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Disappointed Idealist
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Disappointed Idealist is a personal blog at disidealist.wordpress.com about career. Since 2015, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “The Growth Mindset: Telling Penguins to Flap Harder?”. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for its article on teaching, which covers Lemov's taxonomy of teaching techniques and argues the profession can be made more attractive.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Ranting from the chalkface
Most-linked posts?
- The Growth Mindset: Telling Penguins to Flap Harder?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-04-09
What Hacker News says?
Wow, this is a great article. This is the first time I'm reading an article about teaching that actually makes the profession more attractive. I read a good amount about teaching but have never come across this. First time that I'm reading about proper teaching techniques in general, let alone Lemov's taxonomy. > As Jane Hannaway, the director of the Education Policy Center at the Urban Institute and a former teache…
Comment linking /2014/08/05/im-not-an-outstanding-teacher-nor-is-anyone/?wref=tp
on “Building a Better Teacher (2010)”Submitted The Growth Mindset: Telling Penguins to Flap Harder? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Growth Mindset: Telling Penguins to Flap Harder? (2014) as a story · 1 points
HN discussion
