Does the “right to repair” only include your personal devices? Why is “ghosting” so common and is it such a bad thing? Should we get rid of standardised testing and if so, what would we replace it with?

Stories on the McDonalds ice cream machines, troubles in online dating, and test taking complete this week’s topics. Find out more in the links below.

Here are the articles for this week’s conversation classes. Of course, you can still use these even if you are not taking conversation classes. I look forward to hearing what you have to say. Please let me know if you have any issues accessing these.

Try to note some new or interesting language that you see or hear in the articles or video and bring it to the class.

1. https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/29/23850595/mcdonalds-broken-ice-cream-machines-ifixit

2. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/11/what-if-ghosting-people-isnt-just-rude-but-psychologically-harmful

3. https://ed.ted.com/lessons/should-we-get-rid-of-standardized-testing-arlo-kempf

Have a great week.

See you in class!