JustWondering — Kath Murdoch It’s 1974. I am in Grade 5. I know all the words to 'Seasons in the Sun' and I am in love wth David Cassidy. I have very few memories, but I do remember Miss McNab’s shiny, white leather boots, mini skirt and turtle-neck sweater. It’s 1981. ‘In our school freedom means doing what you like so long as you do not interfere with the freedom of others. It’s 1983 and I am on a practice-teaching placement at a school in Melbourne’s Western suburbs. It’s 1986 and I am teaching grade 4. It's 1992 and I am back studying again. We looked closely at so-called ‘child-centred’ progressive teaching techniques, where teachers purport to take a largely facilitative role. I find myself reflecting on the way I provide choice to my students and think more deeply about true ownership and what it means to really partner with students in their learning. It’s 2004. ‘Having a sense of agency then, is fundamental. It’s 2007 and my music has become my kids' music too. It’s 2018.
Reportaje: Brad Pitt: “La vida puede ser jodidamente complicada” | EL PAÍS Semanal Hubo un tiempo en que Brad Pitt era un pollo. Literalmente. Nada que ver con el cine: más bien, la vida real de un joven recién desembarcado en Los Ángeles (California, EE UU). Llegaba a la agencia, miraba la pizarra y escogía uno de los extraños trabajos que se ofertaban esa semana. “Hice de chófer, de estríper; entregué neveras portables a estudiantes de la universidad…”, relata el actor. “Ya. Un astronauta con un oscuro mundo interior y un monumento zen, dedicado a dejar fluir la vida. En efecto, de cerca, sus ojos azules desvelan cierta fatiga. Vivir es algo jodidamente complicado. y esto te lo dice uno que ha ganado la lotería Y eso que la charla se mueve por los derroteros contrarios. Durante esta conversación volverán de nuevo los recuerdos de casa Pitt. Al envejecer ganas sabiduría y pierdes poderío físico. pero me enorgullece aceptar lo que soy Pitt sostiene que también le ayuda pensar en su infancia. Él es consciente de todo eso. Y no solo.
DCblog Making Good Humans – Inquiry, PYP and Good Teaching Brad Pitt on 'Ad Astra,' Faith, and Being a Gazelle Pitt made the movie with an old friend of his, the director James Gray, and both men will tell you that—though Ad Astra takes the form of an action film, complete with moon-set buggy chases and space-capsule shoot-outs—it's really about the ideas and thoughts and fears that seize you as you roll into late middle age. Are we alone in this world? Can we ever be truly understood—or, for that matter, ever understand ourselves? “Almost all of it is trying to figure out a way to express our emotional interior,” Gray told me. “And almost none of it: ‘I gotta get the gun.’ In the film, Pitt's McBride is isolated and almost pathologically repressed. In the poolhouse, I asked Pitt if he found it difficult to play a character as alone as McBride is in Ad Astra. “Well, it wasn't for me,” Pitt said. He'd already tried to lie down on the bed in the poolhouse, he told me, only to encounter an unsettlingly musty smell. “I'm going down,” Pitt said, trying to regain his balance.
Vicky Loras's Blog | A Blog About Education The Story of Stuff The Story of Stuff, originally released in December 2007, is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It’ll teach you something, it’ll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the Stuff in your life forever. Download the Fact Sheet Credits The Story of Stuff was written by Annie Leonard, Louis Fox, and Jonah Sachs, directed by Louis Fox and produced by Free Range Studios.
Retirees: Does Guaranteed Money For Life Sound Really Tempting? | Internaxx You’ll never have to worry about the stock market. If it crashes, your money will be fine.” Plenty of retirees fall for this trap. It’s called a fixed-income annuity. Here’s how most of them work: You pay an insurance company a lump sum. Retirees like them because a stock market drop wouldn’t affect the income stream. Adam Beaty is a Certfified Financial Planner with Bullogic Wealth Management. But not everybody likes fixed income annuities. Let’s go back to that 62-year old retired couple and compare two options: They could buy a fixed-income annuity that pays 4.38 percent per year. According to inflationdata.com, U.S. inflation averaged 3.15 percent per year between 1913 and 2018. Annual Inflation-Adjusted Withdrawals of 4%vs.Fixed-Income Annuity Payments of 4.38%Assuming $500,000 Starting Point *Based on inflation of 2.5% per year Over 30 years, the retiree taking out an inflation-adjusted 4 percent per year would have withdrawn $899,992.
Jeremy Harmer | ELT writer, presenter, teacher & trainer Thinking: Shaken Not Stirred prov·o·ca·tion (pr v -k sh n) n. 1. 2. Our brain needs it. In an inquiry-centered environment learning provocations abound. The recipe? What are some ways to put that into practice in a classroom? 1. Because they are worth a thousand words. Use various strategies: – I See / I Think / I Wonder – Silent Conversation – Musical Tables etc. There are millions of photos available that can be used in inquiry on various concepts – poverty, conflict, power, gender, multiculturalism, pollution – basically anything and everything. Where is this beautiful city with skyscrapers? It is in Africa, more exactly in Congo. The power of photography. 2. I always use high quality photographs and add intriguing, confusing, or simply powerful words. 3. Whenever I use posters I am looking for simplicity…even minimalism “because it eliminates the obvious and adds the meaningful”. *You can print your posters in a really big format here. 4. Need I say how important they are in triggering thought and emotion? 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Why your returns may be better with all-in-one ETFs than individual funds It was easy to buy jeans when I was in high school in the late 1980s. I liked Levi’s 501s. They had a button fly and, as long as I picked the right size, I was good to go. It’s a lot different now. When I shop for jeans today, I often leave the stores empty-handed. There are too many choices including skinny, slim, straight, relaxed and tapered. Psychologist Barry Schwartz understands my frustration. It’s the same with investing. Most people want to invest in low-cost ETFs, but are overwhelmed by choice. It’s not just easy, but potentially more profitable that picking a bunch of individual ETFs that offer similar market coverage. Don’t just take my word for it. For example, according to Morningstar, Vanguard’s S&P 500 Index (VFINX) averaged a compound annual return of 8.6 per cent for the 15 years ending June 30. Morningstar doesn’t publish similar results for Canadian ETFs, but it’s likely the behavioural performance gaps are just as wide. Story continues below advertisement