The Legacy of Baghcheban

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February 1, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace Anything that has real and lasting value is always a gift from within. - Franz Kafka - The Legacy of Baghcheban "One day three deaf boys were brought to the school. No one in all of Iran in all of its history had ever thought of educating a deaf person. Everyone believed the deaf to be uneducable; they were treated as imbeciles. But Baghcheban could not ignore these three children. He tried to make them laugh, to reach them, to connect. He went to sleep that night haunted by the confusion and loneliness he had seen in their eyes. He worked and worked at communication, first using mime and inventing hand signals, then he developed a visual hand alphabet. Baghcheban saw these boys through the eyes of a poet, and the poet had to give language to these isolated children. He did not see their deafness; he saw their need, a human hunger for self expression -- for poetry." A touching story of Iran's sign language pioneer -- and the continued ripples of his life. { read more } Be The Change "Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light." (Norman B. Rice) COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News A 39-year-long Lesson in Forgiveness No Greater Joy: Photos from Around the World The Untapped Power of Smiling Can Positive Thoughts Help Heal Another? The 'Before I Die' Project 15 Serious Games Aiming to Change the World 29 Lessons From Travelling the World Secret Santas Take the Country by Surprise DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 124,960 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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A 7 Year, 30 Million Steps Reporting Assignment

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January 31, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. - Matsuo Basho - A 7 Year, 30 Million Steps Reporting Assignment Call it "the longest walk". In what is probably the longest, most arduous piece of reportage ever undertaken, Paul Salopek, an experienced writer for National Geographic, is embarking on the astonishing task of retracing the journey taken by early man tens of thousands of years ago. Beginning in the exotic surroundings of the Great Rift Valley in Ethiopia, Salopek will take an estimated 30 million steps, reaching his destination seven years later, three continents away at the most southerly point of South America. Along the way he will be writing stories for National Geographic at the rate of one long article a year, while maintaining a website that will be filled with regular multimedia updates from his 21,000-mile journey. { read more } Be The Change Reflect on the journeys you've taken in the past. What are the main insights you've gleaned from them? COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Nursery Rhymes Bring Down the House 6 Ways to Keep Your New Years Resolutions The Dash Between The Years 7 Must-Read Books on Education Where Children Sleep: A Poignant Photo Series 20 Questions for Thanksgiving The Art of Losing: Poems of Grief and Healing 8 Things That Are Better Than Free DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 124,953 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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Flipped Learning

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January 30, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace It is not what is poured into a student that counts but what is planted. - Linda Conway - Flipped Learning In "flipped learning," students watch podcasts of their teacher's lectures on their own time and spend their time in the classroom applying what they've learned at home. This allows students to learn at their own pace by watching the lecture as many times as they need. Schools that have applied this method of teaching in all their classrooms have seen their failure rates drop dramatically. { read more } Be The Change Learn more about "flipped learning" and a response to five common criticisms. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Three Parables to Regain Perspective Simple Philosophy of the World's Oldest Man The Secret Powers of Time 7 Must-Read Books on Education The Language of Love Where Children Sleep: A Poignant Photo Series Are You Training Yourself To Fail? Coelho's 1 Min Manual For Climbing Mountains DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 124,872 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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The Wisdom Of Forgetting What You Know

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January 29, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong. - Richard P. Feynman - The Wisdom Of Forgetting What You Know We are so afraid to let go, to just be, to allow the unfolding of this marvelous life without getting in the way. This fear keeps us paralyzed and stuck. And longing for the peace that is possible -- if only we would put down all the efforts we make to know. There is no greater gift you can give yourself than the invitation to enter the world of not knowing. Why? If you are always going to know what you know now, things will always stay the same. How could they change? And by thinking you know what will happen, you are closing yourself off to the unimaginable -- endless peace, unspeakable joy, awe and wonder." Gail Brenner shares tips on how to "forget what you know". { read more } Be The Change Dwell in your own places of not-knowing today. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News A 39-year-long Lesson in Forgiveness 10 Keys to Happier Living No Greater Joy: Photos from Around the World 5 Powerful Tools for Reflection 7 Ways to Have More by Owning Less 5 Classic Commencement Speeches 10 Life-Changing Perspectives On Anger 29 Lessons From Travelling the World DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 124,805 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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