Tom Petry

Future Educator, Musician, and Athlete.
Young and Driven.

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@JWilliamsEDU How many times can people think it's a good idea to build a park for dinosaurs??

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@JWilliamsEDU They just never learn!

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@Samuelsiphone I feel like you wouldn't be able to see it in real time. Just like how you experience things differently when they break the sound barrier.

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@JWilliamsEDU Maintaining good mental health is important. We all relax in different ways. I prefer to go home to the farm and help out my parents.

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There is no better way to unwind after a semester of intellectual and emotional hurdles than smashing some concrete on the family farm. https://t.co/ISzzelO6gN

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@JWilliamsEDU @DisruptedTv @Dismissedpod @CovingtonAHS @MaireCervenak @KFelicello @HumResPro @pammoran @TWhycast @mkolligris @inspirecitizen1 Sounds good to me!

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@Mind_on_ASaP We need to address this shift not only in what we teach but also how/what we test. You can't have one without the other.

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The rate at which society has optimized the acquisition of reference information is astounding. Technology is reshaping the human experience more dramatically than any time in human history. We have to learn how to embrace it.

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@Mind_on_ASaP It's amazing what you can teach yourself using Google and YouTube. You can learn until you don't know what to type in the search bar.

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Can we agree college textbooks are outdated? I just completed another semester of college with excellent grades without purchasing a single one of my required textbooks. Everything inside those books was free on the internet and I couldn't afford my books.

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@rairdon_becca Gotta love that scholarship money.

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@rairdon_becca I refuse to give them my money. Textbooks are obsolete in a world with Wikapedia and Google Scholar.

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@DrBradJohnson I am a college student. I have made good financial decisions and worked full time my first three years. It is literally terrifying how much debt you can accrue for an education. Even if you play it safe.

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@Samuelsiphone I believe that this meme is solely responsible for Hillary taking the L in 2016.

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@goodreads MAGIC TREEHOUSE 7

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@CharlesLOConnor It amazes me how every large scale issue can be traced back to greed. It's one of the things in life that truly makes me unmotivated.

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I grew up being told, "You learn your greatest lessons from failure." A cliche quote that is pretty honest. I then in turn was raised in an education system that is horrified of failure because it's notion of failure is so slanted that consistent success is the only option.

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@CharlesLOConnor Then policy makers have the nerve to turn around and blame educators for the shortcomings of students even though it is their idiotic principles that are to blame.

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@misterwashburn That's an awesome project! Congrats!

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Do you value creativity or accuracy more?