...so, Briar, but new?
I don't fully agree with you assessment here.
If points are free, why even have the homework in the first place? To have students pay out the nose for some shitty online homework system?
Homework is assigned as an extension of the lesson, because teachers can't teach the entire lesson in an hour. If homework is graded, students will feel the need to cheat (or, "pay[ing] out the nose for some shitty online homework system", as you phrased it), because that's easier and less stressful than trying. However, if the student passed (for 100%) just for turning it in, the students who care will use that opportunity to learn the content, while the students who don't care, will use the opportunity to turn in some half-assed assignment. But, the thing is, those same students who cheat themselves will also fail the exams, because they didn't learn, while the students who tried on the extended lessons (homework assignments) will do much better on the exams, since they did learn. See, homework was never intended to be a graded thing, but teachers started grading it, due to their failure (in their eyes) to motivate the students to complete the assignment otherwise.
The reality, though, is that those students who want to do well, will do well, regardless of the grading system of the homework assignments. However, those same students will be under a lot less stress if they can use the homework assignments as learning aids, as opposed to the equivalent of graded take-home quizzes.
As a sidenote, it was funny to see you start your comment with "I have to disagree" and end it with "You’ll also notice I always use positive language", since they are contradictory statements haha
E: notice I refer to not receiving a "grade" and don't use the term "feedback". Feedback should always be given on these homework assignments, as they help facilitate learning.
If that truly was a joke, it was in poor taste and very unclear.
Your method of 0-10 is not "essentially" the same as a pass/fail system, as it's not a pass/fail grading. By definition it's a graded system. Homework assignments (not projects, mind you) shouldn't be quality-graded, because their use is supposed to be as learning aids and not as student quality measurements. Please don't misunderstand, I appreciate the effort you're putting through for your students. However, claiming that most of them make As, to me, is irrelevant. What I truly cared about in school was whether I learned. The grade was secondary (though it usually followed), which is why the pass/fail homework assignments were so helpful--they allowed me to learn without the worry of a grade. Granted, we did have more quizzes in those classes, but if you did the homework with the goal of learning, you were ready for the quizzes.
It's almost like making it nearly impossible to watch what we want and, at the same time, octupling our bills, while also increasing the cost of each would, somehow, force people into the desperation of piracy. Huh. Who woulda thunk it.
Oh that's cool! That doesn't really stop them from snooping as you type the message, though. I know fb does (or used to), so why not their chat app. Also, if all they're doing with the video censoring is checking the hashes, then they're not snooping (though they still shouldn't censor chats).
I thought it was ese (end-server-end) encrypted, not e2e?
Not mad about it, but it is against their original purpose. Originally they were for learning as a cheap SBC for learning purposes, and it became about as expensive as a NUC for less than a third of the power. Highschoolers can afford a $35 SBC, but most can't afford a $190 SBC, which prices many kids and teens out of a learning opportunity. I am upset at them for selling out, but I can't really blame them for doing so. It's why they're not on the good list, but also not on the bad list.
Yup! But I think it only works on stock dialer.
So... If I understood the video correctly, Google YouTube just hard-blocked Google Chrome browser (and soft-blocked Chromium-based browsers) because they're trying to block adblockers? They're making this so much harder than it needs to be.
That one that looks like a bee, is actually a hover fly. They're super curious, and will even land on you if you don't try to hurt them. Once they ascertain that you're safe, they'll hover around you, observing your actions. They can hover in one place, much like a hummingbird. They are loud, and when they're close enough to the ground, the downdraft their wings produce will be visible as debris is pushed about.