3-2-1 TUESDAYS WITH MS NIV

Issue #172, 24th October 2023

How often do you think of yourself? Do you feel important? How does integrity connect with honesty? How often do you think honesty leads to humility? What is a humble person like? How does it make us align our actions with our beliefs? Discussing some of these questions in today’s issue of my newsletter.

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Three images of the week:

Two Thoughts of the Week:

“A true genius admits that he/she knows nothing.”
― Albert Einstein

“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”
― Ernest Hemingway

One Video of the Week

Humility, integrity and hypocrisy are words people use a lot without really understanding what they mean. In this brief talk, Joe Sabini provides a simple way to understand each concept and explain how they relate. Joe Sabini has lived in Reno, Nevada, for his whole life. After graduating from Reno High School, he went on to attend the University of Nevada, Reno. He is currently pursuing his undergraduate degree in the College of Business. Joe brings humor and thoughtfulness to all aspects of his life. He is presently found as the Lighting Designer for a local Creative Team at Grace Church Reno and assists in media and networking needs. In his free time, he finds passion in music and live productions and has performed all over the United States, including Carnegie Hall. He looks forward to traveling frequently to Australia and other parts of the world on trips with the Love Does Team.

Guest Expert of the Week: Reading with Ms. Meenu.

Reading with Ms. Meenu

Wonder Boxes: I can ask questions Anywhere, Anytime, About Anything!

Every child has a wonder box as they wonder and ask questions all the time. When we read, we get answers to so many questions. 

Young children are natural question-askers. They have to learn how to adapt to a complex and changing environment. But whether they continue to ask questions… depends in large part on how adults respond to them.

I work to respond to children in ways that honor who they are now and who they will become. That means I respect their questions, encourage them to ask more, and work hard to show them how to go about figuring out the answers. 

Asking questions drives our non-fiction genre study and the thinking strategy of determining importance will help children as they work to figure out the answers to the questions that matter most.

After all, “Learning is a consequence of thinking… Far from thinking coming after knowledge, knowledge comes on the coattails of thinking…. knowledge does not just sit there. It functions richly in people’s lives so they can learn about and deal with the world”. 

Happy Reading!

Meenu Gera, Consulting home and school librarian and reading guide.

Dear reader,
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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