Tag: education
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Three Cups of Tea
If you’re going to come away with anything from Three Cups of Tea, the story of Greg Mortenson’s mission to build schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan, let it be the value of perseverance. To consistently focus on accomplishing something, despite the obstacles of lack of money, knowledge or cultural understanding, great things can happen if […]
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iPad a tool to help those with autism
Random, assorted specification lists can’t prepare for possibilities like this. A family in California is finding that their son with severe autism may be benefiting from interactions with an iPad. So when Leo took it in his small hands as if it were an old friend, and, with almost no training, whizzed through its apps […]