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You're the writer, right? The truth about writing spills out in that awkward moment of silence in the elevator. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writinglife
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And no lies were told.
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A fascinating fact in history: Ancient Egyptians believed women were goddesses because they could create life.
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Everybody wants to rule the world.🎸🎼🎶
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Maybe they're all just writers.
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Um...you guys?
ALT Top Lookups Right Now on Merriam-Webster 1. murder
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You're the writer, right? The truth about writing spills out in that awkward moment of silence in the elevator. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writinglife
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Use a comma instead of a period at the end of a quotation that is followed by attribution: "Write clearly and concisely," she said.
Do not use a comma, however, if the quoted statement ends with a question mark or exclamation point: "Why should I?" he asked.
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If you can’t afford to pay a living wage, you can’t afford to own a restaurant
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Learning financial literacy
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What's your best childhood memory?
That kid doesn’t know it now but someday he’s gonna be all grown up, facing life and look back and realize that’s the happiest he ever was ❤️
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Oh, BS. Did I enjoy reading Old Yeller? Where the Red Fern Grows? Charlotte's Web? Nope. Bawled my eyes out. Made my kids read them. Loved them more the 2nd time.
Reading teaches life lessons, empathy, & the power of story, something we desperately need, not some crap in an app.
Forcing kids to read things they hate just simply doesn’t work. Our reading philosophy at Alpha is simple: kids learn to love reading by reading what they love.
Sure, it’s important for kids to be exposed to classic literature. But being forced to read highbrow literature as a young teen is often the very thing that makes kids hate reading in the first place. Many of them never bother picking up a novel again. If the goal is to have students fall in love with reading and become life-long readers, then we should cater the material to their interests. Whether it’s comic-books, books about insects, or a biography on the Kardashians, there has to be a better way.
We built our own app called Teach Tales to solve this problem.
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Stanford grads walk out as Google CEO Sundar Pichai takes the stage as commencement speaker.
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Sometimes I worry that it was ill-advised to devote my entire life to writing at the precise moment when everyone decided to abandon literacy.
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I'm what you call a functional lazy
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A German court has ruled that Google is liable for the false statements generated by its AI Overviews feature. The ruling could have massive impacts on the world's biggest search engine, which recently doubled down on giving users AI-generated results.
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If your biggest goal in life is that people know you by the dollar amount by your name on a list, there is something seriously wrong with you.
Rosebud #ifyouknowyouknow
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Around and around and around he goes
Wait, how many monkeys are chasing Punch Kun around that big circle? (june 12) 😂❤️
Punch and Momiage started playing, then he turned it into their favorite game, full speed chase around the rock. The playground just got bigger and way more chaotic with all these new players joining in the circle.
Nothing warms my heart more than seeing Punch this happy and full of energy 🐵🤗
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🤣🤣🤣But of course it was.
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Amazing: KPMG wrote a report describing the successful use of AI by businesses. But the case studies turned out to be AI hallucinations.
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💔 I can’t stop thinking about this moment. While Grandpa was peacefully sleeping, little Punch quietly came over and gently held both of his hands. No one taught him to do that. No one asked him to. It was such a natural, pure gesture that it melted my heart instantly. 🥹❤️
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