This week's quiz, for Christina from Christina, is one that Tracy can be exempt from if she wants. I got a 90%. Wanted 100. So absurd to think that we make people memorize this information to mean something.
Some math for Marni- I'm guessing she'd agree with this post. And speaking of math, I missed this ridiculous misleading Obamacare graph last week! I would actually really enjoy Fox news if it weren't for the fact that people (like my grandmother) this it is based on fact.
I have a few "hard news" updates:
There was yet another shooting at Fort Hood on Wed, did you hear about this? (Christina, since this blog didn't exist in 2009, this is here for you just in case). Have you heard about studies that find that PTSD is more likely, specifically, with US Soldiers?
We haven't mentioned Afghanistan in a while-- a photographer was killed and a reporter shot there just yesterday.
And as requested-- updated Ukrainian news-- the country is in a gas crisis right now due to relations with Russia, and Russian forces are still on the Ukraine border.
Finally-- some news through photography this week. A friend of mine knows this photographer, who does portraits of addiction via photography and essay. And this NYT Magazine piece is truly amazing-- photographs of survivors of the Rwandan genocide and the actual perpetrators of crimes against them or their families. So amazing to see and read about the capacity that some people have for forgiveness.
I'm a little confused by the author of the article about early math saying "Discussions about how to improve learning for young children usually focus on the length of the whole school day or the number of students in classes, but rarely on what is taught during the hours school is in session." Is she not following this whole Common Core thing.
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