That's true, but the schools are left leaning anyway. Why pay them to propagate what AI bots can propagate for free?

Because our goal is to eliminate the Left's influence in education.

That's a great idea but it's a struggle.

AI does nothing but make the current situation cheaper.

Yea I better not speak too soon or we'll end up getting AI teachers and still pay the same or more in school tax.

That's pretty much what I was seeing. It's OK for something like "using my code base, write a simple program to count the widgets" and it would
do it pretty well. But I could still do it faster because I wouldn't
have had to review the resulting code.

It will always be better to write stuff yourself first, but when I get into something that I don't feel like reading the manual on (like "How can I make sure this will work on ios?") then I ask Sonnet 4.5 and it gives great advice.

That's what ESR was saying on X. AIs to a really good job of "reading
the manuals and explaining things".

I never heard of him until now but he sounds cool. A non-leftist programmer.

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On 20 Jan 2026, Aaron Thomas said the following...

That's what I would call a kick ass school board. It's the opposite here.

The School Board here seems to be helpless to the Teachers Union. What a mess. I use to trust the system, not so much any more.

Semester is ending and they had to cancel finals for this semester because of the strike. I don't care so much because this isn't Amanda's final year where she's looking to compete to get into college or whatever. I can see the boards efforts and the union thwarting those efforts.

I'm voting for AI teachers any chance I get.

Here in the states, I believe that the state has the authority to dictate educational requirements like that. But in Canada, the national
government decides?

No, each province is separate each city might be as well... Edmonton school board runs Edmonton... and so on... I was originally from Ontario smaller town less that 100K... Kawartha Pine Ridge... it just includes the surrounding area.

In the US they federalized things during the Carter admin. Seems Carter got into office with the help of teachers and now we have the American Federation of Teachers... and whatever... You don't need someone in Washington telling you what you need teach or do in Georgia.

People, the government, should look at Alberta's worker geography. I do not know why they did this... BUT in Alberta there are 2 large cities Calgary and Edmonton. In Calgary all the head offices to the oil companies are there where as in Edmonton all the workers are based out of there. Calgary white collar whereas Edmonton is full of blue collar workers.

I think the school systems should be geared up to make people productive. Edmonton should have shop classes the colleges should be geared up to educate people in meaningful trades that help society from the ground up. Whereas Calgary should have plans for their young people as well.

NY has a different economy and demands than that of Wyoming and what not same as Alberta is to Ontario.

School boards should be run by the districts they live in. They should be designed to make the people there meaningful contributers to society. Teachers Unions need to be smaller... Not like the US... Where the unions contribute millions in campaign contributions.

You get the idea. WTF happened. Trump is trying to dismantle the Federal aspects to education, I hope he can do it. Each State needs to dictate their own standards.

It sounds like they are out of control, in Canada. I don't blame the teachers here in the states though. Most of them didn't sign up for this sh!t. My son's teacher punished some kids for not standing for the
pledge of allegiance. I think that's cool as hell.

There are some differences between the 2 countries but I'm telling you in the West we are sucking everywhere... Europe... Everywhere... Except China, I hear they are doing well.

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On 21 Jan 2026, Ron L. said the following...

I've often said that most of us simply want to live our lives and enjoy them doing the things we want. So we don't bother learning about all these systems, trusting to the "experts" to run them, assuming that's
what THEY enjoy doing.

But the Elitists can never let that happen. They are Hell-bent on controlling our lives. 'Cuz they are just so smart, don't ya know. :)

I hear you. I just think there's still a couple good fights left in us. Did you hear that the younger crowd are leaning right politically... True... they are because of the price of Fast Food.

I don't care why they are hear I just care that they are coming.

Did you see Trump's speech at the WEF?? There is hope.

It will be funny to see Don Lemon-head crying as he's sentanced.

I cannot wait to see this either. BTW, Trump in the past talked about the 2020 election being rigged... At the WEF he said that people will be held to account. Thats the first time I heard him say there will be arrests.

relax

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Semester is ending and they had to cancel finals for this semester
because of the strike. I don't care so much because this isn't Amanda's final year where she's looking to compete to get into college or
whatever. I can see the boards efforts and the union thwarting those efforts.

