Author: Abderrahman Alamrani
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Why Keeping a Vocabulary List Does Not Really Work
Vocabulary teaching is not about asking learners to copy words into a list. It is about helping them notice, use, revise, connect, and remember words. Books like English Vocabulary in Use can support teachers, not as products to sell or scripts to follow, but as references for building better vocabulary lessons and worksheets.
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School Phone Bans Are Not a Shortcut Back to Attention
Lockable phone pouches reduce phone use in schools. That part is clear. What is less clear is whether banning phones can fix the deeper problem: a generation raised inside constant digital access, often long before schools ever get to intervene.
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MrBeast and the Spectacle of Charity
The video MrBeast Is What Marx Warned Us About looks at MrBeast’s philanthropy through a Marxist lens, asking what happens when charity becomes content, suffering becomes watchable, and generosity has to perform well enough to satisfy the algorithm.
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The Business Model of Modern Loneliness
Loneliness is no longer outside the market In When Connection Replaces Presence, the question was personal: what happens when the tools that help us reach each other also train us out of presence? This post moves from that personal problem to its economic extension. If digital life can weaken presence, the video They Need You…
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What I See When Tech Tries to Replace Thinking
This is not a pitchfork post about burning technology down. It is a post about what technology is not: a substitute for meaning, judgment, education, work, trust, or the messy human world that software keeps trying to flatten into data.
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Dangerous Apps and the Invisible Market Inside Your Phone
DW Documentary’s Dangerous Apps, In the Web of Data Brokers exposes how ordinary mobile apps can feed a global market for location data. This post explains what the documentary reveals, why it matters, and why the full video is worth watching.
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A Look at Free AI Courses from Anthropic and IBM
Anthropic Academy and IBM SkillsBuild both offer free AI learning resources, but they serve different purposes. Anthropic focuses more on Claude, APIs, Claude Code, MCP, and agent workflows. IBM SkillsBuild offers broader AI literacy courses for students, educators, adult learners, and people exploring digital credentials.
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The Paradox of Global English
Discover why English rules the world not because it is simple, but due to centuries of empire, trade, and technological influence. From its “linguistic vacuum cleaner” history to its complex layers of vocabulary and irregular grammar, global English thrives on diversity, adaptation, and pragmatic flexibility. Learn how its vast lexicon, historical layers, and digital evolution…
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What is correct English?
What we call “correct English” is only one stabilized version of a much larger system. English changes through use, habit, context, and social pressure. Every sentence is a small negotiation between what grammar teaches, what people actually say, and what the situation requires.
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Grammar Is What Turns Words Into Meaning
Grammar isn’t a set of rules to memorize. It’s the structure that allows words to connect, carry meaning, and reach another mind.