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“He sees people with curiosity, compassion, grace, and excitement; hears the voices of teenagers…” These are the words of Shailene Woodley, a well known actress who starred in many movies, including “The Fault In Our Stars”, a movie based on John Green’s number one New York Best seller’s book, The Fault In our Stars. John Green was born on August 24, 1977 and is still alive today at age 39. He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is the son of Mike and Sydney Green. Soon after he was born,…

A., a Vietnam War veteran, seemed to suffer from PTSD in tandem with OCD. Although the disorders could be lone standing, this only further demonstrates the ambiguities and intricacies with psychological disorders. Therefore, when listening to the podcast on Black, some of the comments made by Richard Fiddler seemed reductionist, such as when he asked, albeit cautiously, about anxiety being tied with vanity. Perhaps vanity, or a form that we linguistically associate with vanity, is or can be a…

Beyond School Books: Podcast #83, Girls Who Code In anticipation of the International Day of the Girl Child, UNICEF podcast moderator Alex Goldmark interviews Rashma Saujani, the founder of Girls Who Code. The Girls Who Code organization seeks challenge many of the culturally reinforced perception and constructs believed as contributing to the low and declining representation of women within the computer sciences industries of North America. The organization provides confidence enriching…

In the 21st century, self-directed learning is an essential skill require for educational world. This learning approach increases the motivation of students to learn, since they are the makers of their own knowledge, they experience a sense of independence while learning. It is a type of learning in which the learners are allowed to work on authentic problems and diagnosing their learning needs with or without help from others. Self-directed learning can be implemented in a variety of ways such…

Thomas Jefferson was against slavery. Thomas Jefferson the other founding fathers understood that slavery was wrong but they participating slavery because it was a system that they inherited from the generation before. For example Thomas Jefferson stated that his father, Peter Jefferson, had passed away and left him with more than 150 slaves, and he believed that he could not tell them to leave. The reason that he gave for not setting the slaves free was that he wanted to give them the…

Bob Mortimer Family and Biography With his hilarious jokes and whimsical act, he cracked up everyone he ever came across. He is none other than the greatest comedian of all time Robert Renwick Mortimer, popularly known by his stage name Bob Mortimer. He is widely known for his stand-up comedy in his native land England and as well as internationally. The 57 year old comedian started his first comedy programme along with his long time business partner, comedian Vic Reeves in 1986. Mortimer’s…

Interviewer- Welcome to ‘Rear Vision’. I’m your host, Kellie. Today we're here to discuss the battle fought by our brave Australian soldiers in 1942 on the Kokoda Track. It is important to remember this event as many people gave their lives for us to be free. I have Ken Ferguson with me today, a veteran from Kokoda. We’re glad to have you here on the show. You were from the 2nd 31st battalion of the Australian Imperial Force, correct? Can you tell us more about that? Interviewee- Glad to be…

1. Metacognitive: A strategy that helps students learn as they engage in writing. 2. Rubrics: a guide/instrument to follow for assessment 3. Checklists: a list that highlights “must haves” in an assignment. 4. Processes: The student goes through specific phases in writing. 5. Products: The final product submitted for evaluation/assessment 6. Prewriting: The initial stages of writing process. 7. Rewriting: Proofreading and editing the previous writing, things can be added and other things deleted…

Society has always had a particular structure to categorize two genders that has always defined our culture. Not being able to identify with the common gender stereotypes placed by society can leave those individuals to classify their selves under a non-binary standard. Identifying under this binary makes it difficult to find a positive inspiration in social media, growing coverage of transgender identities in the media, and continually going against society’s binary system when presenting in a…

In the textbook, “Understanding Your Health”, I took a self-assessment that examined my health behavior. I scored a 559 overall, which meant that I had a relatively adequate health behavior. However, I think my score of 559 was on the lower side of the relatively adequate health behavior since the points ranged from 550 to 569. I was actually very close to the low health behavior score, which ranged from 330 to 549, as I was only 10 points away from a low health behavior score. This means that I…