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I figured this is worth sharing. #impact #poetry #somethingworthsharing

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Turning trash into toys for learning

At the INK Conference, Arvind Gupta shares simple yet stunning plans for turning trash into seriously entertaining, well-designed toys that kids can build themselves -- while learning basic principles of science and design.

This engineer shows how objects that are widely available and seen as trash can be transformed to teach children about science. Children that are in areas that do not have access, due to location or financial reasons, to materials that can help aid in the learning process of science and design, are not given the opportunity to learn through doing. As stated by the speaker, “children want to make things, children want to do things.” By altering things that are seen as trash not only are you reducing the societal impact of trash management, but providing ways for children to increase their education.  “How you could use it is just limited by your imagination.”

Este ingeniero muestra cómo los objetos que están ampliamente disponibles y se ven como basura se pueden transformar para enseñar a los niños sobre la ciencia. Los niños que se encuentran en áreas que no tienen acceso, debido a su ubicación o razones financieras, a materiales que pueden ayudar a ayudar en el proceso de aprendizaje de la ciencia y el diseño, no tienen la oportunidad de aprender haciendo. Como dice el orador, "los niños quieren hacer las cosas, los niños quieren hacer las cosas". Al alterar las cosas que se ven como basura no sólo se está reduciendo el impacto social de la gestión de basura, sino proporcionar maneras para los niños a aumentar su educación. "La forma en que podrías usarla está limitada por tu imaginación."

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mind over matter

Love is something so special and should be treated that way, always. I’ve been in a relationship for 6+ years. Sounds good but it’s not always. Meeting each other at such a young age I feel is such a struggle - for all relationships. Having that feeling of loving someone else and being loved, is honestly all I thought relationships should be at the start of it. We both love each other of course but there are some up and downs. Decisions making, trust, needs and wants, is one out of many things we had trouble in negotiating about at times, like every normal couple. A few weeks ago I just about had it with my boyfriend about a certain situation and just needed space to think. It was a bit over a week of not seeing him - we talked again but it still wasn’t solved. That feeling of wanting to figure it out and just know what to do, is probably the most frustrating part. Wanting it to go away and make everything just feel better. As usual days pass, and one night I dreamt of another man. I wasn’t cheating or seeing/thinking of anyone - he was just all of a sudden there in my dream. I didn’t know who he was and I honestly can’t remember his face. It wasn’t anything serious it was just a random man there, treating me as if he was my new boyfriend. These dreams were recurrent, for days. I tried so hard to think of something else and somehow stop it from appearing in my dreams, but it wouldn’t stop. Mentally and physically I was lost, I had no idea what to do - am I suppose to tell my boyfriend this? A couple days past and I just cracked and talked to my boyfriend about the unsolved situation we had. It lead to so many other different things - priorities, maturity, knowing what each other wants, etc. Just so you know, our faith is a big part of our relationship and is something we try to keep present all the time. We somehow got into the topic and I just broke down and told him what I have been dealing with. Delicately I explained about the dreams and while I was discussing it with him I all of a sudden came to a conclusion why I even had these dreams. Struggles that we have in life is something we don’t want to deal with, especially with someone you love. Having something you picture in your mind, something new is much more easier and better to deal with (be with). It finally clicked, our faith was very much involved with this “dream”. I think of it as a test. God isn’t physically there but at times can test you in so many ways. At the time I was struggling with my boyfriend I thought of how I’d like him to be. I put an image in my head of the “perfect boyfriend”. Yes, I can just walk away from my boyfriend, and easily find someone new who I pictured in my head; OR build my relationship with my boyfriend and know at the end of the day we made it through, together. God showed me 2 different perspectives in a way i didn’t even notice it play a part of my life in figuring out what I truly want. Life is all about decisions. You don’t always have to physically deal with every situation to learn from it. Someone may be pointing out signs, you just have to find it.. xx Goodluck What would your decision be?