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Grant Wiggins
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Grant Wiggins writes Authentic Education, a personal blog at grantwiggins.wordpress.com. Since 2014, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “A veteran teacher turned coach shadows two students for two days”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-04-20, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked for a post about a teacher who spends two days as a student. Commenters summarise its points: students sit all day, passively listen in about 90% of classes, and feel like a nuisance.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- A veteran teacher turned coach shadows two students for two days2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-10-11
What Hacker News says?
Saved you a click (from the top comment the last time this was posted): The three points from the article: > [1] Students sit all day, and sitting is exhausting. > [2] High School students are sitting passively and listening during approximately 90% of their classes. > [3] You feel a little bit like a nuisance all day long. People wonder why high school aged students are unruly, unpleasant, and filled with deep nega…
Comment linking /2014/10/10/a-veteran-teacher-turned-coach-shadows-2-students-for-2-days-a-sobering-lesson-learned/
on “Teacher spends two days as a student and is shocked at what she learns”Submitted A veteran teacher turned coach shadows two students for two days as a story · 154 points
HN discussionThis is a repost of https://grantwiggins.wordpress.com/2014/10/10/a-veteran-teac... Discussed previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8442067
Comment linking /2014/10/10/a-veteran-teacher-turned-coach-shadows-2-students-for-2-days-a-sobering-lesson-learned/
on “Teacher spends two days as a student (2014)”