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Originally Posted by Sue Doe-Nym
Think.....today must be a day off for you because of the number of your posts on this thread. If not, what are your students up to?
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Ok, so today is "senior skip day," and I've had one student all day (I teach all seniors, and they finish next week).
Interestingly, I used this thread when talking to that one student. His claim—accurately, I think—is that the current political polarization in America drives us to seek sides with our tribes rather than shared experiences and nuance.
He added that he'd recently come across an economics study that showed the correlation between unemployment wage percentages and the speed at which people return to jobs as a relationship between the job they are returning to, both in terms of pay AND emotional fulfillment. Specifically, that people who make great wages and enjoy their jobs will return EVEN IF they can "make more" with supplemental unemployment.
We finished the discussion with an appreciation of nuance and lamentation of its loss.
Good times!
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