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I found this article quite helpful in helping me develop my thesis and overall theme of my paper. The article did a great job exploring what the purpose of an american education is, and while i disagree with the author, I found that way he organized his thoughts was clear and effective. The comments to the article however, are what warranted the diigo. There is a rich conversation in the comments, filled with great evidence.

This essay discusses the value of a discussion based education. It argues that class discussions teach students how to learn as opposed to a lecture based class which emphasizes the regurgitation of content. Especially relevant to seniors as the article also touches on the economics of college and the value of small classes over large lectures.

American scientists are sensationalizing (presenting something in an exciting way to get attention, that might not be as accurate) their studies- isn't this what students do? By trying to be the best, we join every club, even if we're not interested, take all the hardest classes and cram for them, try to do everything we can to make ourselves stand out for colleges. At New Trier, even if you're incredibly smart, it doesn't matter unless you're incredibly smart by 'New Trier Standards'. Students are always trying to out do others and themselves, running the risk of burnout, depression/eating disorders, and general unhappiness. Asghar says the reason Miley Cyrus at the VMAs was so shocking was because she was being so textbook American- the only way to get noticed is to be the loudest. We set our standards so high that even when perfection is attained, it's not good enough- not a 4.0 GPA varsity athlete who also does community service is good enough- he is only good enough if he gets full ride to Harvard and becomes a top notch lawyer, too.

This article is very thouugh provoking. I always knew that the arts would help me but this article really opened my eyes to how much the arts will aid me in my life. The arts do way more for you than just making you think more creatively. This article also taught me about how the arts help with handling stress! Very intersting read.

I've always said I wanted cars to be able to drive themselves because I always get so tired when I'm driving... Imagine the time we could save if while we drove we could actually be reading or napping or just enjoying the road instead of focusing on the stress of it. This would create less accidents- but what would happen if the computer crashed.. can we really put our lives in the hand of a machine? Is this showing how dependent on technology we've become; we think we cannot even drive our own cars? What would happen to traffic police?

Vargas Made me do this

A discussion starter (ish?) Basically a counter-argument on the homework pressure expressed in the movie.

This give a really cool overview of what happened today, 50 year ago that Vargas began to touch on at the end of 9th period. Emanuel's remembrance video a tad down the article was really cool also!

This is an interesting article about the study of thought in animals. One hundred years after the gorilla was discovered by Du Chaillu people still didn't recognize intelligence in primates and focused primarily on language acquisition.

I know that not everyone is sold on our Mobile Learning program, and I find this article really does a nice job of illustrating how the iPads can be used effectively to improve the learning experience, and I suspect IGSS will be one place where we see some of these ideas come to light at NTHS.

This website gives really helpful advce on how to build an intriging character with a fatal flaw. It talks about building characters that fits into your story plot without getting distracted. I found this website really helpful in general for getting me to start developing my characters!