Articles for My Students

Vidushi Lalith J. Rao on gayaki, gharanas, and her legacy
4 weeks ago

Vidushi Lalith J. Rao on gayaki, gharanas, and her legacy

The Hindu  

Nityanand Haldipur, the disciple of the legendary Annapoorna Devi, and the head of The Annapoorna Devi Foundation, Mumbai, was in Bengaluru recently to confer the Gurumaa Annapoorna Devi Award to Vidushi Lalith J. Rao, senior exponent of the Agra gharana. Schooled in the Agra-Atrauli Gharana, Lalithji’s music is marked by a methodical exposition of the raag and meticulous presentation of …

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I’m a Middle School Teacher in Gaza. I’m So Worried About What My Students Are Missing.
55 years ago

I’m a Middle School Teacher in Gaza. I’m So Worried About What My Students Are Missing.

Slate  

Though I have spent many years as a journalist, my other profession as a teacher is the closest to my heart; when I studied biology and its teaching methods at university, I knew that I would become one. When I arrived at school, the students would run toward me to hug and welcome me, offering many nice comments on my …

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Letters to the Editor: I was a teacher when Prop. 187 was on the ballot. Here’s what my students did to show their patriotism
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Letters to the Editor: I was a teacher when Prop. 187 was on the ballot. Here’s what my students did to show their patriotism

LA Times  

To the editor: Reading Gustavo Arellano’s column on living in a “Prop. I was teaching English as a second language at Eagle Rock High School when California voters passed the measure to deny undocumented immigrants public services. I don’t know how many “illegals” were in my class, but do know that all my students were striving to learn English and …

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Joe Echevarria is Miami’s new president. And on the sideline, he’s the Hurricanes’ biggest fan
2 months ago

Joe Echevarria is Miami’s new president. And on the sideline, he’s the Hurricanes’ biggest fan

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! CORAL GABLES, Fla. — University of Miami president Joe Echevarria has had football season tickets since 1978, the year he graduated from the school. Instead of his luxury seats — or even better, the suite that is afforded to him as president of the school — …

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When I suddenly lost my hearing, I had to confront the truth about hearing aids.
2 months, 3 weeks ago

When I suddenly lost my hearing, I had to confront the truth about hearing aids.

Slate  

One morning this past March, I stirred from slumber convinced that someone had snuck in overnight and packed my ear with Jell-O. It would be five months before I’d be back home and able to access the follow-up treatment needed to get hearing aids. This time round my audiologist began with a game-changing explanation: “People think you can treat hearing …

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Meet these sign language interpreters from Chennai
3 months, 1 week ago

Meet these sign language interpreters from Chennai

The Hindu  

With their nimble fingers and animated expressions, they are unmissable even in a crowd of elected representatives. ‘I learn from my students’ As a new faculty at St Louis College for the Deaf in Gandhi Nagar, B. Ambrose felt handicapped — even a wee bit ashamed — for not knowing the sign language. “When the main sign language interpreter, Vijaya …

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Opinion: Do you remember what politics were like without Donald Trump? My students don’t
4 months ago

Opinion: Do you remember what politics were like without Donald Trump? My students don’t

LA Times  

Supporters sign a Trump campaign bus during the Conservative Political Action Conference in February. Most of today’s college students are 18 to 22 years old, so they were 9 to 13 when Trump elbowed his way onto the political stage in 2015. One major difference among age groups is that these young voters barely knew the pre-MAGA Republican Party. Even …

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On Teachers' Day, two teachers from Uttar Pradesh to get National Teachers’ Awards 2024 at Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi
4 months ago

On Teachers' Day, two teachers from Uttar Pradesh to get National Teachers’ Awards 2024 at Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi

Hindustan Times  

Two educators from Uttar Pradesh, Shyam Prakash Maurya and Ravi Kant Dwivedi, have been flooded with congratulatory messages lately. On Teachers' Day today, Maurya and Dwivedi, who have made it to the winners list of the National Teachers’ Awards 2024 that's being given to 50 teachers from across the country today, are excited about the felicitation ceremony at Vigyan Bhawan …

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An educator on her experience of exploring ChatGPT along with her students
5 months ago

An educator on her experience of exploring ChatGPT along with her students

The Hindu  

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” Alan Kay As an educator, I’m constantly looking for ways to improve my students’ learning experience. To my surprise, several students admitted to using ChatGPT for various tasks such as summarising complex research papers, formulating creative writing prompts, and even practising code for Computer Science students. As the conversation …

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1,000 Days of Girls Banned From Education in Afghanistan
7 months ago

1,000 Days of Girls Banned From Education in Afghanistan

The Diplomat  

An underground network of informal schools, run by brave volunteers, is the only access to continued education for girls past primary school. For over two and a half years, we women’s rights and education activists have been counting the days, and we desperately call on the Taliban to reopen the doors of secondary schools for female students. Furthermore, even before …

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The Next Lesson In High School English Class? Taylor Swift And The Drake-Kendrick Beef.
7 months, 3 weeks ago

The Next Lesson In High School English Class? Taylor Swift And The Drake-Kendrick Beef.

Huff Post  

Frazer Harrison/Neilson Barnard/Getty Images Kendrick Lamar, left, and Taylor Swift are English teachers' pet pop stars for a reason. In some middle school and high school English classes throughout the country, teachers are using Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” album, as well as Lamar and Drake’s very recent rap battle, as a means to get their students pumped up about …

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Why can’t we have truly phone-free schools? Ask my students’ parents.
10 months ago

Why can’t we have truly phone-free schools? Ask my students’ parents.

