As featured on LinkedIn: I was in 6th grade when the Iranian Hostage Crisis unfolded. It didn’t take much to notice from our adults that tensions were high. (Didn’t help to be stuck in the middle of the Cold War as well, but that’s another post for another time.) Coming back into the classroom, post-lunch/recessContinue reading “Punching The Encyclopedia”
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Rebellions Are Built On Hope
A few days ago, I posted about #FightingFear, as the country reels from the open wound of #racism. I wrote about some of my relatives back in Kansas who were not afraid to proclaim their fear of anyone who wasn’t #WhiteLikeThem. I have debated the idea of writing less during recent #BlackoutTuesday #socialmedia efforts so as to not takeContinue reading “Rebellions Are Built On Hope”
How To Fight Fear: #WillYouTakeMyHand?
“[Their] strength is borne out of pure necessity because they live in constant #fear, always looking for the next knife aimed at their back. Their strength is painted rust. It’s a facade. The only way to defeat fear is to tell it ‘No’. No, we will not take shortcuts on the path to righteousness. No, weContinue reading “How To Fight Fear: #WillYouTakeMyHand?”
#ScienceRules: One Bottle of Oil
So, what’s the point of holding on to a bottle of oil that 11 people paid for with their lives?
Because, some day, this bottle may be a throwback, an antique, a remembrance… more importantly, it could be a lesson. Perhaps even: an exhibit piece. An inspiration to do better? One can always hope.
#ScienceRules: TO THE SKY
“The #astronauts, the #engineers, the #mathematicians, the #scientists of tomorrow are looking for inspiration at your table right now. “
#AndSoItGoes: THE POWER OF POSITIVE COMMENTING
In the first season of @HartHanson’s amazing TV series #Bones, artist-in-residence Angela Montenegro experiences a crisis of confidence in the episode “The Woman In The Tunnel” in that, once a free-spirited artist, she now spent her days electronically reconstructing shattered faces and mangled bodies. Her boss, Dr. Daniel Goodman, reminds her that if it wasn’t forContinue reading “#AndSoItGoes: THE POWER OF POSITIVE COMMENTING”
NEWSCAST CONSULTANT: INCREASE STEM STORIES
Newscast producers with time to fill (especially on weekend newscasts or when news coverage is decently quiet) should consider more science/astronomy/STEM stories which are usually readily available packaged from various non-network media outlets. What are you able to feature that is different and unique that your competition stations are not? What is there available thatContinue reading “NEWSCAST CONSULTANT: INCREASE STEM STORIES”
Meteorologist Austen Onek 