That is a good point. Not everyone has teacher friends, so I edited the article and removed the "friend" part.
If you don't have teacher friends, don't worry, you can still help. Most of us completed (or are completing) high school, so we can reach out to one of our high school teachers. They may not be friends-friends, but they are in our networks, and they'll appreciate the help.
I like the idea of a creating a small platform that would help create these connections... maybe a next side project 😊
I do hope the platform idea gets serious consideration (from yourself, or perhaps a reader in search of project ideas).
Looking at your profile, I'd venture we're around the same age. A teacher who started their career when I was a highschool freshman would be eligible to retire with a pension at this point. My interactions with university professors were even more impersonal at the time, and completely non-existent since graduating.
I may have been mistaken in including myself in the target audience. If not, something better than cold calling strangers (which is what I feel I'd effectively be doing) would be a massive help in getting development resources to teachers who could use them.
To reiterate, I love the general idea, but from my (limited) perspective it's only actionable for a very specific subset of developers.
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That is a good point. Not everyone has teacher friends, so I edited the article and removed the "friend" part.
If you don't have teacher friends, don't worry, you can still help. Most of us completed (or are completing) high school, so we can reach out to one of our high school teachers. They may not be friends-friends, but they are in our networks, and they'll appreciate the help.
I like the idea of a creating a small platform that would help create these connections... maybe a next side project 😊
I do hope the platform idea gets serious consideration (from yourself, or perhaps a reader in search of project ideas).
Looking at your profile, I'd venture we're around the same age. A teacher who started their career when I was a highschool freshman would be eligible to retire with a pension at this point. My interactions with university professors were even more impersonal at the time, and completely non-existent since graduating.
I may have been mistaken in including myself in the target audience. If not, something better than cold calling strangers (which is what I feel I'd effectively be doing) would be a massive help in getting development resources to teachers who could use them.
To reiterate, I love the general idea, but from my (limited) perspective it's only actionable for a very specific subset of developers.