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Busreise durch die Türkei – Ephesus

Bus trip through Ephesus

Senioren um die Welt

Einer der Höhepunkte unserer Busreise durch die Türkei war nach den Besuchen von Istanbul, Troja und Pergamon zweifellos die antike Stadt Ephesus (Ephesos) an der türkischen Ägäisküste in der Nähe der heutigen Stadt Selçuk. Ephesus ist eine der besterhaltenen und am meisten besuchten historischen Stätten des Landes. Die Stadt wurde 1869 von einem britischen Archäologen wiederentdeckt, die meisten Ruinen, die man heute sehen kann, stammen aus der römischen Periode zwischen dem 1. Jh. v.Chr. und dem 2. Jh. n.Chr. Die Marmorstrassen und -denkmäler sind inzwischen weitgehend freigelegt worden.


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Housing Policy: We Can Do Better

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

     This is why Project Do Better starts by emphasizing free forms of intensive community and self-education, in Phase I:

“In 2020, the federal government spent more than $193 billion on subsidies for homeowners — “most families who enjoy this benefit have six-figure incomes and are white” — but just $53 billion on direct housing assistance for low-income families. That’s not for lack of need. Because of chronic federal underinvestment, only 1 in 4 extremely low-income Americans who qualify for housing aid get it.”

(from NPR, this morning…)

     While not all of our problems can be fixed immediately, education is the common denominator for solving them, which is why independent and learner-led education forms the bedrock of Project Do Better’s  cropped-dobettercover.jpg
starting in Phase I, particularly via the free Holistic High School and college algebra lesson plans linked below, and then becoming even more personalized during…

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Por do sol

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

A cada por do sol,

trago a esperança de tecer um sonho no dia seguinte

Eu conto nos dedos

A razão demasiada de acreditar

Que a felicidade não se fala,

Mas a vestimos a nossa maneira.

O homem que não é feliz,

Não viveu

Como muitos, suspirou.

Viver é atiçar o fogo da esperança.

É florescer diante dos próprios olhos,

É perder -se no tempo,

E se achar-se nele.

Como mar ser implacável,

Atravessar a noite silenciosa,

Saber navegar sem fazer barulho.

Percorrer entre as pedras

E as sombras pequenas até o destino final,

Sabendo que o universo delega a todos

A cada amanhã um presente chamado vida.

Marii Freire. Por do sol

https://Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

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Santarém, Pá 17 de março de 2023

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Florida: English Professor Fired for Including Discussion of Racial Justice in His Writing Classes

Diane Ravitch's blog

The Orlando Sentinel reported that Professor Sam Joeckel was fired by Palm Beach Atlantic University, a private Christian university where he has taught for more than two decades. A student complained that he discussed”racial justice” as a topic for his students to write about.

Joeckel walked into his office one day last week and discovered that his telephone and computer were gone. Apparently a parent complained that he was indoctrinating students by teaching about racism.

Joeckel had an idea something was up because he was called in by administrators to explain his rational for teaching about racial justice. There was also a rumor that he had said something positive about gay people,which the university forbids.

The president of the university, Dr. Debra Schwann, took a personal interest in the case.

The parent who complained had “a reasonable concern about Dr. Joeckel lecturing substantially on the history of racism and racial…

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