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The Value of a Life...

In a previous educator role, I facilitated diversity trainings. One of the exercises I used was called ‘The Lifeboat.’ You’ve probably seen this – or some variation of it: You’re on a sinking ship with six other people. The lifeboat is only big enough to safely hold four of you. You draw straws to decide who will be the captain of the lifeboat. The captain gets to choose which three to take along on the lifeboat,...
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If You Believe They Put a Man on the Moon…...

February 22, 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the first American astronaut to orbit the earth. John Glenn (who, according to my Dad, is　a distant relative) paved the way for space exploration and showed us all that yes, it could be done! Around the earth first – and to the moon next! 　There were plenty of naysayers. People couldn’t wrap their minds around the idea of sending man to the moon, but since John Glenn’s...
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