Good reads this week: Chirp! Chirp!
[Warning: There is no application for this research.*]
- Brandy Zadrozny, After 50 Years, ‘Killer’ Priest Finally Faces Justice
- Max Lewontin, States consider allowing kids to learn coding instead of foreign languages
- Katrin Eyþórsdóttir, The Story of Scandinavian Design: Combining Function and Aesthetics
- What if I moved to Sweden? I’m thinking that’s my next move! The Talent Guide
- 20 Things to Know Before Moving to Sweden
- I really despise public shaming, but as I’m taking the #ed113 instructional design course, I thought I’d link to this article by Kate Taylor, At Success Academy School, a Stumble in Math and a Teacher’s Anger on Video
- (1) Who hasn’t lost it? & (2) While I can empathize with losing it, I dislike her choices. No, I’m not a teacher in any capacity, but I was once a yoga teacher and I am a human who cares for others: I want to step into the video and speak to the students very differently:
- The teacher acknowledge and respond, which I commend: “I’m deeply committed to the children and families of our school, and I’m sorry for my lapse in emotional control 15 months ago. As I tell my scholars to do, I will learn from this mistake and be a better teacher for it.”
- Emine Sanor, Megan Hine: the woman who helps keep Bear Grylls safe
- Dennis Overbye, Gravitational Waves Detected, Confirming Einstein’s Theory [Woah! 🙂 ]
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James Gorman & David Frank, Fire Ants, Goshawks and Dog Tongues, Oh My:The Best of ScienceTake
- Photo by Christopher Lane
- Emily Yoshida, Broad City: meet the 21st century comedy queens that even Hillary loves [Love these gals! When I first discovered them, I watched the whole season straight through and scream laughed the whole time. Also, I love Key and Peele and the show Catastrophe. I laugh so hard I exhaust myself. Very pleased. ]
Feature image my own. Summer Boston day, July 2016. Broad City photo by Christopher Lane sourced from here.
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