Teaching about STDs through comic books - baltimoresun.com:
Meeting twice a week beginning July 8, the students were asked to write, photograph, draw, scan and digitally edit three stories about sexually transmitted diseases and birth control, and assemble them in a booklet.
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Work - Emma Lazarus
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| Engraving (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Yet life is not a vision nor a prayer,
But stubborn work; she may not shun her task.
After the first compassion, none will spare
Her portion and her work achieved, to ask.
She pleads for respite,—she will come ere long
When, resting by the roadside, she is strong.
Nay, for the hurrying throng of passers-by
Will crush her with their onward-rolling stream.
Much must be done before the brief light die;
She may not loiter, rapt in the vain dream.
With unused trembling hands, and faltering feet,
She staggers forth, her lot assigned to meet.
But when she fills her days with duties done,
Strange vigor comes, she is restored to health.
New aims, new interests rise with each new sun,
And life still holds for her unbounded wealth.
All that seemed hard and toilsome now proves small,
And naught may daunt her,—she hath strength for all."
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Are you a book hoarder? There's a word for that. - LA Times
"Frank Rose had a tsundoku problem. After he retired several years ago from his job as a state employee -- he lives in Sacramento -- he accelerated his purchases. Two years ago, he told the Friends of the Arden-Dimick Library in Sacramento that he’d donate his books when he died, the Sacramento Bee reports. By this summer, his collection had grown to 13,000 volumes."
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FCC OKs $2B for broader school Wi-Fi access
FCC OKs $2B for broader school Wi-Fi access:
"The Federal Communications Commission voted Friday to approve the funding for the program called E-Rate. The extra money will mainly come from efficiencies within the E-Rate program, including no longer paying for outdated technologies such as pagers, as well as spending money that's in reserve."
"The Federal Communications Commission voted Friday to approve the funding for the program called E-Rate. The extra money will mainly come from efficiencies within the E-Rate program, including no longer paying for outdated technologies such as pagers, as well as spending money that's in reserve."
Why many Democrats have turned against teachers unions - The Washington Post
Why many Democrats have turned against teachers unions - The Washington Post:
"“People have long forgotten the virtues of organized labor –and the benefits most workers enjoy that were fought for and earned by unions . Minimum wage … weekends … sick leave … workers’ comp … child labor laws? Etc. etc. etc.? Meh. Now, public workers who want that stuff are lazy and greedy. (But private-sector people who get such benefits deserve them…!)”"
"“People have long forgotten the virtues of organized labor –and the benefits most workers enjoy that were fought for and earned by unions . Minimum wage … weekends … sick leave … workers’ comp … child labor laws? Etc. etc. etc.? Meh. Now, public workers who want that stuff are lazy and greedy. (But private-sector people who get such benefits deserve them…!)”"
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The News Literacy Project
The News Literacy Project:
"The News Literacy Project is an innovative national educational program that mobilizes seasoned journalists to work with educators to teach students how to sort fact from fiction."
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"The News Literacy Project is an innovative national educational program that mobilizes seasoned journalists to work with educators to teach students how to sort fact from fiction."
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Forbidden Bookshelf | Open Road Integrated Media
Forbidden Bookshelf | Open Road Integrated Media:
"For over half a century, America's vast literary culture has been disparately policed, and imperceptibly contained, by state and corporate entities well-placed and perfectly equipped to wipe out wayward writings. As America does not ban books, other means—less evident, and so less controversial—have been deployed to vaporize them. The purpose of Forbidden Bookshelf is to bring such vanished books to life. These works pull some of the most troubling trends and episodes in US history from the shadows, shed light on how America got to its present moment, and show us how we all might change direction."
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"For over half a century, America's vast literary culture has been disparately policed, and imperceptibly contained, by state and corporate entities well-placed and perfectly equipped to wipe out wayward writings. As America does not ban books, other means—less evident, and so less controversial—have been deployed to vaporize them. The purpose of Forbidden Bookshelf is to bring such vanished books to life. These works pull some of the most troubling trends and episodes in US history from the shadows, shed light on how America got to its present moment, and show us how we all might change direction."
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Monday
Starbucks to Workers: We'll Pay for College - Firm says it will pay $30K per worker for online tuition
Starbucks to Workers: We'll Pay for College - Firm says it will pay $30K per worker for online tuition:
"Starbucks says people taking in the program will be free to study whatever they want—and to leave the company whenever they want. It's not clear how much the tuition reimbursement will cost the company, but execs say the benefits will add up to around $30,000 for every worker taking part."
"Starbucks says people taking in the program will be free to study whatever they want—and to leave the company whenever they want. It's not clear how much the tuition reimbursement will cost the company, but execs say the benefits will add up to around $30,000 for every worker taking part."
Friday
Famous Writers' Report Cards: Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Norman Mailer, E.E. Cummings & Anne Sexton - | Open Culture
Famous Writers' Report Cards: Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Norman Mailer, E.E. Cummings & Anne Sexton - | Open Culture:
"But it’s also symptomatic of that same compulsion that drives students to try, by any means, to get professors to bump their grades up at the end of the semester—fear of the “permanent record.”"
"But it’s also symptomatic of that same compulsion that drives students to try, by any means, to get professors to bump their grades up at the end of the semester—fear of the “permanent record.”"
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13 Google Search Tricks That Make Life A Whole Lot Easier
13 Google Search Tricks That Make Life A Whole Lot Easier:
"13 Google Search Tricks That Make Life A Whole Lot Easier"
"13 Google Search Tricks That Make Life A Whole Lot Easier"
Taking Notes by Hand Benefits Recall, Researchers Find – Wired Campus - Blogs - The Chronicle of Higher Education
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| Almost All the Wired Magazines Ever Published (Photo credit: outtacontext) |
"In another part of the study, some laptop users were instructed to avoid taking verbatim notes. Instructors explained that “people who take class notes on laptops when they expect to be tested on the material later tend to transcribe what they’re hearing without thinking about it much.” But members of that group received lower scores in both conceptual and factual tests than did their longhand counterparts."
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Early Mod philosophy » 3:AM Magazine
Early Mod philosophy » 3:AM Magazine: "There is a classic article, “Seven thinkers and how they grew: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz; Locke, Berkeley, Hume; Kant,” by Bruce Kuklick which tells the historically contingent story of how this list became canonical in America. That is not to say that anyone on the list is unworthy of their status—all of those philosophers are important thinkers who wrote deep, systematic works. But so did Malebranche and Hobbes, and both were exceedingly influential, arguably more so than Berkeley or even Spinoza. "
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Freedom_Ride_DB_Fankhauser
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| Freedom Riders (Photo credit: elycefeliz) |
"With most of the Freedom Riders injured, and the danger of the violence escalating to the point of someone being killed, it was suggested that the Freedom Rides should be discontinued. Nashville student Diane Nash, a leader in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) felt that if violence were allowed to halt the Freedom Rides, the movement would be set back years.
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