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Lots of writing in @newyorker, @theatlantic, @Harpers, @voxdotcom, etc. Formerly at @harvardmagazine food blog: jacobsweeteats.substack.com

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Nobody knows what the point of homework is

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Nobody knows what the point of homework is

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As the Covid-19 pandemic began and students logged into their remote classrooms, all work, in effect, became homework. But whether or not students could complete it at home varied. For some, schoolwork became public-library work or McDonald’s-parking-lot work.
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Knights-Errant, by Jacob Sweet

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