Jesse Jackson Quote – In The Same Boat
“His foreparents came to America in immigrant ships. My foreparents came to America in slave ships. But whatever the original ships, we are both in the same boat tonight.” – Jesse Jackson
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Driverless Cars and Memory Chips
Portion of Americans who say they would ride in driverless cars if the technology were available: 1/2 Who say they would get memory chips installed in their brains: 1/4
Read moreTwitter as a learning tool?
■ A Brazilian school is teaching kids proper English by asking them to correct erroneously worded tweets by their favorite celebrities. The school asks its preteen students to point out grammar and spelling errors to the likes of Justin Bieber, Paris Hilton, and Charlie Sheen. In April, Bieber tweeted, “That was a long bus ride. But we here.” Maria, 9, […]
Read moreHarriet Beecher Stowe Quote – Never Give Up
“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe
Read moreMay Sarton Quote – Solitude Is The Richness Of Self
“Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.” – May Sarton
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Jay Asher Quote – Everything Affects Everything
“You don’t know what goes on in anyone’s life but your own. And when you mess with one part of a person’s life, you’re not messing with just that part. Unfortunately, you can’t be that precise and selective. When you mess with one part of a person’s life, you’re messing with their entire life. Everything . . . affects everything.” […]
Read morePoem – Home is Where…. (By Gary Beck)
Home is Where…. Our masters no longer reside in fortified castles that dominate the lives of all who dwell nearby, nor in grandiose palaces that dazzle the eyes of servants, the envious, seeking crumbs from tables of abundance, not in great mansions that people pass with respect, curious about hidden lives sheltered by prosperity far removed from daily toil […]
Read moreNo rain forest beef
Rio De Janeiro No rain forest beef: Hoping to prevent Amazon deforestation, Brazilian grocery stores say they will no longer sell beef from cattle raised on land clear-cut from the rain forests. Brazil is one of the world’s largest producers and exporters of beef, and an area of the Amazon larger than France has been cleared to create pastureland for […]
Read moreUrsula K. Le Guin Quote – No Right Answers
“There are no right answers to wrong questions.” – Ursula K. Le Guin
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