"Gen Z ruin hair salons," ah the cycle continues
England’s hair salons face recruitment crisis as gen Z shuns profession | Small business | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/12/england-hairdressers-salons-recruitment-crisis-gen-z-shuns-profession
Mother in law asking after the 5yo's "size" and doesn't seem to be happy with his age, or protestations that it depends on the garment.
The 5yo is now yelling "one hundred and fifty five" over the attempts to reason with her (over the phone). I think he just got through to her. God knows whats coming to us in the mail.
It is beyond ridiculous that I am essentially taxed for having friends and family outside the #EU who want to send me gifts. Not just in money but in time and effort.
A friend wants to send me a box of #tea and some baskets to make it with. I have to fill in a form that requires me to know how much these items cost, what they are made of, how many they are, how much the shipping was. I also have to collect it from the post office.
Twelve years ago, I started using the phrase "recursive remediation" to refer to the bizarre effect that hypertrophied assessment has on pedagogy.
It begins by saying "Our students will never [X]; they can't even [Y]!" where X is some mature intellectual task and Y is e.g., spelling their own name, writing a complete sentence, reading a news article.
"They'll never understand Moby-Dick; they can't even read the syllabus!"
"They'll never write a legal brief; they can't write an email!" 1/7
🎶 "We need this for our young people and for our society."
Violinist Nicola Benedetti is 'Big Sister' to Scotland's Big Noise music education scheme. She explains why she's so passionate about getting children involved in music.
#BigNoise #Sistema #music #education #Scotland #NicolaBenedetti #TodayProgramme
Carrie Shanafelt
BBC Radio 4