flyingrodent

flyingrodent.bsky.social

22 October 2026 16:53

Perhaps the situation is now so dire that we should all be utterly terrified of the hell that awaits? If so, I’d like to request a huge round of applause for generations of British statesmen, military planners, diplomats and economic theorists. What an incredible job to have done, over decades.

Dr Naomi Scott

drnaomiscott.bsky.social

22 October 2026 10:19

RIGHT?! It almost looks as if the whole system is in fact just designed to punish the ‘wrong’ kind of providers who teach the ‘wrong’ kinds of student, in a ‘the purpose of the system is what is does’ kind of way 🤨

Dr Naomi Scott

drnaomiscott.bsky.social

22 October 2026 10:13

How well I explain the Greek system of tense and aspect (very well thanks for asking) has a lot less influence on completion rates than how many hours of part time work my students are or are not juggling, for example.

Dr Naomi Scott

drnaomiscott.bsky.social

22 October 2026 10:13

Indeed, a lot of those metrics are better proxies for your students’ economic/class background (completion rates, graduate employment statistics) than they are for anything that happens in the classroom.

Michael Bench-Dracula

mikebenchcapon.bsky.social

22 October 2026 10:12

Timely and important piece from Jess Cartner-Morley