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Educator, writer, parent, spouse, math/science nerd, and social justice seeker. Getting it wrong since 1971

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“The perfect teacher, the perfect curriculum, the perfect lesson do not exist. We are all works in progress.” —Louise El Yaafouri, Educator

“The perfect teacher, the perfect curriculum, the perfect lesson do not exist. We are all works in progress.” —Louise El Yaafouri, Educator

💚 #EduSky #teachers

03.11.2025 10:13 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1

Did we lose a bet?

04.07.2025 03:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Dad G ” What still surprises me to this day is that even when I deserved to have my figurative ass kicked with an “I told you so.” or a “You should have…”, he allowed …

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15.06.2025 21:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If you really want to deliver education to everyone... you have to make it so that people want to actually learn.

Luis Von Ahn
#TED #dailyquote #edusky #edchat #onted

10.05.2025 01:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Leaders can let you fail and yet not let you be a failure.

Stanley McChrystal
#TED #dailyquote #leadership

07.05.2025 00:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The reason Aristotle called courage the first virtue is because it is the one that makes all of the other virtues possible.

Bari Weiss
#TEDGames #TED #leadership #edusky

04.05.2025 11:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Companies don’t have ideas. Only people do. And what motivates people are the bonds of loyalty and trust they develop around each other.

Margaret Heffernan
#TEDTalks #dailyquote

09.04.2025 00:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We define significance. It's us. We have that power. We are the ones who draw that line between the sacred and the trivial.

Andrés Ruzo
#TEDTalks #dailyquote #edusky

17.03.2025 00:40 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

So why have we been silent? Simple. Because it's easier. Because speaking up is hard, it is embarrassing, it makes you vulnerable.

Bari Weiss
#TEDTalks #dailyquote #leadership

14.03.2025 00:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That feeling of being terrified is your invitation to create change.

Allyson Felix
#TED #dailyquote #onted #edusky

12.03.2025 00:11 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

What would America look like if everyone had a seat at the table?

Shari Davis
#TED #dailyquote #edusky

07.03.2025 01:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Read critically, write consciously, speak clearly, tell your truth.

Clint Smith
#TEDTalks #dailyquote #edusky

03.03.2025 00:51 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.

Dan Dennett
#TEDTalks #dailyquote

27.02.2025 00:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Curiosity is the engine of achievement.

Sir Ken Robinson
#TEDTalks #edusky #dailyquote

07.02.2025 01:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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New 'browser syncjacking' cyberattack lets hackers take over your computer via Chrome This attack is truly diabolical. Here's how it works.

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06.02.2025 10:32 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

[W]e all have the ability to build the bridges that cross the trenches.

Ozlem Cekic
#TEDTalks #dailyquote

06.02.2025 00:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The number one abuse of human rights on Earth is the mistreatment of women and girls.

Jimmy Carter
#TEDTalks #dailyquote

05.02.2025 01:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I stopped by the liquor store to say farewell to the massive selection of Kentucky bourbon on the shelves.
We are the number one export market for Kentucky spirits. On Tuesday, all American booze is being pulled off the shelves.
We will drink Canadian whiskey.
True. North. Strong. Free of bourbon.

02.02.2025 22:59 — 👍 11063    🔁 1898    💬 726    📌 169

When you think about citizen as a verb, it opens every action that we take to contribute to our ability to live together better.

Baratunde Thurston
#TEDTalks #dailyquote

03.02.2025 00:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0


Success is no longer about our individual ambitions, but about how we build something greater together.

Amber Hikes
#TEDTalks #dailyquote

29.01.2025 00:34 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0


Everything was impossible until somebody did it.

Scott Dinsmore
#TEDTalks #dailyquote #leadership

24.01.2025 00:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

When you only listen to the smartest person in the room, you miss out on discovering what the rest of the room is smart about.

Everyone you meet knows something you don’t—and has wisdom from experiences you haven’t lived.

Every conversation is a chance to learn something new.

20.01.2025 16:22 — 👍 608    🔁 86    💬 13    📌 14

The hard choices — what we most fear doing, asking, saying — these are very often exactly what we most need to do.

Tim Ferriss
#TEDTalks #edchat #edusky #leadership

20.01.2025 02:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ideas can spark a movement. Ideas are opportunities and innovation. Ideas truly are what make the world go round.

Maya Penn

Ideas change everything.
#TEDTalks #dailyquote

18.01.2025 22:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

There is nothing new under the sun. Paraphrasing something I read... We bend, blend, break, or recycle what exists and call it a creative act.

18.01.2025 12:26 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0



Reflection is about learning. It's about looking at the events of our lives without judgment, but with a critical lens.

Paul Catchlove
#TEDTalks

16.01.2025 12:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0


We can do serious things without taking ourselves so seriously.

Naomi Bagdonas
#TEDTalks #onted #edusky

15.01.2025 03:16 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

A fragile ego in positions of leadership is workplace poison.

14.01.2025 21:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0



Leadership is about showing up who you are, as you are, being authentic, leading from a place of values and principles.

Kluane Adamek
#TEDTalks #leadership #onted

13.01.2025 00:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

If we could build an economy that would use things rather than use them up, we could build a future.

Dame Ellen MacArthur
#TED #dailyquote

12.01.2025 05:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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