10 things you need to know today The week’s best photojournalism ‘If you’re studying interpretive dance, God bless you, but there’s not a lot of jobs right now in America looking for people with that as a skill set,’ Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin…

Terry Elliott Just consider the parable of the telephone sanitizing workers (Hitchhiker’s Guide: https://goo.gl/rdqDt8): the universe is messier than we think and there is plenty of room for humanities in every discipline. They will set you free. Fuck Goobernor Bevin.

I often hear big firm law partners complain about the work ethic, or lack thereof, of Millennials. They’ve got no commitment, no drive. Those partners are in good company. I hear a similar complaint from plenty of other business owners and…

Terry Elliott Super smart, if true.Don’t work hard for folks who don’t reward you for that hard work.You can only prime the pump with good intent for so long.If your bosses use that generosity against you, then withhold it right back. Be sneaky. Be passive aggressive.

Overview: This post offers an array of classic, well-researched “inventory” or active learning methods designed to allow every student (or group member–beyond the classroom) to participate whether in small or large classes. Some of…

Terry Elliott I read these kinds of posts as an act of faith. No more. All manner of difficult responses rise up from my unhappy depths as I read this. I won’t repeat them.Suffice to say I have tried to follow what amounts to ‘best practice’ for years. All have failed.

Musing on the future of the economy earlier this year, Bill Gates warned of smart machines replacing human workers and suggested a tax on robots. A new study of how technology is changing American jobs suggests workers are most immediately…

Terry Elliott Raises the question:what are the core digital skills? Spreadsheets? Coding? Enterprise software?See. Back to the hierarchical decision making. What will be studied and who gets to decide? Silicon Valley think they get to decide. That way lay madness.

Stop me if you’ve heard this before. You text a friend to finalize plans, anxiously awaiting their reply, only to get a message from them on Snapchat to say your latest story was hilarious. So, you move the conversation over to Snapchat, decide to…

Terry Elliott OK. Done. Let the privacy begin. Join me on Signal.

A week in the countryside is worth three months in a classroom. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 8th October 2013 What is the best way to knacker a child’s education? Force him or her to spend too long in the classroom. An overview of…

Terry Elliott Bring the feral back to children’s lives.Good advice, Monbiot; however, I know from my experience unschooling our own three kids that most folks don’t trust kids being re-wilded.Nope.No faith.If you don’t have faith in your kids, you will never try this.