The Importance of Balance in the Classroom

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"If five minutes recess is not a sufficient deterrent, then it's on me as the teacher to tinker with the system," she says. "I tried to just take very seriously my job as the one who makes the externalities comprehensible and concrete sort of like proposals to do like carbon tax." The idea basically is that whenever you pollute, you're causing some costs on other people,. both through air pollution and possibly through climate change.

Why do "antagonistic" teachers exist in popular culture but not in the classroom? What happens to student outcomes when "antagonistic" learning is implemented in real classrooms? What is the Field Theory of Parenting? What are things that we can do for others but can't do for ourselves? How can we notice and utilize costly and unfakeable signals? What is the core definition of civilization? How can we influence others ethically? Is explicit communication always better than implicit?

Duncan wants to leave the universe noticeably different than it was before he arrived, and he's currently trying to do this through making things and teaching people. He has a background in LEGO, parkour, and middle grades education, and is easily manipulated by people quoting Ender's Game. You can find out more about him at thirdfoundation.github.io.

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