryan 🇺🇸🇹🇭 @RyanInSiam]

What are fellow teachers, who are also #homeschool enthusiasts, doing to bridge the gap? I assume most can't just up and quit after watching a YouTube video or listening to a podcast.

Are you tutoring online? Do you teach by day and then pitch your projects to parents by night?

[Ryan 🇺🇸🇹🇭 @RyanInSiam]

After following @rebelEducator and others here on Twitter, watching some of their interviews & listening to their podcasts, I'm more and more convinced of the merits of #homeschooling for some or even most children.

And yet...

[Ryan 🇺🇸🇹🇭 @RyanInSiam]

I'm left wondering what educators such as myself can do in the *short-term* to ensure income. I'm happy to start projects like a #microschool or an educational co-op, but those are long-term projects.

[Ryan 🇺🇸🇹🇭 @RyanInSiam]

At my current school, administration is vehemently opposed to the concept of teachers' lounges, teacher work rooms, etc.

They prefer that teachers stay isolated and don't speak to one another.

I wish I were kidding.

[The Modest Teacher @ModestTeacher]

Does anyone still have a functioning “Teachers Lounge” where people read newspapers, drink coffee, talk about school, smoke a heater, etc.?

That sounds glorious to me.

[Pablo Román @langdreamer]

Check out the AMA session we did the other day! https://t.co/sjk5kxPJWl

[jan Telakoman @jantelakoman]

🧵… Also thanks to Kristian of @beyondlanglearn! He did a great video about Automatic Language Growth that helped me to crystallize my thinking about #comprehensibleinput. If #opetp convinces you and you're learning English, look no further https://t.co/yIKe6Le2lk

[Ryan 🇺🇸🇹🇭 @RyanInSiam]

Singapore, for sure. Great climate, fantastic food, and a great melting pot of cultures.

[Lawrence King @lawrencekingyo]

You have to live 6 months of the year in one of these 0% Tax Havens

- United Arab Emirates
- Panama
- Cayman Islands
- Uruguay
- Singapore
- Paraguay
- Cyprus
- Hong Kong
- Bahamas
- Saudi Arabia

Which one are you choosing and why?

[Ryan 🇺🇸🇹🇭 @RyanInSiam]

@timbihl_tim @StrongTowns @clmarohn A friend recommended the ST podcast to me some years ago, but I forgot to subscribe after our conversation. Seeing your announcement was a great reminder!

As an introductory question though, is StrongTowns mostly an US-centric podcast or could it benefit those of us overseas?

[Ryan 🇺🇸🇹🇭 @RyanInSiam]

@WickerHomestead @JoshuaSheats A couple of acquaintances have done degrees through WGU, and now I've got one relative starting an undergraduate degree there. I think it's a great option for a lot of people, especially (as Joshua points out) if they are academically inclined and able to put in the hard work.

[Ryan 🇺🇸🇹🇭 @RyanInSiam]

I just started the latest episode of the Radical Personal Finance podcast, about doing an undergraduate degree cheaply and quickly, and was excited to hear @JoshuaSheats talk about CLEP tests, WGU, and even https://t.co/faSEALlEJt (where I've been lurking & learning for years).

[Ryan 🇺🇸🇹🇭 @RyanInSiam]

To qualify this old tweet a bit, it's not all bad here in SEA. Many of the train systems in major cities like #Singapore and #Bangkok are incredibly clean and well-maintained.

Buses and whatnot are another story though.

[Ryan 🇺🇸🇹🇭 @RyanInSiam]

I used to think #Chicago's transport system was rubbish. Then, I came to Southeast Asia.

Over here, I've literally waited 2+ hours for a bus before. Sometimes, it's faster just to walk.

[Ryan 🇺🇸🇹🇭 @RyanInSiam]

If you are totally new to this concept, check out the podcast episode here: https://t.co/KQGpWqah1U

Or go to https://t.co/faSEALlEJt to learn more!

#education #degree #alternativeeducation #distancelearning #onlinelearning #frugality

[Ryan 🇺🇸🇹🇭 @RyanInSiam]

Even though I went the traditional route (residential degree program at a state university), I still think more students need to try this route. I'll definitely be encouraging my own students to consider these options and hope other educators here will do the same too!

[The Modest Teacher @ModestTeacher]

Here’s the truth:

Parents don’t always know best

Teachers don’t always know best

Administrators don’t always know best

Students don’t always know best

The key is for everyone to do their best TOGETHER.