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Book Striking

11.19.2016by Norm Zÿlstra Leave a comment

You have to own a book to hit one. We are in a climate where N.C.A.A. programs are asking recruits to sign legally binding letters of intent with no athletic […]

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academia, growth mindset, struggle, Uncategorized, world view

Middling Donuts Plugs

11.16.2016by Norm Zÿlstra Leave a comment

Marges Donut Den Jerry Seinfeld to the “freaky metaphysical concept” of doughnut holes, which he argues should actually be called doughnut plugs. What do images mean? What do words mean? […]

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global gaze, world view

The Evidence is In

11.06.2016by Norm Zÿlstra Leave a comment

Everyday one can find something written about racism. Everyday someone says there is, someone says there isn’t. Everyday someone says prove-it. () this happened: conflict began () this happened: took […]

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Uncategorized, world view

Everyday Fantastical

08.29.2016by Norm Zÿlstra Leave a comment

China Danxia Landform Geological Park Rainbow Mountains Zhangye Danxia National Geological Park http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20160825-an-80-million-year-old-secret http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson-plan-booster/china-zhangye-danxia-geology.shtml

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evaluation, global gaze, world view

Who Do We Hold in High Esteem?

10.10.2015by Norm Zÿlstra Leave a comment

Modern Martyrs Foreign Policy has listed… … Mahatma Gandhi … Eleanor Roosevelt … U Thant, Václav Havel … Ken Saro-Wiwa … Fazle Hasan Abed … Sari Nusseibeh … Corazon Aquino … as people who “never won the prize, […]

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global gaze, Uncategorized, world view

Get Irritated

02.08.2014by Norm Zÿlstra Leave a comment

Curiosity, Inquisitive, Irritated

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academic success, be stupid, emotion, global gaze, grit, growth mindset, struggle, Uncategorized, work, world view

Make Sport Academic

11.27.2013by Norm Zÿlstra Leave a comment

What if we allowed students to play athletics as long as they are making academic progress? Play 4-seasons in 6-years pursuing an undergraduate degree Play 2-seasons in 3-years pursuing a masters degree […]

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+30, academic success, Sport, world view

€€€ Down the Drain?

11.27.2013by Norm Zÿlstra Leave a comment

Southtown was a town like any other town in Jefferson, they loved their mathematics. They’d been doing mathematics for decades and had produced some of the best mathematicians southern Jefferson had ever […]

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academic success, ethics, Sport, Uncategorized, world view

Girls want an Education = head shot

10.10.2012by Norm Zÿlstra Leave a comment

Girls want an Education = head shot Fourteen-year old Malala Yousufzai is lying in a Peshawar military hospital after surgeons removed a bullet that was causing brain swelling. Why was she shot while leaving school? Because […]

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academia, academic success, ethics, Uncategorized, world view

Referee a Nepalese, Bosnian, Kenyan, neighborhood child

10.10.2012by Norm Zÿlstra Leave a comment

Today I was the referee when a Nepalese boy… A glimpse of Kentwood, Michigan… more specifically Kentwood Public Schools. I’m into my 3rd year with KPS. It’s so simple to be amazed and find fulfillment in the children from […]

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Uncategorized, world view

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