Independent researcher Archives - Grace Conyers
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Sep
2015
2015
Mixed Signals to Our Society
I had planned on talking about something else this week, but just before I got down to business I saw a post on a friend’s Facebook wall that absolutely floored me. Meet Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year-old inventor. He made a rather sophisticated clock that required an understanding of electronics, programming, and a bit of fun. […]
The Communication Gap
How does this sound to you: We will transition integrated articulation to close the achievement gap. Or this? We will agendize multidisciplinary explicit direct instruction within professional learning communities. This is what we call bullshit jargon. It’s a word salad of impressive sounding syllables thrown together in attempt to amaze. Frankly, though, it just makes eyes glaze […]
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I'm never sure whether I should read this as a philosophy or history book. This time as I listened to the audio, it was with the eye of history. I found it pretty interesting from this aspect, and even at times laughable with the vernacu...
I don't know why I insist on torturing myself by exploring other genres of books that are just not for me. It's easier when they are audiobooks droning on in the background, not something I have to physically waste time on.
And this bo...
Always a classic, but so much easier to get through in text rather than audio form for me.
If you're new to space, I'd highly recommend this to you as it's a fun book with a playful tone and lots of knowledge. There's some sarcasm, but the it's playful.
If you're an old hand at astrophysics, I'd recommend skipping right on b...
I got my annual read of some sort of literotica over with early this year courtesy of Strep Throat keeping me inside and stir-crazy. This was... just about like all the others out there of this genre to me: Hilarious in parts, predictabl...
