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Six Ways to Teach and Practice Gratitude 1
- Culture
- December 27, 2018
Kindness means thinking of others and acting in ways that contribute to their happiness. Complaining certainly doesn’t do that. If you’ve been trying to make kindness part of your family culture and there’s still a lot of complaining, it’s time to take further steps to teach and practice gratitude. Here are 6: 1. Discuss as a family
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What a Woman 0
- Culture
- December 27, 2018
Fierce. Honest. Libertarian. Author and professor Camille Paglia speaks her own mind, uses logic rather than histrionics to make her arguments, and is unafraid of blowback from her critics. Though a lifelong Democrat and a supporter of Bernie Sanders, she refused to vote for Hilary Clinton, regarding her as a “liar.” She has called into
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15 Things You Should Know about the 2018 Partial Government Shutdown 0
- Economics
- December 27, 2018
1. What just happened? On Friday, the federal government entered a partial shutdown after the Senate failed to pass a spending bill that includes border wall funding. President Trump refuses to sign any additional funding that does not include $5.1 billion in additional money to pay for an extension of the border wall, allowing him
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How to Protect Californians from Wildfires 0
- Politics
- December 27, 2018
The release of the U.S. Climate Science Special Report—with its warning of worsening U.S. natural disasters—has sparked a renewed cry for global efforts to fight climate change. In California, outgoing Gov. Jerry Brown was quick to identify climate change (i.e., global warming) as the culprit behind the deadliest wildfire season the Golden State has seen.
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How America Grew Bored with Love 0
- Culture
- December 26, 2018
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Teacher: Stroking Egos Does Nothing for Students. Raising Expectations Does.0
- Education
- December 26, 2018
Armed with a bachelor of science in elementary education, I charged into my career as a teacher. I was immediately exposed to students at three levels of public schools: A rather wealthy district with an average IQ of 120. A classic, middle-class school. A school that is best described as a mini United Nations. In
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