May 2013
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Efficiency” and “productivity” are not educational values. Companies like...
– So this is what has been nagging me about ed tech.
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April 2013
5 posts
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X岛 →
2G Taiwanese Americans representin
6 track album
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March 2013
9 posts
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不巧不成书
No coincidences, no stories
– Chinese proverb
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The research field of positive psychology is demonstrating, however, that people...
– http://feedly.com/k/XZ6D8c
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I love when people do what they say →
I had the pleasure of walking from U St to Whole Foods with Kalsoom. For 10 minutes, we briefly discussed invest2Innovate, a social enterprise she created to support entrepreneurs starting in Pakistan.
Now, like my friends’ exes and people I’ve randomly emailed once, Kalsoom shows up on my gchat buddy list. Thank goodness because I never would have come across her bucket list tumblr...
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Sometimes you have to surrender before you win.
– The first of many favorite quotes by Gregory David Roberts
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February 2013
7 posts
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Love and desire are opposing concepts that we ask one person to provide.
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In China, Families Bet It All on College for Their... →
The Chinese school system leaves millions of students, and their parents, in the lurch
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December 2012
2 posts
November 2012
3 posts
October 2012
7 posts
Coldplay via bluegrass →
As you grow up in this world, you realize people really don’t give a shit about...
– David Coleman, Common Core’s architect
The importance of teaching expository writing in schools http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/10/the-writing-revolution/309090/#
September 2012
5 posts
Everyone needs to hear someone say, “Nobody else will do. It has to be you,”...
– Kunihiko Ikuhara (via mayeeware)
August 2012
10 posts
If it is right, it happens—The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets...
– John Steinbeck (via rebeccasusanne)
GATHER ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying:
And this...
Please don’t go, I love you so
Irish commentary is insanely awesome