(And how that debate has helped me to be a better writing teacher) My friend group in college had a running joke about whether any given thing qualified as a Bachelor of Arts (BA) or a Bachelor of Science (BS). I can’t even remember how it began, but for a period we would label everything…
Many of you might recall the commencements last spring where graduates booed their speakers for mentioning AI. In the pieces I read about this trend, the general thought seemed to be that the boos originated from the graduates’ anger at AI for disrupting the labor market and making their paths into the future unclear. At…
I was asked the other day about how I was feeling about the upcoming year, and my response surprised even me, though it also captured a notion that has been growing in my mind for some time: I am the most optimistic I’ve ever felt coming into a new school year. Why? At no point…
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