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Daylight Saving Time 2011: Why Does It Begin? | WRITE WITH YOUR MINDS ON FIRE.

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WRITE WITH YOUR MINDS ON FIRE. We cannot change the wind, but we can adjust the sail. Is the 5-Second Rule Right? Don’t Call Me, I Won’t Call You →. Daylight Saving Time 2011: Why Does It Begin? March 13, 2011. A custodian checks Kansas’s Clay County courthouse clock after daylight savings ended last year. Photograph by Charlie Riedel, AP. With daylight saving time (also called daylight savings time) kicking off again, clock confusion is once again ticking away: Why do we spring forward? For example, sho...

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Tutorials and Exercises to Help Students Prepare for the SAT | WRITE WITH YOUR MINDS ON FIRE.

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WRITE WITH YOUR MINDS ON FIRE. We cannot change the wind, but we can adjust the sail. The Class That Built Apps, and Fortunes. Tutorials and Exercises to Help Students Prepare for the SAT. May 15, 2011. By BOB TEDESCHI, NYTimes. Teenagers have a hard time paying attention to anything that’s not flashed across a smartphone screen. Yet somehow, parents still expect results when they plop an SAT study book in front of their children. Meet your children halfway. For those looking to sample the wares, the cat...

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January | 2011 | WRITE WITH YOUR MINDS ON FIRE.

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WRITE WITH YOUR MINDS ON FIRE. We cannot change the wind, but we can adjust the sail. Monthly Archives: January 2011. January 24, 2011. SAT-Optional Will Trend Take Off or Sputter? January 17, 2011. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — If you’re one of those students afraid standardized test scores don’t paint the full picture of your potential, your options are growing. More and more colleges don’t require the SAT or ACT exams. Continue reading →. Need a new book? Go to the library! Raymo...

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KESENNUMA! | WRITE WITH YOUR MINDS ON FIRE.

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WRITE WITH YOUR MINDS ON FIRE. We cannot change the wind, but we can adjust the sail. Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees, or Does It? The Class That Built Apps, and Fortunes →. April 18, 2011. Diplomas and Uncertainty for Japanese Pupils. KESENNUMA, Japan Schools here begin class in April and hold graduation ceremonies in March; like spring, they represent renewal and rebirth. On Tuesday morning, in a school meeting hall in this tsunami-ravaged seaport, it became something else: an act of defiance. Ms Sugawara’...

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April | 2011 | WRITE WITH YOUR MINDS ON FIRE.

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WRITE WITH YOUR MINDS ON FIRE. We cannot change the wind, but we can adjust the sail. Monthly Archives: April 2011. April 18, 2011. Diplomas and Uncertainty for Japanese Pupils. KESENNUMA, Japan Schools here begin class in April and hold graduation ceremonies in March; like spring, they represent renewal and rebirth. On Tuesday morning, in a school meeting hall in this tsunami-ravaged seaport, it became something else: an act of defiance. Ms Sugawara’s sister and brother have been missing since the tsuna...

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WRITE WITH YOUR MINDS ON FIRE. We cannot change the wind, but we can adjust the sail. Newer posts →. Is the 5-Second Rule Right? March 7, 2011. By C CLAIBORNE RAY. You know the five-second rule for dropped food? Is it really safe if you pick it up in time? The five-second rule probably should become the zero-second rule, said Dr. Roy M. Gulick, chief of the division of infectious diseases. No ‘Moby-Dick’: A Real Captain, Twice Doomed. February 28, 2011. February 11, 2011. A Yearbook Dedicated to Inclusion.

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March | 2011 | WRITE WITH YOUR MINDS ON FIRE.

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WRITE WITH YOUR MINDS ON FIRE. We cannot change the wind, but we can adjust the sail. Monthly Archives: March 2011. The Rise of Personal Robots. March 29, 2011. What was the message you took from this Ted Talk? Share your thoughts. Be specific, and refer to what was said in the talk. Don’t Call Me, I Won’t Call You. March 20, 2011. It’s at the point where when the phone does ring and it’s not my mom, dad, husband or baby sitter my first thought is: What’s happened? Out of the blue? In the last five years...

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The Class That Built Apps, and Fortunes | WRITE WITH YOUR MINDS ON FIRE.

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WRITE WITH YOUR MINDS ON FIRE. We cannot change the wind, but we can adjust the sail. Tutorials and Exercises to Help Students Prepare for the SAT →. The Class That Built Apps, and Fortunes. May 9, 2011. ALL right, class, here’s your homework assignment: Devise an app. Get people to use it. Repeat. That was the task for some Stanford students in the fall of 2007, in what became known here as the Facebook. No one expected what happened next. I almost didn’t realize what it all meant, he says. But by teach...

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Goal | WRITE WITH YOUR MINDS ON FIRE.

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WRITE WITH YOUR MINDS ON FIRE. We cannot change the wind, but we can adjust the sail. Students’ thinking matters. Students have a voice. My goal is to provide writers with a place to voice their thinking on worldy events. They need to wonder, to think, to have opinions about the world they live in. They need to understand points of view. I will post timely news articles. Students will be expected to respond to the question, and to their peers points of view. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. 180 DAYS OF POETRY.

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WRITE WITH YOUR MINDS ON FIRE. We cannot change the wind, but we can adjust the sail. We live in interesting times. Let’s read, and discuss some current articles. 1 Practice summarizing nonfiction articles. 2 Practice analyzing arguments, with attention to thesis, and use of evidence. 3 Become familiar with current controversies in American culture. 2 Each blog post should use follow this format:. A A summary: summarize the point the columnist is making, in a sentence. 4 You should have added a comment t...