by Terri Willingham | Aug 10, 2014 | activism, civic engagement, compassion, Society, Uncategorized
“Duas tantum rex anxius optat, panem et circensus.” ( “The people long eagerly for two things – bread and circuses.”) Juvénal If you’re online for more than five minutes a day, or have caught mainstream news anytime over the last...
by Terri Willingham | Aug 6, 2014 | activism, civic engagement, Creativity, Life, Makers, social justice, Society, Uncategorized
For us westerners chocolate is just one more thing. It’s inconsequential. We like to eat it, sometimes we get delighted by it for a minute. … We don’t think about it and the incredible effort and resources that are required to make it. We take it for...
by Terri Willingham | Jul 10, 2014 | civic engagement, Creativity, knowledge, Life, science, Theresa Williingham, Uncategorized
I want to know that it’s real, that it’s not just something happening inside my own head, because it matters what’s true… Neil DeGrasse Tyson In a recent opinion piece titled, “Rhapsody in Realism,” New York Times columnist David...
by Terri Willingham | Jul 8, 2014 | civic engagement, Florida, Society, Speak Out, Theresa Williingham, Uncategorized
A little background: At the end of June, the Pasco County School Board took under perfectly reasonable consideration the idea of eliminating the titles of valedictorian and salutatorian in public high schools, a proposal that passed unanimously on first reading,...
by Terri Willingham | Jul 6, 2014 | civic engagement, Creativity, Makers, Society, Theresa Williingham, Uncategorized
Simplicity is the shortest path to a solution. -Ward Cunningham In our work with FIRST robotics team students, we often remind them of the KISS philosophy – Keep it Simple Silly! – encouraging them to look for simple, elegant solutions to their game...
