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Andreas Szakacs Travels to Somalia to Tell the Stories of Children Fighting for an Education
Andreas Szakacs Travels to Somalia to Tell the Stories of Children Fighting for an Education A documentary journey exploring education, resilience, and the dreams of children growing up against extraordinary challenges.
By Andreas szakacs2 months ago in Education
You Don’t Have a Research Gap. You Have a Reading Problem.
The lab meeting was over. Your advisor’s last question still hung in the air like a tack you hadn’t quite pulled out of the chair. You had indeed read them. You could even recite the abstract of that Nature paper from memory. But when you tried to distill from all that reading a single thing you could actually do, your mind went blank.
By Jin2 months ago in Education
Your University Is Stuck in 2022. You Don't Have to Be.
Andrew Ng says some universities are stuck in 2022. The professors in the audience didn’t laugh. They knew what he meant. ChatGPT was released at the end of 2022. Since then, AI has iterated every six months. A university course takes three years from proposal to classroom.
By Jin2 months ago in Education
The 500,000th Postdoc Just Outnumbered the Mules.
China's Postdoctoral Enrollment Passes 500,000 In late August 2026, the serial number ticked past 500,000. I looked up my own – 299544. That puts me somewhere around the cumulative 300,000 mark. From my number to this one, there are 200,000 people who came after.
By Jin2 months ago in Education
Describing the Setting in A Movie
The Prompt “Think of a movie you have recently watched. Describe the setting in this movie. In what part of the world does the movie take place? Is the movie set in the past, present, or future? What is the landscape like? How does the setting contribute to the feeling and tone of the movie? What sights and sounds do you remember from the setting?”
By Dean Traylor2 months ago in Education
Oprah's Academy is Shutting its Door...And I am NOT Surprised. Content Warning.
Oprah Winfrey's Academy is closing its doors this year. Oprah announced that 2027 would be the year the academy shut down after 20 years. The Academy was founded in 2007 in South Africa for young girls ages 12 to 17. The academy had a 52-acre campus with buildings that include classrooms, science laboratories, a library, a theater/auditorium, dormitories, sports facilities, and other student resources. The academy had its praises and controversy, which didn't surprise me, that it is shutting down. Here's the story why....
By Gladys W. Muturi2 months ago in Education
Dyspraxia, Dyslexia, Dyscalculia
Dyspraxia, Dislexia, and Discalculia: I have all three. Dyspraxia is a spacial disability that makes it hard to tell where you are within a given space. I accidentally run into the sides of walls a lot because I cannot tell where the true ending of the door space is. I am also terrible at platform games and have a funny time playing them, but of course still enjoy. This causes me to be naturally worse at balance than other people so I practice balance every week with a balance board.
By Seashell Harpspring 2 months ago in Education
The Writing Prompt Box: The Beginning of an Experiment.
A Glossy Green Box of Prompts For years, I've had a small glossy green box on my desk. It followed me from one classroom or school to another. The box is entitled “Writing Prompts” and states that it is part of “Teacher Created Resources”. I assume it’s a company that has released a series of these (in this case, the one I have is for level 6 -- most likely for 6th grade level).
By Dean Traylor2 months ago in Education
The Uncredentialed Professor
Prologue In the summer of 2023, Xiong Yuno, twenty years old, signed an associate‑professor contract at Hubei Polytechnic University.
By Jin2 months ago in Education
He Came Back Twenty Years Later. He Didn’t Come for His Former Classmates, but for the One Woman Who Believed in Him. AI-Generated.
Organizing a class reunion twenty years after elementary school is usually filled with anticipation. People meet again after years apart, compare their lives, and remember a time when their biggest problems were forgotten homework assignments or a note in their school diary.
By Lenka Čihařová2 months ago in Education
Elizabeth of York: The Woman Who United Two Dynasties
Elizabeth of York was born on February 11, 1466, at Westminster Palace. She was the eldest daughter of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville, placing her at the heart of the powerful House of York during one of the most turbulent periods in English history. Her childhood unfolded against the backdrop of the Wars of the Roses, the decades-long struggle between the Houses of York and Lancaster for control of the English throne.
By Lily Ann2 months ago in Education
The 5:53 AM Gamble: Why College Students Pay to Work
I At 5:53 on Friday morning, Luo Wei's alarm went off. At 6:10, she left the dorm with two laptops on her back. One was silver, with the company's asset tag stuck on it; the other was black, with a chipped corner on the screen. From her dorm in Xianlin, Nanjing, to Nanjing Railway Station—walking plus subway—she had only twenty minutes. The high-speed train left at 6:30 for Suzhou and arrived at 7:55. If she was lucky enough to get a cab, she went straight to the office; if not, she squeezed onto the subway and then switched to a taxi. By nine o'clock, the time clock at her desk had to scan her face.
By Jin2 months ago in Education