National Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week occurs every year in the United States the week before Thanksgiving.
Some communities host fund-raisers or hold hunger walks to raise money for homeless shelters. Libraries forgive fines if patrons bring in cans of food. Youth groups collect canned and boxed food from neighborhoods.
Families sleep (more…)
So, when is the best time to make friends?
The famous actress Ethel Barrymore (great-aunt to Drew Barrymore) has an idea about that: [>>]
Would you like to rent a room undersea? Then head over to Jules’ Undersea Lodge off the coast of Key Largo, Florida. Named for the famous Jules Verne and his early sci-fi story 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, this hotel caters to divers who like to live underwater. You can view a YouTube video of a humorous (more…)
Young Ender Wiggin, in Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, is smallish for his age, smart, and a bit of a misfit. In the movie of the same name by Summit Entertainment, Colonel Graff wants Ender to remain a misfit and even manipulates events so the other young students will hate Ender. Graff doesn’t want Ender to rely on anyone and even cuts off his emails to and from home so the young boy can focus on his studies.
Despite the people in his life who try to keep Ender from forming relationships, he creates his own network of friends and allies as he moves through the classes and battle games. He realizes, as does the psychiatrist Major Anderson, [>>]
Teachers in the Jiangdu District of China know how important it is to hug their students. In fact, they hug their kindergarten students twice a day . . . as long as the parents (more…)
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