David Garcia

CAST Med High School Assistant Principal- working collaboratively to promote social justice and equip students to tackle the problems that matter to them.

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@DepressedCalFan Maybe, but you shouldn’t

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@VinnysCorner1 Mike Gallegos

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@BradGalli This story needs to be routinely shared every few years, so that future generations always know that Galarraga earned a perfect game even if it won't show up in the record books.

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@jos3_avila @CityOfDallas After it's built, where will the Stars play?

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@oliviajune82 But again, the problems I am worried about in science education are different from the ones you're worried about. And too much of my approach is bad for your population, just as too much of yours is bad for mine.

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@oliviajune82 @helenrey @ngss High School kids need to be able to test their models and be wrong and not just be spoonfed the answer. My prior is that when I had a science class based on explicit knoelwdge, no one wanted to take AP physics the next year except nerdy white boys.

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@oliviajune82 @helenrey @ngss But if the goal is students understand science (the verb) and where facts come from...AND want to be a part of that process in their future, they have to be able to make choices, have them be wrong, and see that that's an essential part of the model-building process.

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@oliviajune82 @helenrey @ngss Sure, but all the discourse I see online about knowlwdge-rich and content suggests that there is little value in students making decisions about how to pursue an investigation and that all instruction needs to be teacher driven. If the goal is students know facts that's fine...

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@adamboxer1 We are speeding headlong to an education dystopia Isaac Asimov warned us about in the 1950's.

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@helenrey @ngss It is demotivating for students when a class is about retaining knowledge and test scores. The all you have is extrinsic motivations like grades, teacher authority, and peer approval.

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@helenrey @ngss I'm very much on team "science is a verb not a noun." So much of the cog sci is focused on retention during the school year and test scores. When I talk to seniors who want to be scientists it's because of projects and labs not because of rote learning.

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@Schultz_Report @Colts Wrong clip for the Steelers...

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@griswold @julieguyberry Yes, it's true for most assessments, especially K-8. There aren't incentives for students to try on a test like NWEA. It's usually not connected to a grade, they take about 2 hours if they really focus and try to solve every problem, and they have to take 6 of them per year.

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@SamOnSports_ @AndyStaples You really hit the tradeoff well. 8-16 teams lose meaningful November games and 20-30 teams gain meaningful November games. Instead of great teams playing games with high stakes you get lots decent to good teams playing games with high stakes. This is why MLB added wildcards

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@lb_412 @2024dion More accuratrly, Austin has the Longhorns. They don't need other teams.

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@BasedNorthmathr Kenner came out with this in 1983. It was kind of pricy: 3 dollars per character and 10-25 per vehicle/location. It was the perfect open world sandbox system.

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@notgaetti @baseball_ref @CodifyBaseball @theaceofspaeder @TheWARmonger_ @JessicaDBrand @BigLeagueDigest @EmSheDoesIt @JLas43_ @OfficialMLBRFC Derek Jeter is on every Top 10 most underrated players list and on every Top 10 most overrated players list. Perfect balance

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@NicoleAuerbach Isn’t that how they determine who plays in the MWC championship game?

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@2024dion I think we all know which one they will pick. We're currently working on putting another six lanes above I35 between San Antonio and Austin.
Sometime in 2055: "Trust me Bro, just one more deck..."