Reading Her Way

A Math Teacher's Journey to Knowing Her World a Little Better

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Tell Me Something I Don't Know

Fun trivia--did you know when you lose weight it goes through your nose?

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Happy Bella. #rwrunstreak #ccsrightnow #happydog

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Parents Give Their Daughter a History Lesson by Recreating Photos of Famous Heroines

When Brooklyn photographer Marc Bushelle and his wife Janine decided to teach their daughter Lily about famous African American women, they had her dress up as the historical figures for a series of photos. The Black Heroines Project has not only taught Lily about strong and courageous women, it has also gone viral and has been educational for others. “When people talk about black history, there is a list of names they rattle off. But we wanted to cover women that were not normally at the tip of people’s tongues,” Marc explained to Flickr. So far, Lily has dressed up as the first black female pilot Bessie Coleman, ballerina Misty Copeland, entertainer Queen Latifah, the first black female astronaut Mae Jemison, and many other notable African American women. Thanks to the outpouring of support that the Bushelle family has received for their project, they decided to broaden the series to include important women of all races. "Malala was a no-brainer,” stated Marc, describing their…

Who would you add to the list?

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#hollinsfaculty #dadisawesome

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Run at least one mile each day from Memorial Day to July 4th. #rwrunstreak

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Which Keirsey Personality Type Are You?

Professor David Keirsey divided all of humanity into four key temperamental groups. His personality groups represent key human archetypes found throughout history and his test is the most widely used assessment test in the world. Are you ready to find out which type you are?

Which Keirsey Personality Type Are You?

I got Artisan

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How Internet Censorship Works from Stuff You Should Know

Listen to Stuff You Should Know episodes free, on demand. Some of it seems innocuous enough: protecting kids from unseemly sites or intellectual property from piracy. But the tools to protect these things are the same that governments can also use to censor ideas and quell dissent. Listen to over 40,000 radio shows, podcasts and live radio stations for free on your iPhone, iPad, Android and PC. Discover the best of news, entertainment, comedy, sports and talk radio on demand with Stitcher Radio.

Thoughts?

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Elk’s sad tale a reminder not to feed wildlife The elk made headlines when it was filmed butting heads with a photographer. Officials say the animal lost its instinctive fear of people after being fed by visitors and had to be euthanized.

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Our former neighbors fed a deer family. Poor deer didn't know what to do when the neighbors moved.

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#trickline championship #riverrock2015

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Here’s what’s out in paperback this week … 

The Bees: A Novel by Laline Paull (Here’s Amal El-Mohtar’s review of the book.)

So We Read On: How the Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures by Maureen Corrigan (Here she is on Fresh Air.) 

Wynne’s War by Aaron Gwyn (Here he is on Weekend Edition Saturday.) 

Cut Me Loose: Sin and Salvation After My Ultra-Orthodox Girlhood by Leah Vincent (Here she is on All Things Considered.) 

Delicious!: A Novel by Ruth Reichl (Here’s Heller McAlpin’s review of the book.) 

Everything I Never Told You: A Novel by Celeste Ng (Here she is on All Things Considered.)

Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America by John Waters (Here he is on Fresh Air and Morning Edition.)

Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War by Robert M. Gates (Here’s Tom Bowman’s review of the book.) 

In the House of the Interpreter by Ngugi wa’Thiong’o (Here he is on Tell Me More.) 

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To Read list.

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What’s up with “farther” and “further”?

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Farther and further can be quite confusing. Luckily, farther contains, “far,” which serves as a useful mnemonic.

The basketball team members ran farther today than they did yesterday.

“I need to conduct further research on what makes a perfect sandwich,” said a dejected Princess Bubblegum.

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Need a reminder every now and then.

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they do, for the record. 

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Dear students, this is the best idea.

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This idea is so much better than riding IN my classroom.

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First Lady Michelle Obama talked about her experience with race and the media during her commencement speech at Tuskegee University. You can watch the full address here.

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This woman is awesome!

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Do you know what that “backwards P symbol” is called?

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On Moving

One of the daunting tasks before moving is looking at everything I own. Some days I wipe dust off boxes I have moved to three different homes in seven years whose contents still remains a mystery. This time I refuse to rent a big truck to transport what I own. Instead, I am purging.

About the same time I began the purging process about 6 weeks ago, I read an article about capsule wardrobes. Minimizing the number of clothes in my closet has taken on high priority. Here is one strategy I am thinking about tweaking. My safety net: I have a place in VA to store winter clothes or clothes to rotate into my capsule, so building a small, diverse wardrobe for FL seems less stressful.

Have any of you tried capsule wardrobe?

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163- The Gruen Effect from 99% Invisible

Listen to 99% Invisible episodes free, on demand. Retail spaces are designed for impulse shopping. When you go to a store looking for socks and come out with a new shirt, it’s only partly your fault. Shops are trying to look so beautiful, so welcoming, the items so enticingly displayed and in such vast quantity, that the consumer will start buying compulsively. This is the Gruen Effect. Producer Avery Trufelman spoke with Jeff Hardwick, author of Mall Maker: Victor Gruen, Architect of an American Dream, and Ellen Dunham Jones author of Retrofitting Suburbia. Listen to over 40,000 radio shows, podcasts and live radio stations for free on your iPhone, iPad, Android and PC. Discover the best of news, entertainment, comedy, sports and talk radio on demand with Stitcher Radio.

pendonmugofwa -- another wonderful podcast.