Sunday, August 26, 2018

Links for Breakfast

Happy Sunday! I'll have at least one manga and one anime review coming this week. But to tide you over, here are some great reads from elsewhere on the internet:

I try not to get political on this blog, BUT, this was too funny not to post (and as an educator, I shared it with many of my colleagues). It compares Betsy Devos' education policy to her architectural and interior design sense: https://www.vox.com/first-person/2018/8/6/17654434/betsy-devos-yacht-mcmansion-hell

I love miniatures. It reminded me of the Thorne Miniatures at the Chicago Institute of Art. Beautiful: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/memory-in-miniature

This is parenting: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-news/this-6-year-old-ordered-dollar350-worth-of-barbies-from-amazon-here%E2%80%99s-what-her-parents-did-with-them/ar-BBMjZMD?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=mailsignout

Another critical appraisal of Love Simon that speaks to the challenges both my daughter and I experienced watching it: https://electricliterature.com/love-simon-makes-being-a-gay-teen-seem-normal-and-thats-where-it-fails-4bdea8308327

Some great writing advice: https://electricliterature.com/10-questions-about-teaching-writing-with-lynn-steger-strong-41e07a302bee

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