What are the teachers protesting about?

I'm voting for AI teachers any chance I get.

Hell yea. I'll take AI teachers over DEI teachers.

No, each province is separate each city might be as well... Edmonton school board runs Edmonton... and so on... I was originally from Ontario smaller town less that 100K... Kawartha Pine Ridge... it just includes

That's how it's supposed to be here too, but it's just not; the school boards do precisely what the state legislature tells them to do, and they try to make it look like they made the decisions themselves (they didn't.)

In the US they federalized things during the Carter admin. Seems Carter got into office with the help of teachers and now we have the American Federation of Teachers... and whatever... You don't need someone in Washington telling you what you need teach or do in Georgia.

You're right about that, but while schools rely on federal grants (which they do but shouldn't) then they ought to do what the Dept. of Ed. tells them to do. Linda McMahon was in NY recently but she's turning a blind eye to all the DEI stuff that she's supposed to be shuttering.

I think the school systems should be geared up to make people
productive. Edmonton should have shop classes the colleges should be geared up to educate people in meaningful trades that help society from the ground up. Whereas Calgary should have plans for their young people as well.

You're right, they should. In other countries (Panama for example) the high school kids are required to choose a trade and learn the basics of it before graduation. My wife specialized in graphic design. In NY we have trade schools for 11-12th graders (BOCES) but only a small fraction of the kids even go to it, while the majority of the kids get very minimal or no guidance at all for post secondary education. I learned everything the hard way and wasted tons of money and time.

NY has a different economy and demands than that of Wyoming and what not same as Alberta is to Ontario.

Good point. They don't need DEI specialists in Wyoming, but they need them here. ;)

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Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

Because our goal is to eliminate the Left's influence in education.

That's a great idea but it's a struggle.

It will take us generations to fix education.

AI does nothing but make the current situation cheaper.

Yea I better not speak too soon or we'll end up getting AI teachers and still pay the same or more in school tax.

Probably. Schools like to be money sinks.

It will always be better to write stuff yourself first, but when I get into something that I don't feel like reading the manual on (like "How
can I make sure this will work on ios?") then I ask Sonnet 4.5 and it gives great advice.

The problem right now is that AI is expensive to offer, but no one wants to pay even the modest fees for it today. And those fees today don't even cover the costs let alone make a profit.

I think we'll see a shakeout this year on AI.

That's what ESR was saying on X. AIs to a really good job of "reading
the manuals and explaining things".

I never heard of him until now but he sounds cool. A non-leftist programmer.

He's a Classical Liberal. But today, that means he's "ultra-right" according to the Leftoids.


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IB Joe wrote to Dr. What <=-

I hear you. I just think there's still a couple good fights left in
us. Did you hear that the younger crowd are leaning right
politically... True... they are because of the price of Fast Food.

The prices of many things.

Did you see Trump's speech at the WEF?? There is hope.

Parts of it. I didn't have time to listen to it all.

I cannot wait to see this either. BTW, Trump in the past talked about
the 2020 election being rigged... At the WEF he said that people will
be held to account. Thats the first time I heard him say there will be arrests.

I'll celebrate when I see it happen. He's promised other things too that haven't happened yet.


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IB Joe wrote to Aaron Thomas <=-

I'm voting for AI teachers any chance I get.

But the problem is more the administrators, less the teachers right now.

In the schools that I've seen, 75% of the administration can be let go with no change to the level of services offered. They are just there to collect paychecks.

And based on the education funding numbers that I've seen, that's what the schools have been doing: padding the administration while enrollment drops and getting more money from the State.

In the US they federalized things during the Carter admin. Seems
Carter got into office with the help of teachers and now we have the American Federation of Teachers... and whatever...

National Education Association. Yet another worthless organization laundering money.

You don't need
someone in Washington telling you what you need teach or do in Georgia.

No, but the Left likes central control of things a lot.

