Nicholas Cox

Teacher, writer, historian, dept chair. PhD. Two-Year College Advocate. I ❤️ Houston

[Nicholas Cox @npcox]

@hollerkid1987 @ProfKreg You do not understand RR theory, for starters. That is a subfield of literature that examines audience engagement with text; literally the opposite of authorial intent with text. So if a high school class in the Bronx reads Homer, Shakespeare, Dickens, Woolf their response to /1

[Nicholas Cox @npcox]

@BillKingHouston @HOUrbanist @KarthikForTexas and the implication is that affluent residents in the Arrow don't want mass transit to bring people in from less affluent areas. As always, transit expansion opposition is usually discrimination against working people, and/or anti-public infrastructure/govt ideology. /2

[Nicholas Cox @npcox]

@BillKingHouston @HOUrbanist @KarthikForTexas There should be trains for commuters on the west side of Houston, particularly coming in from Katy or Sugar Land/Richmond on I10 and 59. Decades overdue. The initial post notes that the western side of Houston is more dense, less rail... /1

[Nicholas Cox @npcox]

@Jordan_C_Adams Having a hard time with charts today? There are 37 schools here and I only count ~7 with half or more in the red. That's 30 schools producing teachers that are avg or high performing. 61% of teachers are avg or high performing. /1

[Nicholas Cox @npcox]

@TheLincoln @craigfehrman Reading these Booker Intl 2026 long listed books and it’s amazing how many 90-125 pg gems there are every year. Love it.

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If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars