Learning Addiction

Tonight, members of our sister blog - "Learning Club - Learning Addiction" are having a meeting to share with each other the most interesting and important things they have learned this month. It is important to share with each other our new found knowledge. More information about the website is posted on their blog.

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Dictionaries To 3rd Graders

This morning I was able to spend a few hours passing out dictionaries to 3rd Graders at Robert Frost Elementary school. It was exciting to see their faces as they explored new information on each page. This version had more ancillary information which I think makes it more digestible and interesting for a third grader. There were maps for instance and information on each country of the world, a guide to sign language, and a page with the longest word in the English language, and they all seemed to get really excited about letters in cursive that they saw. (I guess they will be learning cursive shortly) They all seemed very excited about receiving them. We passed them out to a number of classes and the teachers reaction to us bringing the dictionaries had a huge impact of how the students received their new dictionary. How important is it show a little enthusiasm in a child's life toward good things? Today it seemed to make all the difference. Think about the influence you can have on a child's life just by your reactions to certain situations. Your example goes a long ways.

Ideas on Traffic

I commute from Orem to Salt Lake City (Utah) daily. As traffic begins to grow I'm curious to know what would be a better solution to the problem. Currently they are adding an additional lane for a long stretch of I-15. It will be a carpool lane and hopefully very helpful as I ride the Bus. However for long range planning an emergency planning I wonder if the more beneficial alternative would be to create a separate parallel road. If the DOT were to build a parallel road it would seem to easy the flow of traffic on both roads and in case of an emergency there would be an alternative route. There have been a number of times in the past few years when a gas truck has overturned, (or something similar) and both sides of the interstate were at complete standstills with little option for alternative routes. Coworkers were forced to stay at the office for the night as hopes of getting home that night began to fade as traffic piled up. Should a major disaster occur it would be beneficial to have alternative routes. Let me know what you think. Have you read any literate on this topic?