I think the school systems should be geared up to make people
productive. Edmonton should have shop classes the colleges should be geared up to educate people in meaningful trades that help society from the ground up. Whereas Calgary should have plans for their young
people as well.

But that assumes the the education system exists to educate younglings to allow them to be productive, independent adults.

That hasn't been the purpose of the public education system for generations now. It exist to produce programmable, mindless drones who will bindly follow "experts".

There are some differences between the 2 countries but I'm telling you
in the West we are sucking everywhere... Europe... Everywhere... Except China, I hear they are doing well.

That's only because they have State controlled news. They are **not** doing well, but they are hiding it well.


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On 21 Jan 2026, Aaron Thomas said the following...

What are the teachers protesting about?

They are all a bunch of Liberals doing liberal type sh!t in a province that is more conservative than parts of Texas.

They only needed 177K signatures to vote on a referendum to separate from Canada and it looks like they may have ~ 1 Million.

The School board has sent out emails to the Parents on some of the issues... Teachers in the union think they can do whatever they want because of their collective.

Hell yea. I'll take AI teachers over DEI teachers.

Same here...

That's how it's supposed to be here too, but it's just not; the school boards do precisely what the state legislature tells them to do, and
they try to make it look like they made the decisions themselves (they didn't.)

This is it. This is why Trump wants to dismantle the current system in the US. He thinks sending money directly to the states and let the states decide what to do is better. The current setup the Teachers Union is nothing more than a NGO to funnel votes and money to the democrats.

You're right about that, but while schools rely on federal grants (which they do but shouldn't) then they ought to do what the Dept. of Ed. tells them to do. Linda McMahon was in NY recently but she's turning a blind
eye to all the DEI stuff that she's supposed to be shuttering.

I think things are turning around. If we can stop the Democrats from cheating California will flip Red!!!

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On 22 Jan 2026, Ron L. said the following...

The prices of many things.

Well, it sounds like we're going to have a boat load of Millennials because it cost ~4 bucks for an order of fries. This is even too much for people living free in mommy's basement.

Parts of it. I didn't have time to listen to it all.

Classic... Can that guy close a deal... I'm still LOLing

I'll celebrate when I see it happen. He's promised other things too that haven't happened yet.

I hear you... People arrest4ed today on that church raid. Celebrate the victoriesã!!!

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IB Joe wrote to Dr. What <=-

Well, it sounds like we're going to have a boat load of Millennials because it cost ~4 bucks for an order of fries. This is even too much
for people living free in mommy's basement.

It all depends on how far in debt they went to get a worthless college degree.

Classic... Can that guy close a deal... I'm still LOLing

I think that's why the Elitists are so scared of him.

He's not swayed by emotional arguments and he can see through their BS, and give it right back at them.

I hear you... People arrest4ed today on that church raid. Celebrate
the victories !!!

I'll celebrate when I see Don Lemonhead perp walked.


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IB Joe wrote to Aaron Thomas <=-

The School board has sent out emails to the Parents on some of the issues... Teachers in the union think they can do whatever they want because of their collective.

Teachers are still hanging on to the old Narrative that they are smarter than us. And they are hoping that their indoctrination stuff is still holding on: Defer to "authority".

They don't seem to understand that the people have woken up to the fact that most teachers are morons.

states decide what to do is better. The current setup the Teachers
Union is nothing more than a NGO to funnel votes and money to the democrats.

My dad figured that out 40 years ago. So that's nothing new. It's just more blatent today.

I think things are turning around. If we can stop the Democrats from cheating California will flip Red!!!

Which is why they will cheat even harder in the midterms.


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On 23 Jan 2026, Ron L. said the following...

I think that's why the Elitists are so scared of him.

He's not swayed by emotional arguments and he can see through their BS, and give it right back at them.

I recall recently there was 100's of Billions, even Trillions, given to Trump as a blank check. I recall him saying that he can do whatever he wants with the money. As per the donor of that money.

I say he'll use that money so that Congress can't shut him down on the Greenland deal.

I'll celebrate when I see Don Lemonhead perp walked.

It's going to happen!!!

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