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Blame Education

Monday, November 7th, 2011

For my blog, I wanted to share with you some of Ken Robinson’s views on how education kills children’s creativity.  We all know how important it is to get an education. After all, we are raised to believe that we will not obtain a job without one. Our every step seems to be already planned […]

True Heroes: African Pouched Rats Trained to Detect Landmines

Sunday, October 16th, 2011

All it takes is one more step, a resounding click for it to be your last. In Africa last year, 6000 people walked on landmines. Sadly, there was no way of knowing what was below the surface. A simple and sustainable solution for Africa’s real world problem has now been found. Bart Weetjens, a Buddhist […]

“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the smartest animal of them all?”

Sunday, September 25th, 2011

Self-awareness is an ability that was previously thought to be unique only to humans. For example, how many times have you stationed yourself in front of a full length mirror (alone) and checked yourself out? If you are a guy, maybe you are flexing your muscles; or if you are a girl, perhaps you are […]

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