3-2-1 TUESDAYS WITH MS NIV

Posted on 1 Aug 2023 by nivedita mukerjee

Issue #160, 1st August 2023

What do you do when you are not working? when you are not doing ‘job’, ‘chore’, ‘routine’ ‘work’? What does your ‘leisure’ look like? What does your student do in his/her leisure? What does your child’s leisure look like? Cerebral activities, physical activities, hobbies that build up over time, or hobbies that are time/age/opportunity look like? here are some ideas for you as an educator, parent, and student. What do I do? I like going for nature walks, swimming, listening to music, reading, traveling, writing a blog, and connecting with people in no particular order. My favorite people are students and teachers as you would have guessed by now. I am looking to play piano more regularly, watch uplifting docu features, and do more of what I do already which is connecting with more parents, students, and educators in many and more ways. Have you subscribed to my newsletter yet?

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Three images of the week:

Two Thoughts of the Week:

Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.

– Dale Carnegie

A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away.

– Phyllis McGinley

One Video of the Week:

The Remarkable Impact of Hobbies on Your Career We are masters of feeling guilty every time we get distracted by our hobbies when we feel like we should be working. But what if our hobbies are actually enhancing our careers? Bolstered by a recent scientific study, scientist and punk rocker Karen McFarlane Holman proposes a way for us to quickly dispel guilt and identify our strengths that we may not have recognized before. Karen McFarlane Holman, Ph.D. is a chemistry professor at Willamette University and is the Founder and Director of Science Rockstar Kids, a unique online program that offers interactive online science explorations for elementary school-aged children.

As a recipient of the Carnegie Foundation Professor of the Year award, Karen has been inspiring and empowering tens of thousands of budding scientists for 30 years through her classroom and online teaching, science camps for girls in Saudi Arabia, laboratory research mentorship, a scientific TEDx talk, and 26 book chapters and articles.

As Founder and CEO of Punk Rock Professor, LLC, her current mission is to use creativity and connection in a variety of accessible platforms to inspire kids and adults to follow their curiosity of the world around us. Karen’s dedication to empowering unheard voices extends into music as a punk rocker, having performed on hundreds of stages for over three decades.

She still plays in two actively performing bands, City of Pieces and Hot Sheets. She is a podcaster, longtime radio programmer, and is the Founder of KMUZ-FM, the first community radio station in Salem, Oregon.

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I have been a research scientist, a journalist, and an educator for over 3 decades. I read and, I write. With this weekly newsletter, I share what I read, learn, and, experience. At the same time, I engage with students, parents, and teams of teachers across K-12 schools, higher education institutions, and ed-tech organizations.

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