For siblings Emily and Dominic Bool, 15 and 13, who live with their British family in Zurich, cooking from TikTok is part of daily life;
I have always believed that when adolescents find something they are interested in they will stick with it. Yet, I am surprised to see teenagers willingly making cakes and cooking dinner.
But people need to be able to take away actual skills.
O'Toole is saying that people want to learn something useful.
churned by its algorithm
Some have argued the TikTok algorithm is a threat to national Security. I became a fan when it was used to sabotage a Trump campaign rally. :)
One spectacular beneficiary of the surge of interest in cookery on the platform is Poppy O’Toole, who this time last year was a busy, Michelin-trained London chef with only a passing knowledge of TikTok. After losing her job due to lockdown, the 27-year-old “felt a bit lost”, and decided to record a few cookery videos from home to upload on to the network.
The writer is surely right about the benefits of TikTok because Poppy's story is a powerful illustration of what can happen when you develop a huge online following.
What will you do. .
Powerful! It brings it back to personal responsibility.
We connected this notion to larger systems of oppression and how stereotypes help create and perpetuate those, noting how, for example, our justice system relies on humans who may harbor stereotypes which can result in severe consequences for those in their charge
As teachers it is important for us to think about the stereotypes we hold of the students we teach. How does it influence teaching and learning?
learned that it is okay to change how you feel about something.
This is powerful for students to learn that is okay to shift your thinking especially when the evidence that passes before your eyes says something is not just!
Why is it so difficult for Quinn to speak up? What will he gain by doing so? What will he lose? How is Quinn able to stay silent—
What is it worth to lose your humanity? Important to discuss wins and losses and really grapple with what that means on so many levels.
It is imperative to note that before introducing these topics, Mrs. Miller had established a dialogic classroom community from the outset and had built strong relationships with her students. They were accustomed to sharing their thoughts and opinions and asking their teacher for guidance when they were unsure of how to
It is important to have a strong community or holding container when you engage tough issues. The class is able to hold the tension, provide support, and grow stronger as a result.
complicit in reproducing oppression.
This is incredibly important because many people don't see their role in racist practices. It is always what someone else is doing.
We used the novel as a springboard for this work, hoping to cultivate our students’ critical consciousnesses and abilities
A novel is a great way to expand students' horizons as well as their thinking about topics/issues they don't come across in their daily lives.
as a place towhichviolence has been systematically done
How does helping students see the city as a victim of oppression/injustice change their view of the city? What motivates civic engagement? activism?