2026-05-26T11:00:39Z https://yabu.me Thanasis Kinias https://yabu.me/npub1j70n0e2pxy2xg5hdr5m2l8ecqsrd05j5vse32dguarqe8rcrwzzqj5hu3s https://spaces.hcommons.social/accounts/avatars/115/355/449/812/373/481/original/09a7f991ee9db40c.jpeg https://spaces.hcommons.social/accounts/avatars/115/355/449/812/373/481/original/09a7f991ee9db40c.jpeg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyl0jnax708dlfk9gsuq4g3924etepgnk49kl980xyxfqflgqdmtszyzte7dl9gyc3gezja5wndtul8qzqd47j23jrx9f4rn5vryu0qdcgggzq62l Bengali English teacher Joyeeta Banerjee on getting a Fulbright to the U.S. &lt;<a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/03/01/g-s1-104772/teacher-india-school-patriarchy-fulbright&gt">https://www.npr.org/2026/03/01/g-s1-104772/teacher-india-school-patriarchy-fulbright&gt</a>;<br/><br/>“Every woman who crosses an ocean for her work carries rebellion in her suitcase. Mine is lined with lesson plans, stories of my girls from my school and the slums, and a stubborn belief that my worth does not depend on how well I maintain other people&#39;s comfort. Education, after all, is an act of faith that minds can open, that even inherited questions can change.” 2026-03-02T21:40:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgnnsath8dcukxllzmcx2uvl5nwh0ysf4cgahqhz5avph0uy2m5dczyzte7dl9gyc3gezja5wndtul8qzqd47j23jrx9f4rn5vryu0qdcgggu5e7l Oh FFS. The university just added an “AI search” button to all my courses in Canvas. 2026-01-10T18:24:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv64afa0fk0g8y5ejtm85kdp6dcavhd6zc40herwr88wl4t79tm0czyzte7dl9gyc3gezja5wndtul8qzqd47j23jrx9f4rn5vryu0qdcgga6v385 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsds68raw0ml9vkw88sj5j8fa2e9qfzfr2lk6muhv9qn05n2pesqjsze8k5c'>nevent1q…8k5c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>aaah, that’s interesting!<br/><br/>in the Greek tradition most names have formal and informal versions but they’re connected (e.g., the formal version of my name is Athanásios and the demotic version is Thanásis) 2025-12-29T16:07:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrl4jgjapq5w04wdhxwglrse02k37c5v3hy8q9mqckwk2hplukmmczyzte7dl9gyc3gezja5wndtul8qzqd47j23jrx9f4rn5vryu0qdcggj0ltp4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw0ntl9h2kvdvy7v7vx3agkzcu7kjw7apyywujx6k90zu2lt7ucug0szz0a'>nevent1q…zz0a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>what’s the origin of ‘Chhavi’ BTW? 2025-12-29T15:59:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp4dcyw7vn7wprfuz540jafs8qv7v8jhrc69va6kdtlnjpseh9wfgzyzte7dl9gyc3gezja5wndtul8qzqd47j23jrx9f4rn5vryu0qdcggj4y8wm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2s7wgl76mv5wxhsl5um0desutzn4ewyd5kgsgpqt7gghz6e0tzugjew5l8'>nevent1q…w5l8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>tbh that 150 number still sounds pretty damn high (at least from my postsecondary perspective)—I had around 100 last semester in four classes, the largest with 32 students, and I was able to get to know *many* of them as individuals, but already that that scale it’s very hard to get to know the quiet ones who don’t stand out in some way 2025-12-20T13:42:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsffwl42arkhz50v64jhypvqq4hpufh05rt2kezt69rf05f0lsew4gzyzte7dl9gyc3gezja5wndtul8qzqd47j23jrx9f4rn5vryu0qdcgge93cj5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyne8f4ffwkmnl9pvudaa9zyr7yvljd255jxsa5cc0spn2sanzjlstgyqxa'>nevent1q…yqxa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’ve heard this with Facebook as well—people who wouldn’t otherwise want to be on it but find they really have to be do deal with kid-related stuff. 2025-11-22T18:57:50Z