“I like to use newspaper because it reminds me of being back home. How we used the comics, when they were in color. And I make my own bows sometimes too.”
The Wrapping Paper
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Tagged creativity, DIY, gift, gift ideas, gift wrap, memories, multiple purposes, newspaper, recycle, repurposed materials, ribbon, scarves, wrapping paper
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Learning
Every weekday I walk into my first class period exhausted from the previous night’s homework. For 55 minutes my teacher teaches, I take notes, and then the bell rings. I scribble down my homework, get up, and repeat. Seven times. Five days a week for the past six school years. One day after the next, I’m checking off the boxes like everyone else, with no sense of individuality. Is this learning? –Student Voices
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Tagged academia, exhausted, homework, learning, motions, notes, schools years, social awareness, Student Voices:, students, teacher, Teaching
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Tiny Homes: Dignity for Unhoused
I love the op-ed section of the paper. I believe we all need to write at least one letter on something we’re passionate about in our lifetime. In saying that, I applaud this reader
Re: “The story of Seattle’s homeless shelters that are without a home” [Jan. 14, Local News]:
There are 71 insulated tiny homes, with flooring, heat, lights and bright paint, just sitting there in The Hope Factory. How can any person claim that these are not dignified enough or that they are shacks? As if the tents that we see all over the city, covered in tarp (or not) with trash surrounding them, are dignified? How dare Seattle, which has a homeless emergency, have these homes sitting in a warehouse and not being used?
At the high school where I work as a care team liaison for our families in need, I recently had a mom visit our pantry, and she said that she would give anything to have a tiny home of her own, instead of the subsidized apartment she and her daughter are living in.
I am outraged that we have the means to give those who are homeless their dignity by living independently in tiny homes, and the homes just sit there empty.
Wendy Wands, Woodinville
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Tagged advocacy, community, dignified, emergency, family, food pantry, homeless, homeless shelters, housing, op-ed, opinion, political, problem solving, social services, subsidized apartment, tiny homes, unhoused
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Investments
After all, the greatest financial investments pay nothing upfront. The same is true for people: The greatest relationships require an investment of time and trust. They become strong because they were given the time to solidify…Look, I suggest you really look at yourself as a business,'” “‘rather than just an endorsement or a check, and try and build yourself to become something after football.”… I’ve always known that I was put on this earth to uplift and empower people and make them feel what I feel inside. Right, wrong, or indifferent, even if that’s not what they want to do, I still make that push until I realize, ‘Okay, well that’s their life and this is what they want to do.'” – Odell Beckham
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Take a Warm Soak
When you get a chance to take a break, take a hot bath or shower. Soaking helps your body relax and releases tension.
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Tagged bath, break, breathe, recharge, relaxation, respite, rest, self care, soaking, soaking in a hot bath, stress reliver, Unwind
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