Recovery is a process. So is Jet lag, apparently.
This is another day waking up before 3 AM. This time I have the common sense to blog before noon–even if I lack the sense to workout before then (and likely not at all as a result). So, what is it I have to say? I’ll just jump into…
Some Thoughts:
- A student recently called me out for being a overly difficult grader–something he put to me being an author. That bothered me. It made me feel like he wants lower standards. It reminded me that a great number of students I encounter are not there to learn. They are there to collect credits. Some are actively against learning and think they avoid that by feeding OpenAI’s ChatGPT their assignments and just cutting and pasting the results without any real thought to the idea of process. It is a bit harder in a process class, but still entirely doable. Sadly, it is not always effective. I caught two students using the app this past week because the AI (I kid you not) lied about the content of the stories they were supposed to review, making up random plots and characters and applying the real title.
- More on the 2025 papers: Yeah, they intend to do a complete remake of the government and make the most vulnerable rank and file positions political appointments in order to “get things done” They also plan to outsource almost all research to universities…. That is wild to me because 55% of research is already funded by the government. More and more of the document feels like smoke, but the fire is there and the fire is extremely dangerous. We choke on the smoke parts, but that fire–like the reclaiming of Alaskan land from the natives under the guise of ‘allowing them to use it to pillage resources’ is crazy.
- All of this.. all of these real issues masquerade as a choice between a doddering old man and a slightly younger megalomaniac. What’s nuts is the idea that Trump won’t be a doddering old man halfway into his term. Again, these should not be the binary choices. We need a better way.