Slate  

Recently, one of my ninth grade English students told me her parents rewarded her for making the honor roll by allowing her to text them during class. Yet many expect constant contact with their kids during class, even if they’re aware of school cellphone policies, and school officials point to parents as the main obstacle to banning phones in schools. …

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Union Minister Smriti Irani interviews President Droupadi Murmu
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Union Minister Smriti Irani interviews President Droupadi Murmu

Op India  

President Droupadi Murmu gave an interview to Union Minister Smriti on Monday. Once you become President, you will become busy and we will not be able to see you this close.” Managing the political career and family life simultaneously President Droupadi Murmu also shed light on her experience of simultaneously managing her political career as well as her family responsibilities …

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RB Ramesh: Taking India and chess to the world
1 year ago

RB Ramesh: Taking India and chess to the world

Hindustan Times  

Seventeen years ago, RB Ramesh walked into a tournament hall in Mumbai as a player and what followed changed the course of his life. “When Romania approached me ahead of last year’s Olympiad to overhaul their training system, my suggestion was to start with young players,” Ramesh said. I’ve had quite a few camps since and now they seem more …

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The Saturday before we began our discussion, my students’ classmate was shot in Vermont. Did they want to continue? They did.
1 year ago

The Saturday before we began our discussion, my students’ classmate was shot in Vermont. Did they want to continue? They did.

Slate  

Back in August, I put the Palestinian novelist Adania Shibli’s Minor Detail on the syllabus for a novel-writing course I teach. The book’s first half takes up the story of an Israeli general in the Negev desert in summer 1949, not a year since what Israelis call the founding of their state, and what Palestinians refer to as the Nakba, …

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My Students Wanted to Talk Israel-Palestine. Here’s What We Did Instead.
1 year, 1 month ago

My Students Wanted to Talk Israel-Palestine. Here’s What We Did Instead.

Slate  

I’ve been teaching Sigmund Freud’s Civilization and Its Discontents to college students for a long time now, and it’s always a challenge. Early on he argued that the best we can do is replace “hysterical misery with common unhappiness,” and his bleak appraisal of the human condition was solidified during World War I: “We cannot but feel that no event …

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In this relentless war, oh how I miss my students
1 year, 1 month ago

In this relentless war, oh how I miss my students

Al Jazeera  

Ruwaida Amer writes about students she did not get to know as the war on Gaza halted schools and sent everyone fleeing. ‘Was I able to reach their hearts?’ Over time, I usually get to know the students and their personalities little by little, so six weeks was not enough time for me to familiarise myself with all 90 students …

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When it comes to the Voice, there’s one thing we can all agree on: Australia is sadly incapable of nuanced debate
1 year, 3 months ago

When it comes to the Voice, there’s one thing we can all agree on: Australia is sadly incapable of nuanced debate

ABC  

As a political philosopher at the University of Sydney, I teach a unit called Justice to 75 students in the third year of their degree. They acknowledge that the Voice raises difficult issues around racial relations, the weight of different forms of expertise, and the place of different forms of representation in political decision-making. When the Coalition started their attack …

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I’m a teacher fighting burnout, but my students keep me energised
1 year, 3 months ago

I’m a teacher fighting burnout, but my students keep me energised

ABC  

I was at my desk when a staff member told me that there were students asking for me. Almost half of teachers are thinking about leaving the profession While I know that I am a caring teacher, that I ensure my students' wellbeing is prioritised as much as their academic achievements, the pace of teaching has accelerated over the years. …

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I'm co-teaching my college class with ChatGPT. Will it upstage me?
1 year, 4 months ago

I'm co-teaching my college class with ChatGPT. Will it upstage me?

LA Times  

Comedian Steve Martin once said that teaching is like show business. ChatGPT is prone to making up false information out of the data-driven cloud — a phenomenon its handlers euphemistically call “hallucinations.” This means that students have to learn how to check facts and verify information, using citable sources and databases. For my classes this fall, I’m also creating “AI …

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Apple Is Ignoring Something Big About Augmented Reality
1 year, 7 months ago

Apple Is Ignoring Something Big About Augmented Reality

Slate  

Apple’s video demo of its new Vision Pro AR/VR headset on Monday started how you might expect: The user strapped on the chunky goggles and was presented with a menu of familiar apps—Safari, Photos, Messages. “Foundational to Apple Vision Pro,” the demo noted, “is that you’re not isolated from other people.” It was striking how often the visuals and language …

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How relevant is Shakespeare today
1 year, 7 months ago

How relevant is Shakespeare today

The Hindu  

Published : May 18, 2023 11:00 IST - 7 MINS READ It was April in Guwahati, a month of cruel heat and sudden thunderstorms. I am always struck by the indulgent exasperation that the Prince of Denmark receives from my students, one perspicacious soul going so far as to exclaim: “This guy, he does so many things he does not …

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The Queer Activists Fighting Louisiana's 'Don't Say Gay' Bill
1 year, 7 months ago

The Queer Activists Fighting Louisiana's 'Don't Say Gay' Bill

Huff Post  

Most people don’t know that you can just go testify at congressional hearings. When I went to cover the hearing for Louisiana House Bill 466 — legislation that would prohibit teachers from discussing matters of gender and sexuality with students in public schools — the people I saw offering testimony for Louisiana’s version of “Don’t Say Gay” were just other …

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How Big Oil is manipulating the way you think about climate change
1 year, 7 months ago

How Big Oil is manipulating the way you think about climate change

Salon  

In medieval times, gamekeepers trained dogs to the hunt by setting them on the trail of a dead rabbit they had dragged through the forest. The best way to reduce carbon dioxide is to stop burning fossil fuels — not to spend billions of dollars developing an entire new industry devoted to sequestering carbon in all kinds of complicated ways. …

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