Master ducttaper biography

Welcome to the world of “flunkies, goons, duct-tapers, box-tickers, task-makers, and bean-counters.” In his latest book, David Graeber.
After graduating from Asbury College and earning his master's from Auburn, he has been teaching since 2007.
David Michael Church was born on Oct. 28, 1948, to Lois Brown He was better known by his family as a master duct-taper!

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How can we create more flexible, accessible, and differentiated learning experiences? In this episode, I chat with Adam Juarez and Katherine Goyette (husband and wife duo AdaKat) about tools and strategies to make learning more inclusive. We explore MagicSchool, Quizizz, Mote, Immersive Reader, Goblin Tools, MirrorTalk, Factors Education, Helperbird, Google Docs Voice Typing, and more. Plus, we dive into AI-powered tools like Perplexity AI, Diffit, and SchoolAI and creative solutions like image generators in Canva and Adobe Express. I also share updates on interactive charts in Canva, new Pear Deck certified content, and the launch of Google Vids for Google Workspace for Education. #EduDuctTape Episode 117 Today's Sponsor Swivl - bit.ly/reflectwithjake SoapBox Moment - “Don’t Forget to Look in the Rearview Mirror”” Today’s Guests: Adam Juarez and Katherine Goyette, co-authors of The Complete EdTech Coach: An Organic Approach to Supporting Digital Learning. Adam is an Educational Technology & Integrated Studies Consultant for Tulare County Office of Education. He supports teache

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Three days ago I changed my job title on LinkedIn. The title change was part of a broader restructure at work, and was accompanied by a new role description which was really just a superficial tweak to the old one attached to a larger portfolio of accounts. There was no real increase in responsibility, and no extra money. I updated LinkedIn mainly because I was updating everything else – my email signature, business cards – and the people I work with on a daily basis check LinkedIn. I was not prepared for the wave of pro forma congratulations I got. Some of them came from colleagues and peers; most of them came from friends, excited that I had apparently received a promotion.

Given that I was receiving no extra money and there was no increase in authority or duties, it stung mildly to be congratulated. This was exacerbated by the fact that I had pushed back against the new role title because I quite liked the old one. I’d done nothing, in fact, except lethargically resist a change I didn’t care much about. I was updating my profile because not doing it would raise m

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Welcome to the world of “flunkies, goons, duct-tapers, box-tickers, task-makers, and bean-counters.”

Welcome to the world of “flunkies, goons, duct-tapers, box-tickers, task-makers, and bean-counters.” In his latest book, David Graeber, the best-selling author of Debt: The First 5000 Years, argues that many jobs today are essentially pointless — or, as the book’s title calls them, Bullshit Jobs. Suzi Weissman sat down with Graeber to find out what bullshit jobs are and why they’ve proliferated in recent years.

SW
Let’s just get right down to it. What is the definition of a bullshit job?

DG
A bullshit job is a job which is so pointless, or even pernicious, that even the person doing the job secretly believes that it shouldn’t exist. Of course, you have to pretend — that’s the bullshit element, that you kind of have to pretend there’s a reason for this job to be here. But secretly, you think if this job didn’t exist, either it would make no difference whatsoever, or the world would actually be a slightly better place.

SW
In the book, you start out by distinguishing the bullsh