Tammy Schoen

I Teach!! Little Free Library #100041. Donate books: AP Lit Consultant for The College Board.

[Tammy Schoen @tammy_schoen]

This!!!!!

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

A writing student asked me if it's okay to use AI to "structure" his ideas—not to "write" but "just to "structure."

Very gently, but with all the passion in my heart, I said, "No."

And then I spoke with him about why:

Structuring a piece of writing *is* writing. Imagine if whatever made the Universe had said, "I just need something else to structure all this stuff."

The act of structuring, of finding forms—whether it takes hours of inspiration or years of study (and it takes both)—is the unique chance to find out who you are, why you create, and what creation is.

Don't take that away from yourself. If you do, soon there will be nothing in you—nothing unique, nothing ancient, nothing new—to structure at all.

[Tammy Schoen @tammy_schoen]

@Joseph_Fasano_ And this is why poetry matters. Literature matters. You matter. 💕💕

[Tammy Schoen @tammy_schoen]

@DonaldClark @Steve_R_Price The word that stands out here is Support. The reality is the students are doing input/output. You have offered an off ramp from thinking/creating/analyzing/synthesizing…all skills that will be lost or never even gained when subbing AI for learning

[Tammy Schoen @tammy_schoen]

@Steve_R_Price I really benefited from not using Canvas much. Senior grades are due and many of my colleagues were panicked. Something to be said about good ole’ pen and paper.

[Tammy Schoen @tammy_schoen]

@Steve_R_Price I feel like the words AI and student don’t go together. Students are there to learn and develop expertise. AI seems like it’s for those who could do it by themselves and are merely using a tool for extra ideas/efficiency.

[Tammy Schoen @tammy_schoen]

@Steve_R_Price I think there are different purposes. Close reading of passages helps students take a look at specific moments, and the style/craft the author used to create that. While whole book builds stamina to look at the story/character arcs and broader themes.

[Tammy Schoen @tammy_schoen]

This!!!

[Freyy @Freyy_is]

dear apple, the iPod needs to come back. not for nostalgia. for the parents who want their kids to love music and audiobooks without a browser, social media, and the whole internet attached to it

[Tammy Schoen @tammy_schoen]

All 20! 🤣

[Dark Darling @Darkdarling00]

7 for me!!….I feel confident nobody
Has all 20!!

How many for you?🤔

[Tammy Schoen @tammy_schoen]

@ChrisKindaReads Read A Prayer For Owen Meany soon. I think you’ll love it.

[Tammy Schoen @tammy_schoen]

@Steve_R_Price 😄 love a gentleman!!

[Tammy Schoen @tammy_schoen]

Always.

[Roving @roving_thinker]

Without naming the book, tell me a line that readers of it will instantly recognize.

[Tammy Schoen @tammy_schoen]

Reader, I married him.

[Roving @roving_thinker]

Without naming the book, tell me a line that readers of it will instantly recognize.

[Tammy Schoen @tammy_schoen]

Teaching now…..

[Tammy Schoen @tammy_schoen]

A Prayer for Owen Meany
Cry, the Beloved Country
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal

[Mr. Billy the Librarian @3kingvisions]

What are the top 3 most impactful 📚 you have read in your life?

[Tammy Schoen @tammy_schoen]

@ChrisKindaReads I just read that. I will be curious to know what you think. I really liked it.

[Tammy Schoen @tammy_schoen]

Great year in reading! #GoodreadsYearinBooks

[Tammy Schoen @tammy_schoen]

All of them. 🫢🤣

[𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 @Matt_Pinner]

I got only 3 point. You?

[Tammy Schoen @tammy_schoen]

@Beno10_MFC 14

[Tammy Schoen @tammy_schoen]

Godzilla