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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Day 24/67 of 5 Month GED, voting, and libraries

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

     Citizenship responsibilities, like voting, require a combination of both knowledge of the candidates, and of the tools, like Ranked Choice Voting, that give us ways to make our voices heard.  Libraries put more tools into the hands of citizens, empowering better decision-making.  Those tools, like RCV and critical thinking, are some of the tools that any democracy movement needs:

start of Week 7…

Day 24 Lesson Plan

Grammar: Essay Writing practice

-Finish your Thesis Sentence, general Essay Outline, and detailed Intro. Paragraph Outline

Negative Exponents: Intro. practice activity
Day 24, Week 7 Exit Slips
(Day 23Day 25)

Action Items:

1.)  Share places where can you find information about voting, besides the local Public Library?

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2.)  Write a book, story, blog post or tweet that uses those findings, and then, please tell us about it! If you write a book, once it is…

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Mário de Andrade

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

” Me deixem num canto apenas, que seja este canto somente,

Suspirar pela vida que nasceria apenas do meu ser!”.

Mário de Andrade. Rito do Irmão Pequeno

Mário de Andrade. Editora Nova Cultural. Textos publicados sob licença de Carlis Augusto de Andrade Camargo. São Paulo, 1990

Marii Freire Pereira

https://Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Imagem: pinterest/ Jesús Barrón Medina

Santarém, Pa 28 de dezembro de 2021

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Freedom Of Speech Run Amok

Filosofa's Word

Recently, a father of four named Jared Schmeck was on a live televised phone call with the President and First Lady, on a Christmas Eve event supposedly tracking Santa Claus’ progress, (a tradition designed to give children and their families joy in anticipation of the day ahead). After President Biden asked what Schmeck’s children were looking forward to and sweetly wishing him and his family a Merry Christmas, the man inexplicably punctuated his call with “Let’s Go Brandon.”

Jared Schmeck (l); President and First Lady Biden (r)

For those who have heard of the chant/hashtag ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ but may not be aware of its origin or meaning …

The hashtag was born after a sports reporter misheard a racing crowd chanting “F*ck Joe Biden” while interviewing the winning driver named Brandon Brown, thinking they were cheering him on.  It is basically giving a middle finger to President Biden.

Now…

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Do Better, from: Adulting as racial sensitivity work — Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

(This post is part of what led to both my Do Better project, and my narrative nonfiction short “I Shouldn’t Exist?” )

So, why bother: Why work and walk, when being who you were born still hurts?   1994 Baltimore, when I had finally secured the protection of a job at Space Telescope Science Institute, and was trying to make friends with co-workers, and forget my origins: “There are people here who will not want someone who looks […]

Mindful Mondays, using past pain, and Adulting as racial sensitivity work — Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story

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France: ‘Rainforest Art Project’ – Supporting Indigenous Peoples! — World Animals Voice — Barbara Crane Navarro

I have taken this directly from the site run by one of our supporter friends Barbara. Please have a look at it when you can.  You know we are primarily an animal rights group; but when we feel it is necessary, we change hats and speak up for human rights.  Here is such a case. […] […]

France: ‘Rainforest Art Project’ – Supporting Indigenous Peoples! — World Animals Voice — Barbara Crane Navarro

The Importance of Old Growth Forests! — 365 Ways to Save the Planet — Barbara Crane Navarro

Day 316 – The Daintree Rainforest in Queensland, Australia is the oldest forest in the world. It is estimated to be 180 million years old. To be considered an old growth forest you don’t have to be millions of years old. On average, an old growth forest is around 150 years old. What is putting […] […]

The Importance of Old Growth Forests! — 365 Ways to Save the Planet — Barbara Crane Navarro

Lê Vĩnh Tài | poetry is apologetic (88) — SONGNGUTAITRAM

Lê Vĩnh Tài, the Vietnamese poet and translator, born 1966 in Buon Ma Thuot, Daklak, Vietnam. The retired doctor is still a resident of the Western Highlands, an acclaimed businessman in Buon Ma Thuot. — Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm, the poet and translator, born 1971 in Phu Nhuan, Saigon, Vietnam. The pharmacist currently lives and works in Western Sydney, Australia.

Lê Vĩnh Tài | poetry is apologetic (88) — SONGNGUTAITRAM

Eso es la vida, parece…

Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA

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Eso es la vida, parece, ciclos que inician y períodos que terminan, amaneceres que alumbran y tardes o anocheceres que cobijan. Son pedazos de tiempo que, una mañana o una noche, al mediodía o en la madrugada, se desvanecen y se llevan trozos de nosotros, con fragmentos de las historias que protagonizamos y que reprimimos, las cargas y las ligerezas que portamos a una hora y a otra, con sus motivos y sus imprevistos, sus rumores y sus silencios, sus razones y sus delirios. Eso es la vida, entiendo, un sueño y una realidad, una cordura y, a la vez, una locura, que suelen vestirse de formalidad o, simplemente, desprovistos de solemnidad. Eso es la vida, creo, un lapso de tiempo, con sus minutos y sus años que no voltean atrás para evitar apegos y romances, afectos y hospedajes…

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