Tag: children
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Standardized Test Scores Predict Nothing
VERY intriguing video from Angela Lee Duckworth at a Ted Conference on what makes a good student (or a successful person in general). It’s not IQ, Standardized Test Scores, perceived safety, or Socio-economic Status. It’s just pure grit. Another interesting observation is that a person’s view of failure is crucial. Failure is not permanent. You…
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Education Won’t Save Our Children
There is so much debate lately about Education Standards (Common Core) and Standardized Testing. The problem is, we’re focusing on the wrong thing. Changing the standards won’t help our children succeed. One side of the argument I hear so often is that we’re falling behind the rest of the world. Let’s just say we come…
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Daniel Pascual Ramirez Zaragoza
Last night, the earth lost a mighty man of God. It would take a book to write the background of this young man, so I can’t really do that here. If you would like to know more, you should go to Fishers of Men Mexico and read more about his background and his family. You…
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Another Trip to Stuff Mart
My family has been going through a major change in our view of money and what is truly important. It’s been a long process that started back in 2005 when we started taking Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University class at our church. The next major shift came when my factory closed in the summer of…