Saturday, March 28, 2020
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Interpretation Learning : Mar 2020
Pliable 柔顺的
Obstinate 顽固
Despondency 绝望
Dissuade 劝阻
Celestial 天体
Catapulted 弹射器
Scoundrel 恶棍
Legion 军团
Dash 短跑
Growling 咆哮
Groan 呻吟
Foreboding 预感
Pounding 重击
Perturb 扰动
Gasp 喘气
Eerie 怪异
Gloat 幸灾乐祸
Usurper 高利贷者
Source: The Pilgrim's Progress
Obstinate 顽固
Despondency 绝望
Dissuade 劝阻
Celestial 天体
Catapulted 弹射器
Scoundrel 恶棍
Legion 军团
Dash 短跑
Growling 咆哮
Groan 呻吟
Foreboding 预感
Pounding 重击
Perturb 扰动
Gasp 喘气
Eerie 怪异
Gloat 幸灾乐祸
Usurper 高利贷者
Source: The Pilgrim's Progress
Monday, March 23, 2020
Marching Off the Map
Page 27-28
From Margaret Mead (anthropologist)
The Post-Figurative Society
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Agricultural Age
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Adults determine life for their
children
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The Co-Figurative Society
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Industrial Age
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Adults & children figure out
life together
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The Pre-Figurative Society
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Information Age
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Children are to figure out lives by
themselves
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Page 40
1. Anxiety – a world full of
messaging and expectations require margins
2. Addiction - a world full of
stimulants and options requires self-regulations
3. Amoralism – a world full of
pluralism and tolerance require convictions
Page 45
Terms that summarize Generation Z
Instant Access
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They have a Google reflex, and can
find answers now. No waiting.
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New Normal
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They grew up with terrorism, recession,
and other common hardships.
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On Demand
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They expect entertainment when they
want it and they can’t stand boredom.
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Multi-Cultural
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They’re mix of ethnic races; 50%
increase in this identity since 2000.
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Immediate Feedback
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They insist on responses from social
medial, games or friends.
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Constant Contact
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They’re always connected with few
margins for solitude or silence.
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Blended Family
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They are used to new definitions of
family, identity and sexuality
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Anything Goes
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They grew up at a time when
traditional morals are in question.
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Page 46
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Millennials or Gen Y (1983-2000)
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Homelanders or Gen Z (2001-2018)
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Technology
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Use technology for entertainment
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Will use technology to learn
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Job
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Compete with 80 million for jobs
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Will Compete with 172 million for
jobs
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Siblings
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Have 2-4 siblings
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Will likely have 0-2 siblings
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Population
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Share the planet with 7.5 billion
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Will share the planet with 11 billion
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Demographic
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Largest population is peers
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Largest population will be older
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Obesity
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Growing problem with obesity
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Gigantic problem with obesity
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Communication
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Communicates with text
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Communicates with images
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Share/Create
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Shares things
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Creates things
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Multi-task
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Multi-tasks with two screens
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Multi-tasks with five screens
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Personality
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Confident & self-absorbed
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Cautious and self-directed
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Focus
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Focuses on today
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Focuses on the future
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Future
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Optimists
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Realists
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Page 53-33
1. Don’t think CONTROL, think CONNECT
2. Don’t think INFORM, think INTERPRET
3. Don’t think WHAT, think WHY
4. Don’t think “DO IT FOR THEM” think
“HELP THEM DO IT”
5. Don’t think IMPOSE, think EXPOSE
6. Don’t think PERSPECTIVE, think
DESCRIPTIVE
7. Don’t think COOL, think REAL
8. Don’t think LECTURE, think LAB
Page 64-65
Builders
Silent Gen
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Boomers
Pig in Python Gen
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Busters
Gen X
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Millennials
Gen Y
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Centennials
Gen Z
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Birth Years
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1929-1945
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1946-1964
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1965-1982
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1983-2000
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2001-2018
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Life Paradigm
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Be grateful you have a job
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You owe me
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Relate to me
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Life is a cafeteria
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I’m coping & hoping
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Attitude to authority
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Endure them
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Replace them
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Ignore them
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Choose them
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Do it yourself
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Role of relationships
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Significant
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Limited: useful
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Central: caring
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Global
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Utilitarian
实用主义
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Value Systems
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Conservative
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Self-based
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Media
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Shop Around
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Pragmatic
实际的
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Role of Career
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Means for living
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Central focus
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Irritant
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Place to serve
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It’s my hobby
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Schedules
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Mellow
醇美
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Frantic
发狂的
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Aimless
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Volatile
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Multi-tasking on 5 screens
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Technology
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Hope to outlive it
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Master it
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Employ it
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Enjoy it
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Hacker
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Market
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Goods
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Services
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Experiences
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Transformations
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Reinvent me
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View of Future
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Seek to stabilize
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Create it!
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Skeptical
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YOLO (You Only Live Once)
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FOMO
(Fear of Missing Out)
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Page 73
Our world is full of:
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Consequently, students
can assume:
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S – Speed
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Slow is bad
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C – Convenience
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Hard is bad
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E – Entertainment
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Boring is bad
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N – Nurture
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Risk is bad
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E – Entitlement
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Labor is bad
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Page 95
Does this need a facelift? (It’s good,
but it just needs an update)
Does this need an overhaul? (It’s
purpose is good, but now it must be altered)
Does this need a funeral? (It once
was good, but no longer is relevant)
Page 181
The PRICE we pay for Social Media
P – Personal Platform
This has fostered a narcissistic
culture of selfies.
R – Reactionary Opinions
This includes a preoccupation with
others’ judgements
I – Instant Updates
This can make us impulsive with short
attention spans
C – Constant Information
This has caused angst and depression
in users.
E – External Stimuli
This can lead to addictive lifestyles
with the phone.
Page 153
Students today…
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Schools today…
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Right-brained thinkers
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Left-brained delivery
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Learn by uploading, expressing self
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Teach by downloading lectures
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Experiential in nature
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Passive in nature
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Music & art enables retention
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Music & art classes are first
ones cut
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Creativity drives them
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Curriculum drives them
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Desire to learn what’s relevant to
real life
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Teach for the next test and to
simply raise scores
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Page 155
D
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Begin with a dilemma
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How could you create intrigue with
a dilemma?
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I
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Then you show an image
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How could you leverage images?
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C
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This sparks conversations
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How could you foster conversation?
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E
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This should lead to experience
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How could you offer a platform for
real experiences?
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Page 159
If you think our future will require
better schools, you’re wrong. The future of education calls for entirely new
learning environments. If you think we’ll need better teachers, you’re wrong.
Tomorrow’s learners will need guides who take on fundamentally different roles.
– Dr Wayne Hammond
Page 208
Historical Era
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How People
Differentiate Themselves
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Agricultural Age
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Stronger Muscles
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Industrial Age
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Stronger Machines
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Information Age
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Stronger Minds
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Intelligence Age
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Stronger Morals
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Page 211
Stop asking…
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Start asking…
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What do you want to major in?
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What problem do you want to solve?
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What do you want out of life?
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What is life asking of you?
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How much money can you make?
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What do you have to give?
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How can you achieve something great?
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How can you add value in this
context?
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What do you possess inside?
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What are the needs or
opportunities?
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What will make you happy?
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What are you being summoned to do?
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Marching Off the Map: Inspire Students to Navigate a Brand New World by Tim Elmore with Andrew McPeak (2017)
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