thinking thursday. (WHAT? IT’S FRIDAY ALREADY?)

August 13, 2010 in Uncategorized

2010-08-12 16.15.36mind :: my brain and yours

On language, self control, and poverty: "…by the age of three, children from professional families actually have larger recorded vocabularies than the parents of the welfare families."

Literary last words. James Joyce's last words: "Does nobody understand?" (Thanks to Clara Boza)

Lesson plan in Boston: Don't Go it Alone (Thanks to Gerald W. Fry)

America goes dark. (Thanks to Beth Kujawski)

body :: my place and yours

Honor thyself.

Deaf musicians making music accessible to the deaf and hard-of-hearing community.

I mean, seriously, people.

As Jamie Thompson noted in passing along this article on "Looks: the next chapter in civil rights": "Holding only women to sexualized standards diverts attention from competence and perpetuates gender roles that are separate and by no means equal."

soul :: my heart and yours

I think Locopops are good for the soul. (Thanks to Mary Nations)

A final thought :: What we play is life. -Louis Armstrong

[Image: Tess showing off her new Locopops bumper sticker]

About Patti Digh

Patti Digh is an author, speaker, and educator who builds learning communities and gets to the heart of difficult topics. Her work over the last three decades has focused on diversity, inclusion, social justice, and living and working mindfully. She has developed diversity strategies and educational programming for major nonprofit and corporate organizations and has been a featured speaker at many national and international conferences.

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