Tag Archives: learning

Weekend Humor (With More Than A Touch Of Truth)

Posted on February 16, 2013 by

“I’ve learned so much from my mistakes that I’m thinking of making a few more!” –Unknown While learning from the mistakes of others can be a wise thing to do, that sometimes takes all of the fun out it! ;-D … Continue reading →

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Head Winds

Posted on January 24, 2013 by

“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” – Henry Ford I don’t think I’ve ever seen this quote before, but I like it. It got me to … Continue reading →

Posted in Adversity, Challenges, Growth/Learning, Quotes I Love | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

I LOVE This–And The Potential is HUGE

Posted on November 2, 2012 by

Ethiopian kids hack OLPCs in 5 months with zero instruction http://dvice.com/archives/2012/10/ethiopian-kids.php What happens if you give a thousand Motorola Zoom tablet PCs to Ethiopian kids who have never even seen a printed word? Within five months, they’ll start teaching themselves … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakthroughs, Children, Creativity, Education, Ingenuity, Inspiring, Making the World a Better Place, Potential, Stories That Touched Me | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Flaws or Features?

Posted on June 5, 2012 by

I just read a post and saw a vid that I loved about whether our flaws are in fact really features and how they serve us. Please check out the links below. I highly recommend them. http://odewire.com/whatisaflaw http://interactive.nfb.ca/#/flawed/?ec=en20110608

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Friendship

Posted on March 16, 2012 by

“It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.” -Epicurus, philosopher (c. 341-270 BCE) Based on how long ago Epicurus lives, it seems safe to say that some things … Continue reading →

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Grandkids Say The Darnedest Things

Posted on February 29, 2012 by

A friend shared these with me and I thought you might enjoy them too: 1. She was in the bathroom, putting on her makeup, under the watchful eyes of her young granddaughter, as she’d done many times before. After she … Continue reading →

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