Yep! Thanks for that. We talked about gloves in the safety section lessons at the start of term, but this was actually the first lab we were able to purchase gloves for.

I took Chem about 17 years ago, and it has been really fun to teach. The amazing thing now is all the resources youtube and how you can use AI as a tutor to create practice problems and test your conceptual understanding. My favorite youtube channel is called "Chad's prep". I assign videos from there for my students. I would post a link, but I dont know how to post a tracking free YouTube link.

I'm 100% the middle here. Working on posting more now that I'm leaving behind the centralized platforms and mostly on nostr.

Teaching chemistry is underrated. Last week I gave the students house hold acids and bases and had them compete to see who could make the stongest pH buffer. The competition inspired them to work harder and hopefully learn more. Not to mention the assignment allowed me to channel my inner Snape. #chemistry #STEM

I'd be curious to see the breakdown on this as I've done both also in a similar time frame, and Im trying to figure out the best way forward. We bought a duplex and moved into half in the fall of 2020. Weve now moved out and it is a rental property. It obviously hasn't appreciated as fast as BTC, but due to the gov backed leverage and insanely low interest rates it has done fairly well in comparison to BTC. Unless there is someway to access similar leverage and interest rates for BTC, it seems that 1-2 rentals can actually help with the BTC journey. I use any profits to stack sats.

Not all evangelicals are dispensationalists. This is something that many dispensationalists do not know.

How do you help people understand the resources they have? This is a question I am always trying to answer as a teacher.

GM!

I'm still figuring out nostr. How do I mute? I'm using primal mostly.

Drove all over the US with my wife and three littles in 2023. We've done our fare share of flying too. It is challenging and great. Travel takes more preparation with a family, but its also more rewarding.

I think zaps might be what beats the centeralized algorithm. Even though im a net payer in zaps it keeps me coming back and I love being able to directly support people who post interesting info.

Same

Agreed! But I would like more than real-life anecdotal stories about a few people and like to see more evidence on adoption numbers. For instance I have several stories of individual friends in Zambia using BTC as inflation hedge or aspiring musicians recieving payments, but it does not seem common and the US dollar is still seen as the inflation hedge bet here in Zambia. I would love to see what percentage of Zambians are using it at all.

Looking forward to hearing your approach. I loved being homeschooled and now I love homeschooling my own kids.

Same, the state I grew up in required standardized testing for homeschoolers, and I always felt like the exams weren't a serious challenge. I don't think I'm above average intelligence or academically gifted, so I just figured it said more about how low the bar is set than anything.

I'd love to hear about solar/electric bike setup. It is something I've been thinking about. I love the idea of being more independent from the global energy market, and Ive got solar on my house. However, having a family, needing to carry cargo, and wanting the capacity to occasionally drive 10 hrs makes the ebike solution less than ideal. It seems like some sort of plug in diesel hybrid is the sweet spot. Much of my driving ( short distances) would be doable on electric, but about once a month its just not possible. The alternative is two vehicles, but I dont like that as much.