Andrew!

the spirit unappeased and peregrine

[Andrew! @amalex5]

mood. (mood?)

[T. Greer @Scholars_Stage]

There should be more universities like St. John's. I do not mean their specific great books curriculum so much as their commitment to a completely distinct curriculum that bares no resemblance to the standard American university model.

[Zena Hitz @zenahitz]

I'm hearing a consensus emerge. The age of AI should be the age of great books and foundational mathematics.

[Andrew! @amalex5]

@tophtucker PROOFS AND REFUTATIONS YES YES TOPH LET'S DO A READING GROUP (this has also been on my long-running list)(bc it's very much my style of math... cf your first tweet here!)

[Andrew! @amalex5]

@felpix_ i teach at a fancy bay area private school. this is all very true, very relatable, and incredibly sad (it's what we try, without success, to short-circuit :/)

[Andrew! @amalex5]

@catehall I find I write more *defensively* as I get older, in a bad way---when I was younger it was far more natural for me just to outline a positive vision; with age I've become more used to getting criticism

[Garry Tan @garrytan]

The rich kids of Palo Alto will increasingly go private.

The poor kids of Palo Alto can’t get math acceleration or any personalized attention. Honors classes cancelled.

Virtue signaling is off the charts. This isn’t public service. This is dereliction of duty to the children.

[Andrew! @amalex5]

@elladorn_ "Content"

[Andrew! @amalex5]

@zenahitz (Also... reading an entire book in just two hours?!?)

[Cedric Chin @ejames_c]

One of the things that I don't see talked about a lot in 'classical' learning research is this idea that giving clear, unambiguous feedback is great for learning in structured environments (e.g. exams!) ... but it can actually DEGRADE your ability to learn from life.

[Andrew! @amalex5]

slow thinking is underrated.

[Simon Sarris @simonsarris]

the ideal podcast interview format would be someone asking me questions and I just say "hmm" out loud for 40 minutes and then we meet again in a year and I might have a few good answers

[Andrew! @amalex5]

@tophtucker @simonsarris we all feel that way!

[lucila .⋆♱ 🇦🇷 @futuredeadgf]

one of the kindest, most transformative, transgressive, empathetic things i think anyone has ever said. i think about it constantly.

[হিমাদ্রি চ্যাটার্জী Himadri Chatterjee @HimChatt]

Alec Guinness reading TS Eliot’s The Four Quartets
https://t.co/CE3A704LKJ

Jeremy Irons reading The Four Quartets
https://t.co/MCvgRIoVR4

Ralph Fiennes reading The Four Quartets
https://t.co/87PHVMFeLH
https://t.co/D4Vte7KY1M
https://t.co/oLP2hsqUxg
https://t.co/GqSkddwoLD
1/2

[Rory Stewart @RoryStewartUK]

An honour to have my IQ questioned by you Mr VP. But your attempts to speak for Christ are false and dangerous. Nowhere does Jesus suggest that love is to be prioritized in concentric circles. His love is universal. 🧵

[Andrew! @amalex5]

this is what i want all of my students to do, all the time

[Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply @TylerAlterman]

In college I would ignore the instructions for assignments and instead create something vaguely on topic but much more interesting than whatever the professor asked for. I got an A every single time. This is broadly applicable to the rest of life

[Brooks Otterlake @i_zzzzzz]

Hey man, how are things? I heard that the catastrophe of your personality has started to seem beautiful again, and interesting, and modern. That’s sick

[Andrew! @amalex5]

kamikaze pilot in a paper airplane.

[Grusha🕯 @decadentquill]

I don't know how to explain to these people that the point of the humanities/a classical education is not to quickly absorb info and get the shallow "gist" of it as soon as possible. Depth matters more than efficiency.

[Zena Hitz @zenahitz]

A welcome reminder for the beginning of the new semester. I will commence each class by giving the objectively correct answers to the questions we will be investigating.