This is a tweetstorm about things that have surprised me having started a school, coming from a non-educational background
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Replying to @AustenAllred
It’s great you’ve learned all these things, but I hope you recognize/respect that most of what you mention here has long been known & dissected by dozens & dozens of academics. I mean, there are experts in this stuff who write books on it & hope those w/power pay attention.
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Replying to @AustenAllred @DrPsyBuffy
Also, incredibly frustrating to me that when you say you learn something outside of academia people assume you’re incapable of reading. That’s one of the methods of learning these things...
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Replying to @AustenAllred
Well, I sure don’t think that, but, there’s a lot of value and respect to be had by acknowledging work that’s been done in area by someone else, like saying, “wow! I didn’t know this, & found it in my experience & it turns out there’s all kinds of research that also shows it...”
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Replying to @DrPsyBuffy @AustenAllred
It doesn't happen only in education. One reason that we have so much bad computer software is that so many people are self taught and contemptuous of formal knowledge. The same is true of the building trades.
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The reverse is also true - academics who think the only way you can learn is within the walls of a university. We all have access to the same books.
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