“life around the oval office” – by nick symmonds – or something like that for the title – but a book about a track star – he’s won the 800m nationally like five or six times – not so much a running book though as an “adventures in the life of a marketer” book – symmonds has made a name for himself by getting himself out there – in many ways – with Paris Hilton – with changing sponsors – with occasional protests – he’s an interesting character – but definitely a thinker – anyone who remembers catholic school and being bothered by a comment by a priest at age 10 about the Holy Trinity is a pretty deep thinker:)
here it is, my big reading accomplishment of the week…
“running my life” – yep, one would think i’m slacking with just one book – but it was really big – and actually very good – probably one of the few biographies to go from total athletics to total politics to total management – the guy, seb coe, ran competitively for 12 plus years, then worked in british politics, then was the head person for london’s 2012 games – his main accomplishment of that being that he got 1D to play during opening ceremonies
look forward to seeing everyone – well, maybe just some of you – tomorrow…
Write an alternate story from the titles of BOB – you don’t have to know anything about the book – the title is your prompt to write something bizarre.
so i’ve finished middle school BOB – of course, it had to be with the “blah”est book…
“the testing” – hunger games – basically – the romance, the killing – hunger games – nuff said – and now i’m done with BOB
“crossroads and (re)mappings” – former student of mine was published last year – which was cool – even better, it’s actually a good book:)
“heathen school” – fascinating big boy book of the week i read – years ago, the mission board set up a school in connecticut to teach others the gospel – and education – so that they could return to their native lands and lead others to Christ – they had really lofty ambitions – but it all fell apart when some of the men married women in the community – the area couldn’t handle interracial marriage – the school fell apart – most the men ended up with sad ends to their lives – really heartbreaking if you believe in the gospel and its spread – a good precautionary tale to read
“saved by the bell: the comic” – best – book – ever:) the series has been reset in modern times – series of comics – just great – same tone as the original – old fans – new fans – all will love it
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if you could pick one mentor – living or dead – fictional or real – to train you to be like him or her – why would you choose who you would choose? describe the training process
“variant” – yet another BOB i liked – even though it’s a dystopia – even though there’s romance – even though there’s robots!!! yep, it was entertaining – all you can ask sometimes
“failing our brightest kids” – great book – sad book – from harvard press about improving gifted education – the researchers looked worldwide – that was about the biggest flaw in the book b/c while the rest of the world kicks our tail in high-end performers, they don’t specifically do gifted – they had some good recommendations for fixing gifted here – one, having magnet schools – two, early identification – both are good
it’s a magical unicorn world now where anything can happen…
“the family romanov” – great non-fiction choice – the story of the last tsar family – spoiler, it didn’t end well – and nothing like the movie anastasia – i’d definitely forgotten the end – read really well though
“the hunt for vulcan” – new book – there was thought for a while that there was a planet between the sun and mercury – named vulcan – the book tells that story – and how scientists learn stuff – great, great book – i think i even understand einstein’s special theory of relativity now – just ask me:)
Write about a character who makes a promise to someone dear to them years before – and then doesn’t keep it. Explore their point of view years later. What prevented them from keeping the promise and how did it change them?