When twelve-year-old Charlotte is uprooted from New York City and forced to move to sweaty, sticky, roach-infested Florida, she’ll do anything to get back home – even conspiring with ghosts. Everyone in the kooky seaside town of Casaluna is obsessed with the supernatural, and Charlie finds herself living in the town’s most infamous haunted house, inhabited by a trio of rambunctious ghosts who were cursed for stealing a dead man’s diamond.
It is December at this writing, a season of darkness and light, of looking forward and looking back.
There are many journeys each of us makes in the course of a day, not to mention across a week, a month, and a year from January to December.
These may be physical journeys to a new land to explore, down the street to help a friend, across a room to greet a stranger.
They could be journeys of thought, imagination, storytelling, learning, and reflecting on changes brought by these.
“You’re only given one little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it.” - Robin Williams
A stateless person, as defined by the 1954 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, is a person who is not considered a national of any state. This means that they do not hold formal citizenship of any state.
If you were lucky enough to travel to Naples in the 18th century and hoped to catch a glimpse of the antiquities being excavated at Herculaneum and Pompeii, you would likely have needed an invitation to one of the royal palaces of Charles VII of Naples.
As an educator and/or parent, you're probably wondering HOW to teach and work with AI. It isn't easy. The field is constantly changing, and student, parents, and educators don't know where to even start to learn about, utilize, and think about AI.
We all know that students will consider using AI to do their school work this year. And, if they do hit the ‘easy’ button, they’ll most likely be accepting mediocre content. Authentic, human-generated and creative content is becoming a luxury good. Teachers can tell the difference.
In 1933, 15-year-old Turkiyya Hasan was beaten at the Swedish Salam Mission in Port Said, Egypt. Hasan claimed she was beaten because of her refusal to accept Christianity. The missionaries claimed that she was willfully misbehaving and provoking disturbances at the missionary.
Williamsburg’s cobblestone streets are seeped with revolution, resistance, and restlessness. While the ancient buildings tell a story of the budding birth of a nation, they also tell a story of ghosts, spirits, and specters.
Haunted Colonial Williamsburg - Copyright US Ghost Adventures
Award-winning New York artist Robin Antar’s collection of sculptures, called REALISM IN STONE, look so authentic, they have the viewer asking, “Is this a sculpture or the real thing?”
We were lucky enough to chat with her, and explore her extraordinary art and life.
You might think that learning is confined to textbooks and lectures, but cultural immersion offers a richer, more nuanced experience. By stepping into different communities and cultures, you confront your own biases and expand your worldview in ways that traditional education simply can't match. This engagement not only enhances empathy but also cultivates essential communication skills necessary for today's interconnected society.
