What We’ve Been Thinking About
Start each week on a positive note!
July 27th, 2020
“Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic.
Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month,
or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid
to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.”
– John Lewis
- Courtesy of Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for American Education: Images of Teachers and Students in Action.
- Viewed on Deeperlearning4all.org/g 7/8/2020
July 20th, 2020
“If you can’t fly then run,
if you can’t run then walk,
if you can’t walk then crawl,
but whatever you do
you have to keep moving forward.”
― Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Photo Credit: Nathan Dumlao
- Retrieved 7/9/20 on Unsplash at https://unsplash.com/photos/I99ck2MH2Tw
July 13th, 2020
“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. …”
- Courtesy of Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for American Education: Images of Teachers and Students in Action.
- Viewed on Deeperlearning4all.org/g 7/8/2020
- https://deeperlearning4all.org/deeperlearning/collaboration/5/?album_id=14788#!enviragallery14305-14107
July 6th, 2020
“Geography divides people only if the people allow it – faith divides people only if the people allow it intellect divides people only if the people allow it – politics divides people only if the people allow it. So, unless the people allow it, nothing can tear our world apart. Unless you allow it, nothing can tear our society apart.”
– Abhijit Naskar
- Photo Credit: Wylly Suhendra
- Retrieved 6/28/20 on Unsplash
- https://unsplash.com/@wylly_suhendra
June 29th, 2020
“You cannot take your freedoms for granted.
Just like generations who have come before, you have to do your part to preserve and protect those freedoms” – Michelle Obama
- Photo Credit: Vernon Rainell Cenzon
- Retrieved 6/10/20 from Unsplash.com
June 22nd, 2020
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better .” – Albert Einstein
- Courtesy of Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for American Education: Images of Teachers and Students in Action.
- Viewed on Deeperlearning4all.org/g 4/18/2020
- https://deeperlearning4all.org/deeperlearning/preschool/
June 15th, 2020
“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.”
― Andy Warhol
- Viewed on Memesbams.com 6/8/20
- https://memesbams.com/summer-solstice-images/
June 8th, 2020
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be.”
– Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,1963
- Hundreds turned out in Riverhead Sunday for two peaceful but passionate protest against the killings of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
- Lissa Finn/Patch
- Viewed on Patch.com 6/2/2020
- https://patch.com/new-york/northport/s/h4std/a-pandemic-of-racism-hundreds-protest-on-long-island-streets?utm_source=alert-breakingnews&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alert
June 1st, 2020
“It always seems impossible until it’s done”
– Nelson Mandela
- Luz Carlson installs a photographic tribute to the graduating seniors of James Madison High School in New York on May 14.
- Stephanie Keith/Getty Images
- Viewed on CNN.com 5/27/2020
- https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/04/world/gallery/education-coronavirus-wellness/index.html?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-cnn&utm_content=later-7064703&utm_medium=social&utm_source=instagram
May 25th, 2020
“We take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude”
– Cynthia Ozick
- Photo Credit: Aaron Burden
- Viewed on Unsplash 5/20/2020
- https://unsplash.com/images/events/memorial-day
May 18th, 2020
“Every good citizen adds to the strength of a nation.”
- Photo Credit: The U.S. Census Bureau
- Viewed on Census.gov 5/4/2020
- https://www.census.gov/library/photos/2020/2020-census-unveils-ads.html
May 11th, 2020
“No one can help everyone, but everyone can help someone.”
- Teacher Maria Sanislo (right) explains a Google Chromebook to a family at KT Murphy Elementary School in Stamford, Connecticut, March 17. Stamford Public Schools closed last week to help slow the spread of COVID-19, and students are now “distance learning” from home.
- Viewed on Buzzfeed 4/24/2020
- https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/gabrielsanchez/helpers-coronavirus-quarantine-medical-workers-pictures
May 4th, 2020
“A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite imagination and instill the love of learning.”
- A group of young children are getting creative in an art class in Kolkota, India. Hemis / Alamy Stock Photo
- Viewed in Alamy.com 4/24/2020
- https://www.alamy.com/blog/15-captivating-photos-schools-around-world
April 27th, 2020
“The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.”
Barack Obama
- Milwaukee County residents line up to vote on April, 7, 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
(Pat A. Robinson / TNS) - Viewed in Chicago Tribune 4/16/2020
- https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-wisconsin-primary-election-20200407-ge26ymidnje65iqdrfcvnziixm-story.html
April 20th, 2020
“There are helpers everywhere”
- A quote attributed to Mr. Rogers fills the marquee above the Indiana Theater in Bloomington, Indiana, on March 18. Barcroft Media / Getty Images
- Viewed on buzzfeed 4/5/2020
- https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/gabrielsanchez/messages-hope-coronavirus-covid19-quarantine-pictures
April 13th, 2020
“Hope is stronger than fear”
- People walk past a sign during day two of the citywide shelter-in-place order in San Francisco on March 18.
- Shannon Stapleton / Reuters
- Viewed on buzzfeed 4/1/2020