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Homework in the dark?
Doing homework in candlelight? This is still not a thing of the past. “7 out of 10 people in sub-Saharan Africa don’t have access to electricity” according to one.org.
In regards to education… 90 million sub-Saharan students attend school without electric power. At home, children are forced to do their homework at night with just a candle or a flashlight.
Sign One.org’s pledge (click on the tile link) and energize the fight against extreme poverty today.
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Over the past month a group of 12 graduate students in the field of Educational Psychology from various universities throughout the United States came together in Quito, Ecuador to partake in the Ecuadorian Professional Preparation Program. The following is a culturally competent pregnancy video/slideshow that was created for the patients at a free clinic located in Quito, Ecuador (Subcentro de Salud Santa Clara de San Millan).
Disfruta!
Special thanks to the E Triple-P, Angelina Nortey, Meroudjie Denis, Misty Dawn, Anton Berzins, and the Subcentro medical team and Staff.
To learn more about this amazing program please visit:
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There is one very important advantage of learning other languages that I think beats any gains in cognitive control or delays in the onset of dementia. When you learn other languages you can then actually speak those languages, read those literatures, talk to new people in their native language, eaves-drop on their conversations on the bus, order off the menu, pick up that gorgeous stranger in the piazza.
Lera BoroditskySource:
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Benefits of Being Bilingual
Another awesome article by Jonah Lehrer
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Check out this video from 60 Minutes on billionaire Peter Thiel’s controversial program encouraging your entrepreneurs to drop out of college.
Would you drop out of college for $100,000?
What were the “costs” and benefits of your college education?
Source: cbsnews.com
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The limits of your language are the limits of your world.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
The development of cultural competence results in a greater ability to understand, communicate with, and effectively interact with people across cultures. Through my travels, education, and real life practice I hope to further America's cultural competence one story, one journey, one life at a time. Today I am but a graduate student striving to become a cultural diplomat through educational outreach; creating a better educational experience for tomorrow, one person at a time.
