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Elizabeth Lindsey: Curating humanity's heritage | Video on TED.com
Elizabeth Lindsey: Curating humanity's heritage | Video on TED.comAmong the books on my parents shelves, were the works of Thor Heyerdahl. Kon Tiki, The Ra Expeditions, and one on Easter Island. I was struck by the concept of using ancient, ancient technology to cross the oceans. Struck by the "Star Trek"-style international and interfaith ( Read more... ) -
It gets better.
I've been posting a lot of articles about bullying over the past four months. It wasn't until I read Single Dad Laughing: Memoirs of a Bullied Kid in close proximity with Geek Feminism: Connecting with female characters in geek television that I realized just how predictable, monotonous, and uncreative bullies tend to be ( Read more... ) -
It gets better: Against Bullying
At the beginning of September, our preschool newsletter had a note to parents to talk to their children about bullying, that there had been a problem with name-calling at the preschool. I had hoped my lad would be protected from all that. I've kept an eye on his reactions since then, and I think for the time being, things are working themselves ( Read more... ) -
Types of Engineering work, and Public Speaking
Today was "Bring your child to work day," and I had the opportunity to speak a little bit with one young man who was thinking about engineering.
I know I have written before about how engineering does require a good foundation in math and science. (Remember, this means persistence.) What I don't think I've written about yet is the importance of ( Read more... ) -
Social Justice
Once before, I believe, I wrote about being caught between two worlds. My family of origin leans heavily to the right-wing conservative. My in-laws lean heavier to left-wing liberal. But the differences of opinion go back farther than that.
For all that Mary Edward Wertsch writes primarily of people who grew up military in the 1950's and 1960's, ( Read more... )