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Mark, This video is fantastic. It truly captures the energy. You've done a great job with the editing. I've just uploaded it to our Yr 9 ning and have broadcast a message to the Year level to get them to take a look. They will find it inspiring I'...
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This video tries to capture the energy evident when the Daraja Academy opened in late February, 2009.
music is "Energy" by The Apples in Stereo
Thanks so much for posting this here Mark. We here in Australia have not forgotten Daraja Academy and are trying to find a way to support the school via a fundraising event. I'm looking froward to hearing how yours goes this weekend. We can let ou...
Hi friends,
I have been meaning to introduce myself to this community since I joined over a week ago, and I apologize for taking so long to get to this. I was introduced to this ning by the wonderful Jenny Luca, the founder. We connected trough a...
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Hi friends,
I have been meaning to introduce myself to this community since I joined over a week ago, and I apologize for taking so long to get to this. I was introduced to this ning by the wonderful Jenny Luca, the founder. We connected trough another member of this ning, Jabiz, who introduced us to each other because of our interest in helping people throughout the world.
I'm a high school history teacher in the SF Bay Area in California, US, and for the last year and a half, I have been on… Continue
I have been meaning to introduce myself to this community since I joined over a week ago, and I apologize for taking so long to get to this. I was introduced to this ning by the wonderful Jenny Luca, the founder. We connected trough another member of this ning, Jabiz, who introduced us to each other because of our interest in helping people throughout the world.
I'm a high school history teacher in the SF Bay Area in California, US, and for the last year and a half, I have been on… Continue
Posted on March 25, 2009 at 5:47am — 1 Comment
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- At 2:24pm on May 14, 2009,
Adrienne Michetti said…
- Hey Mark,
Great to find you here! :)
- At 9:15pm on March 26, 2009,
NinaD said…
- Hi Mark,
We've got holidays starting in one week for 2 weeks. Yeah! Our skype will probably have to take place early next term. I'll let you know. Cheers Nina
- At 10:41pm on March 18, 2009,
NinaD said…
- Hi Mark,
This Friday myself and Wonderwoman- Ning member are introducing the Daraja Academy to our students. We've got the u-tube to show the children and will talk about Africa. This will start the children thinking about how we can help. Then we'll skype- Jenny Luca is mentoring us with that part. We're very keen to make a difference! I'll keep in contact. Cheers Nina
http://ninadavis.wordpress.com/about/ - My blog with info about me and my school.
- At 9:44pm on March 17, 2009,
Linda Howey said…
- Hi Mark,
I was part of the audience at Toorak College when we Skyped you on March 6th. I love your enthusiasm and energy!! You really inspired the students who had lots of questions and are keen to participate in helping build bridges to the 'Daraja Academy'. We are looking at the global issue of child labour and education for all and have a special interest in girls' education, so 'Daraja Academy' is high up there. Toorak College also run a trip to India where they visit and support Bal Ashram, a school for boys who have been rescued from child labour, this group are about to build a school for girls, Balika Ashram, and we are looking at supporting this initiative as well. We are about to organise a working party of keen students to get started on their action plans. We we will keep you informed of our progress and hopefully the students will become part of this ning and it will progress from there. Look forward to more Skypes and communication. Regards, Linda
- At 7:33am on March 17, 2009,
Jenny Luca said…
- Hi Mark, Great to see your smiling face join us. Hopefully we will be able to find some connections and you will be able to post here about the great things your school is doing to support Daraja Academy. I'm so pleased you have decided to join the ning.
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The students have had some great ideas but we have struggled to get them off the ground. One that seems to be coming together is an initiative to raise awareness of the Zaidee Rainbow Foundation. This foundation encourages others to donate their o...
Hi Stephanie,
I really like the rhyme scheme in this poem. It reminds me of some of the poetry of a man called William Butler Yeats. He wrote in the same style and his poems often dealt with weighty issues, as yours does. This poem makes me consi...
I completely and utterly agree with this. I see so many people who have so called "good" values and morals in life look at others as though they are the scum of the earth because they were born differently than them. It's not right that so many pe...
If the battle cry is given,
and the drums of war begin,
would you fight to save the peaceful,
or let the grief sink in?
Would you stand for all you know,
if the price became to steep?
Or would you swallow all your worries,
and hope to hell they l...
I really appreciate the subtle point you make about the ways in which we judge people based upon what they do or do not accomplish. People who don't finish school do lose quite a bit of status in our world, but I can think of so many people who ha...
Hmmmm....and I'm wondering...is it possible to make the world a better place without making ourselves better? And is it possible to make ourselves better without making the world better? I'm really curious about how you would answer this, Kathryn....
Catherine---Wow. This is like a much needed slap in the face ; ) What a great example of how we can use poetry to make necessary statements and illuminate serious issues. Provocative.
Oh, Mrs. Leach, I love this poem. I have so felt this. I get so many customers at the pizzeria I work at who come in and share their intolerant beliefs. There was one a few weeks ago, who walked past an African American customer, and stated how he...
We will be wrapping up our work on Three Cups by creating Glogsters with the kids' reactions to the book. Each glog will contain images, writing, video that we will capture during which kids discuss the theme or message they have taken away from t...
The salesman came in and began to chat, as they do
about the family that he missed and the town where he lived
and the blacks infiltrating his neighborhood and the Jews who were hiding the money from him
and he thought that I agreed, because of m...
I am not inside your head.
I can't predict what you will say.
I can't control your feelings,
Even if I hope you feel that way.
Today you tell me one story,
And tomorrow you'll tell another.
How do I know what to believe,
Why should I even bother?...
The Global Poetry Project aims to provide a space for members to expand upon their cultural views through the writing and reading of poetry.
I am not inside your head.
I can't predict what you will say.
I can't control your feelings,
Even if I hope you feel that way.
Today you tell me one story,
And tomorrow you'll tell another.
How do I know what to believe,
Why should I even bother?...
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