My dad once taught some class at a conference. He gave everyone a worksheet and after watching them flounder for a few minutes on their own he said, “You guys know you can talk to each other and work together, right?” These were industry professionals who suddenly reverted back to that must-not-collaborate mentality when put in a classroom setting.

Class periods that aren’t long enough to devote serious thought to a subject; the bells that tell you when it’s time to eat, regardless of when you’re actually hungry; the alienating tedium of standardized testing; these things didn’t develop organically. They were designed by the people who stood to derive the greatest benefit from them.

“Standardized Testing: Fair or Not?” Dr. John Poulsen & Kurtis Hewson, University of Lethbridge

they laid off thousands on saturday, told them to get out of their housing in less than four days, told the ICPs (international college program) employees they need to be out in less than 4 days despite them being in another country on their own during travel bans no longer allowing them to fly home with their work visas no longer extended since they no longer work for the company, they told them that this is for their safety but they dont care that they just threw THOUSANDS of young adults into homelessness during a pandemic. and then they dropped Frozen 2 on disney+ because they needed to cover it. dont let them get away with that.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/coronavirus/os-bz-disney-college-conronavirus-20200314-nopzzkticvd6bcqwat6fhoxxqe-story.html

Now, more than ever, clear writing matters.

In case you can’t see the quote very well, “Those puny ants outnumber us a hundred to one. And if they ever figure that out, there goes our way of life. It’s not about food, it’s about keeping those ants in line.”

Naomi Campbell and Cher photographed by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott, CR Fashion Book #16 Spring/Summer 2020. Styled by Carine Roitfeld. Hair by Ashual and Serena Radaelli. Makeup by Rokael Lizama and Francesca Tolot. Nails by Diem.