Artificial intelligence is commonly touted as a way to increase accessibility into various fields: art, reading, coding, math – if we are to trust Sam Altman, the list of LLM applications is seemingly endless. And anyone who has so much as dabbled with the tech by asking Chat GPT to come up with a sample […]
Lauren Adams
Lauren Adams is a rookie English teacher who just started her career in alternative education. She graduated from UC Berkeley’s English program with honors and a minor in education in 2025. She hit the ground running with an English position at Vista West High School in Bakersfield, CA. In her free time, she is currently working on her novel and writing poetry.
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Love Island: The Summer Book Club All Your Female Students are Tuning IntoÂ
For the past two summer vacations, I have shamelessly enjoyed tuning in to each new episode of Love Island at exactly 6:00 PM. I make a plate of thematically appropriate avocado toast and settle in to watch some of the most attractive single people in the country lounge around in swim wear and talk about […]
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I Love My Bad(ass) Kids – A Rookie’s Reflection on Their First Year
Every teacher knows the kids in this essay. Or, I should say, knows of them. The one’s only present on the roster, with a chronic absenteeism problem. The one’s who derail your whole lesson with a handful of snarky comments that set the entire classroom off. The one’s with a foul mouth and what seems […]