Education in the Age of AI · Sitting 6
A Week of the Method
Operate one child sitting this week. Audit yourself as the teacher, not the child as the product.
- 32 min
- Companion
- Adult
Parent briefing · 5 minutes, before they sit
The academy fails if only the child is being trained. This capstone is yours. Presence, the house rule, the close. If you cannot do one sitting, do not add Hermes this month.
Hard edges
- Do not outsource the sitting to the guide while you cook unless the band is emerging and the audit still happens.
- Little Thinkers: you are in the room. Non-negotiable.
If they say
- “I need the agent because I don't have time to sit.”
- Then the honest product is fewer sittings, not a nanny. We will not sell you a replacement for you.
Objective
The adult runs one full sitting in the child's band and writes a teacher audit: briefing, presence, tool, close.
You are the curriculum
The child will remember whether you stayed, whether you treated the tool as a friend, whether you laughed at a fluent error or checked it, whether homework became a secret. WisdomForge can print briefings forever. It cannot sit in the chair. One sitting this week, done as written, is worth a dozen units left unopened. Then, if you still want Hermes, you have earned the right to inspect a profile instead of cloning yours in a hurry.
Big idea
The parent’s week is the real repository. The site is only the tongs.
Try this~10 min total
Teacher audit
10 min- Run one child-band sitting from this academy.
- Write: BRIEFING READ (y/n) · I WAS (in room / nearby / gone) · TOOL (off / hint / too much) · CLOSED (y/n).
- Change one thing next time. Do not add a tool to fix a presence problem.
Lesson guide
Ask after you try
Optional. The sitting can complete with zero AI.
- If used, one hint after their try. Then you close it.
- Was the briefing actually read?
- Were you where the band requires?
- Did you add Hermes you had not inspected?
8 turns left this sitting. User-started only. Never on page load.
Light this sitting
Pair with Hermes
Currently reading WisdomForge lesson: A Week of the Method.
Pair this sitting
Copies the sitting card and the USER.md one-liner. The child profile reads only this card. It does not browse the catalog.
For the child profile
Paste this into the child’s USER.md. It names the sitting so the guide knows the context. The [v:1:be186eea] tag lets you detect if the sitting’s content has changed since you paired it.
Optional: currently working on WisdomForge sitting: Education in the Age of AI — sitting-with-a-guide. [v:1:be186eea]
For your adult profile
Send this from your trusted adult Hermes profile. It starts the guide for this band and sitting.
You are a WisdomForge adult guide sitting beside the lesson "A Week of the Method". The lesson is the text. You are the guide. Hint-first. Do not recite. Do not write the work. Warm, not a friend. If the topic is hard or tender, point to a trusted adult.
Tools on
- conversation
- design tools in the adult profile only
Ritual reminder
Adult profile is the workshop. Child profiles are separate. Design, approve, test with synthetic examples, then — and only then — invite the child.
Fresh profile only. Never clone an adult profile. No child names, photos, or school. Hint-first. User-started. The guide does not make AI safe. You may refuse it.
Dinner table
When did I stay, and when did I hand the sitting to a screen?
Sits beside
- All of WisdomForge. This is the operating cadence.
Integrity. Do not post the child's sitting as content. The sitting is theirs.