Gary Meegan

筆記 to get my thoughts together as a teacher, student, and critical thinker

[Gary Meegan @garymeegan]

Hey, all. I'm leaving this account in suspended animation because it is becoming a place of darkness and it is hurting our collective soul. Please come on over and follow me on Threads: garyvmeegan. Looking forward to more interesting reads and discussions.

[Gary Meegan @garymeegan]

Helping, fixing, and serving represent three different ways of seeing life. When you help, you see life as weak. when you fix, you see life as broken. When you serve, you see life as whole.
― Rachel Naomi Remen

[Gary Meegan @garymeegan]

Sat down to begin Brian Doyle’s book Chicago and noticed he wrote a short story titled Bin Laden’s Bald Spot. I can tell he’s going to be my type of writer.

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As a teacher, I resonate with Gus Lee’s take from his book China Boy in describing a mentor: “He gave the dignity to youthful labor that only good teachers can provide.” Powerful word to think about.

[Gary Meegan @garymeegan]

As a teacher, I resonate with Gus Lee’s take from his book China Boy in describing a mentor: “He gave the dignity to youthful labor that only good teachers can provide.” Powerful words to think about.

[Gary Meegan @garymeegan]

As a teacher in a Catholic school, how can I not support fully funding public schools? I support my parish, and as a Catholic, everyone is a member of my parish.

[Josh Cowen @joshcowenMI]

The gospels tell us where our treasure is, there our hearts are also.

We get what what we pay for, and when it comes to #education, investing in public schools is backed by the evidence too.
https://t.co/iZFsxy561Q

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As a Catholic school teacher, I fully support my public schools. They are the bedrock of a democracy. It is the duty of a private school to raise its own money, not drain the funds needed to educate well the majority of our young citizens.

[Josh Cowen @joshcowenMI]

Oh would you look at that—70% of expanded Florida #schoolvouchers users were already in private school.

Another 18% entering kindergartners.

Only 13% came from public school.
@FLBaloney @FloridaPolicy @DianeRavitch
https://t.co/6Gnsz50i89

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Our philosophy teacher today dressed as Plato: "My toga is slipping in the back."

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Absolutely.

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All I have to read at home is research papers. Going in tomorrow to get a short stack of much needed fiction from my favorite librarian. Having your own librarian is like having a personal trainer for your mind.

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C.S. Lewis: “Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.” Something I need to work on.

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Knowing the story behind the story. Thanks for this.

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This made me smile. We’ll done.

[Mrs. K @MelK_Edu]

As summer “Unicorn School” (aka free reading tutoring) comes to an end my friend commented “I don’t know what you did but thank you! My daughter reads every night now”

Here’s what I did 🧵

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@thomasjamesmona I was just in Dublin the other week. Next time I’m definitely going to Sligo to see where my dad’s folks came from.

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Just honking how much I miss the English countryside.

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And here I am as a teacher worried about students using ChatGPT to cheat. Things are way worse.

[Liron Shapira @liron]

AI existential risk should make you “shit your pants”

—@eshear, founding CEO of Twitch

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@bftcpa That I can see.

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At the National Gallery in London wondering why people are taking pictures of all the paintings. It’s better to just look at them online. It seems that there is a need to turn reality into the virtual before it becomes real.

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Sir John Soane taught architecture, and since his students could not afford to personally see design around the world, he adorned his home with facsimiles to help them visualize possibilities. I need to do that with my classroom.

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“All castles end up looking quite the same.” - our friend Anastasia after spending three weeks in Europe. The longer I stay here the more I agree.