Mary-Ann Horley

Mum of home ed 9 year old. Editor. Coder. Maker.
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[Mary-Ann Horley @homeedcentral]

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[George Mack @george__mack]

How I fixed my smartphone addiction:

I have 2 phones - Cocaine Phone & Kale Phone

Here's how it works:

1. The Smartphone Paradox - Your phone is a gateway to the world's best knowledge -- and the world's best distractions.

It's like having the best teachers, strip clubs, and social clubs in your pocket 24-7.

2. Society's Solution - There are 2 paths people use to deal with the smartphone paradox:

• Phone addict - Glued to phone constantly.

• Phoneless luddite - No access to the best technology of this century so far.

You either burn out or miss out.

Instead, there's a 3rd door nobody in society is talking about: The Cocaine-Kale Phone protocol.

3. The Cocaine-Kale Protocol

I have 2 phones:

• Kale Phone - Full stack serotonin. Only notes, Kindle, Uber, Maps, and emergency number for 2-3 people to call.

• Cocaine Phone - Full stack dopamine. Twitter. Instagram. TikTok. WhatsApp. Anyone can contact.

4. How does the Kale Phone work?

I can check this 24-7 - but it's so damn vanilla I don't feel the need to.

If I want to procrastinate on it, I must read a book or generate ideas in my notes. (Win-Win)

I get 90% of the upsides of having a phone -- with none of the addiction.

5. How does the Cocaine Phone work?

I don't check it until ∼12pm on weekdays and ∼2pm on weekends.

I still get the optionality that smartphones and social media produce.

But I don't consume it 24-7 until my brain melts.

6. What are the impacts?

• The Kale Phone resets your baseline.

• Your Cocaine phone feels too intense after 60 minutes per day. You start to crave the Kale phone.

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I get countless DM's of people who have said this has fixed their smartphone addiction.

[Mary-Ann Horley @homeedcentral]

@GillianKeegan That tweet sounds like a mad lib

[The HE Byte @the_he_byte]

On Tuesday 16th May there will be a private member’s bill introduced, seeking to legislate the registration of children educated outside of school. This bill would badly impact the home educating communities and how they operate.

Find out more here https://t.co/aItOVCBkS0

[Mary-Ann Horley @homeedcentral]

@bellevs2021 I'd have eaten it anyway!

[Mary-Ann Horley @homeedcentral]

@Sisyphus38 If you've got 30 kids, one adult and a load of noise and distraction then maybe synthetic phonics is the only way.

But you don't have to have those things

None of this is any kind of science though...

[Mary-Ann Horley @homeedcentral]

I was only too happy to use Twitter's own newsletter platform but they shut it. That's why I'm on @substack fgs

[Mary-Ann Horley @homeedcentral]

@MichelleHQ Fella works part time too, it's the only way. Plus gravitating to groups where it's fine to get out sewing or soldering or just a laptop while kids occupy themselves

[Kevin Olding - Mathsaurus @mathsaurus]

Revising for GCSE or IGCSE? I deleted my revision videos from YouTube where they had over 1,000,000 combined views but you can still get them for FREE!

This free course has 14.5 hours of video content working through past IGCSE maths questions mostly sorted by topic, some with just the hardest problems and some with full exam papers.

Please sign up or share now - I do offer other paid courses and tuition but no payment details are required at any stage to sign up.

So you can use all of these videos (initially created for my students at London's leading independent schools) covering almost all of GCSE and IGCSE maths totally free of charge!

https://t.co/qz5GRotT2J

[Mary-Ann Horley @homeedcentral]

@suzannezeedyk I found once my son could read about 80% of the words on the page he could work the rest out and I'd be on hand to help with more subtle meanings. First books he read for himself were Tom Gates

[Mary-Ann Horley @homeedcentral]

@arwenwhite Definitely a dog

[Mary-Ann Horley @homeedcentral]

Home Ed Resources Newsletter: Home Education Resources Newsletter - Issue 38 https://t.co/47Q4rokqgl

[Mary-Ann Horley @homeedcentral]

I really really really feel for the smaller Terri but I think it's important to recognise that many children have the complete opposite feeling when they go through the school gates

https://t.co/yRnhBnLEZ8

[Mary-Ann Horley @homeedcentral]

@CourtneywithaY We don't do summer break at home. We try not to make it so bloody awful that two months off is needed!

[Mary-Ann Horley @homeedcentral]

@edsouthall Kids know when they're being trifled with and don't respect it

[Mary-Ann Horley @homeedcentral]

@Happyholistichs Still have a sewing circle 🙂

[Hayley Pitfield @HayleyPitfield]

Here's a thought maybe if there is such a high level of children who don't 'fit mainstream school' then mainstream schooling is the problem NOT the kids....

[Fiona Nicholson @edyourself]

Not seen anything like this before, presumably putting in place because of opting to home educate due to anxiety? Walsall home education job https://t.co/TVgRbptDA6

[Mary-Ann Horley @homeedcentral]

Just seen this on @TheyWorkForYou https://t.co/8fO8i2hkzV

If you follow the National Curriculum and/or undertake public exams, that's strong evidence that the education is "suitable"

It's not too much of a stretch to think that LAs will take the converse view

[Mary-Ann Horley @homeedcentral]

@beckycarlzon @Letsgetplayful @kymscott5 I think it's easy to wreck it with too much input from people perceived by those playing to have power. I remember a gang of kids aged from 4 to 12 playing Motorway Services just before Christmas. It was amazing and no input from us apart from answering factual questions.