Disclaimer: I have never read Dr. Seuss’s book, The Lorax. I have seen the 1972 TV special, which I have been told is an almost word for word adaptation. Any comparisons I make are relative to the TV special, not the book. Being as fabulously behind the times as I am, I only got around
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Recettear and the Grocer/Shopper Relationship
I recently read an article in the anthology Food Nations by Tracey Deutsch entitled “Untangling Alliances: Social Tensions surrounding Independent Grocery Stores and the Rise of Mass Retailing.” In it, Deutsch makes the argument that chain stores supplanting and taking over small, family owned groceries had as much to do with the tension-fraught relationships between those small
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Ninja Teaching
(HT: Video Game Voters Network) While certainly not the only teacher to make the connection between Video Games and Educating, Lucas Gillispie has been spending four years developing a curriculum for Pender County, North Carolina that is currently in use. Here are some of the best bits: Gillispie, who has always been a self-described gaming
