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jessa

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Everyday Stories, Lived

Education

  • Learning something for the first time

    It’s always a challenge to understand that 1 plus 1 is equal to 2, especially when it’s your first time hearing about the concept of addition. As the lessons progress to 2 times 2 is equal to 4, you open yourself up to more and more ideas, possibilities, and connections. And then you begin to Read more

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  • Our obsession with measurements

    Chasing the leaderboard sometimes undermines our ability to produce valuable content. Because instead of doing the work that changes a culture, we succumb to producing content that gets more likes, listens, or hits. And remember school? Some people, instead of studying to learn, they are studying to pass. And that’s becoming a problem as others Read more

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  • School felt like a factory

    I can remember how the thought occurred to me one day, but the words on how to exactly describe it failed to present themselves to me. The idea was that when you don’t fit into the identified average, then you don’t have a future or a life after school. The definition of success reflected on Read more

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  • The life and death of new brain cells

    I’ve heard some people making many excuses not to learn something new, be that acquiring new skill, knowledge, or experiences. Apparently, whatever you choose to do (or not do) affects the life and death of new brain cells. From The Creative Curve: According to one study, both men and women create over 14,000 new brain Read more

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  • I wish schools taught us how to learn

    Here’s a list of some of the things I wish were taught in grade school: Driving Cooking/Baking Negotiation Leading people Budgeting Coordination But it’s the learning how to learn, which I consider the most essential thing that grade school should’ve taught us. Why push so many facts like the who and when if we can now Read more

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  • The rise of digital libraries

    When I was in preschool, my sister brought me to her grade school library. I thought it was magical to be in a room filled with books–old books, dusty books, mangled books, neglected books. It felt like traveling through time. Maybe, the story Beauty and the Beast romanticized the idea of a library, and as a child, Read more

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  • Practice works because…

    Practice works because practice gives us a chance to relax enough to make smart choices. Stop Stealing Dreams Read more

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