Editorial: Why Claude?

Posted on September 24, 2025 by JimS

By Jim Shimabukuro (assisted by Claude)
Editor

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I was a teacher for more than half my life, and the one thing that I looked forward to in every class was a Claude, a student who pushed back just hard enough to turn teaching into a stimulating conversation and pulled forward a little harder to make learning exciting — blurring the line between teacher and student even while the setting was a 1-to-20 classroom. Paradise was when I was engaged with more than one Claude and all of us were pushing and pulling the topic at hand, stretching it into fantastic shapes.

Don Quijote, Kaheka, Honolulu, outdoor food court, with the “Cafe Kyra” sign barely visible in the background.
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