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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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If only this one would have stuck to the shelf

Made to Stick by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

August 1, 2020 by Mobius_Walker Leave a Comment

The cover is bright orange and there is some textural variety with a strip of duct tape across the front; the title Made to Stick fills a third of the cover. It’s a very interesting and attention grabbing cover. Unfortunately, that is where my interest stopped. Throughout the book, Chip and Dan, brothers, explain that in order for an idea to be sticky (that is, in order for your audience to remember your idea and care about it) it must be simple, unique, concrete, credible, […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: cbr12bingo, Chip Heath and Dan Heath, communication, creativity, Education, ideas

Mobius_Walker's CBR12 Review No:16 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: cbr12bingo, Chip Heath and Dan Heath, communication, creativity, Education, ideas ·
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On racial, ethnic, and cultural identity development

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D.

July 19, 2020 by Mobius_Walker Leave a Comment

First, I am white. It is important to mention that so that I can also identify all the privilege that I brought with me to reading this book. In the twentieth anniversary edition of Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Tatum starts with a 72 page prologue detailing all the ways that race, racial identity development, and race relations have played a part in modern history since the original writing of the book. It is extensively research and meticulously organized. […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Beverly Daniel Tatum, Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D., cbr12bingo, Education, non fiction, Ph.D., PhD, Psychology, race in america, race issues

Mobius_Walker's CBR12 Review No:10 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Beverly Daniel Tatum, Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D., cbr12bingo, Education, non fiction, Ph.D., PhD, Psychology, race in america, race issues ·
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From Survivalist to PhD

Educated by Tara Westover

April 18, 2020 by randirock Leave a Comment

“The music ended. The girls glared at me as we left the stage – I had ruined the performance – but I could barely see them. Only one person in that room felt real to me, and that was Dad. I searched the audience and recognized him easily. He was standing in the back, the lights from the stage flickering off his square glasses. His expression was stiff, impassive, but I could see anger in it.” Educated is a memoir like I’ve never read before. Throughout […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Education, Tara Westover

randirock's CBR12 Review No:15 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Education, Tara Westover ·
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Delightfully useful for learners and educators.

How We Learn by Benedict Carey

April 13, 2019 by Blingle Bells Leave a Comment

Well, I just loved this book. The title and subtitle pretty much tell you what it’s about, but I do want to take a minute to impress upon you guys the one thing I didn’t realize until I read it: this book is for practically everyone. As a homeschool mom, I thought this might be a dry but useful book that would help me grow as an educator, but oh no. Are you a student of anything? Any age, any topic? Are you educating anyone […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: benedict carey, Education, how we learn, learning, Psychology, studying

Blingle Bells's CBR11 Review No:8 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: benedict carey, Education, how we learn, learning, Psychology, studying ·
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Must read about education

None of the Above: The Untold Story of the Altanta Public Schools Cheating Scandal, Corparate Greed, and Criminalization of Educators by Shani Robinson and Anna Simonton

February 12, 2019 by Chris Leave a Comment

Disclaimer: I received a copy via a giveaway on Libirarything. This book about the Atlanta school test cheating scandal is really two books in one body and as such is not as good a book as it could be. Shani Robinson was a teacher at Dunbar Elementary in Atlanta. After she left the school, she was charged as one of the teachers who allegedly changed answers on standardized tests. Robinson plead not guilty, but sadly, lost in court. She is appealing. I hope she wins. […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Anna Simonton, cbr11, Education, Race, Racism, Shani Robinson

Chris's CBR11 Review No:19 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Anna Simonton, cbr11, Education, Race, Racism, Shani Robinson ·
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He’s Running, but also, Let’s Fight!!! – aka I wrote 1000+ words because I hated it

The Vanishing American Adult: Our Coming-of-Age Crisis—and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance by Ben Sasse

January 22, 2019 by thewheelbarrow 7 Comments

Oh boy! I have so many thoughts that I took notes on the things I wanted to write about for this one.  Let’s do this: I read this book because I know a little bit about Senator Sasse.  I knew he has a Ph.D in history from Yale and was a university president all before becoming a senator at age 41.  I knew he was a Republican who was savvy on social media, specifically Twitter.  He first gained notoriety, to me at least, by penning […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Ben Sasse, Education, NOPE, president, reading, senator

thewheelbarrow's CBR11 Review No:6 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Ben Sasse, Education, NOPE, president, reading, senator ·
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