Simply SaraJoy

When we assume that all students have the same access, that they have the same skills, abilities, and understanding of the technologies, our educational use of technology perpetuates the inequality that keeps these "non-natives" out of place, out of privilege, and out of power.

Sep 9

Sep 9 The New[?] "Haves" and "Have-Nots"

SaraJoy Pond

Whether the idea that knowldge and chances for learning divide haves and have-nots represents a paradigm shift or not, it has been sobering to remember this week that no matter how it's delineated, I come down squarely on the side of the "haves" every time.

Sep 6
Sep 6 Aches.

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Nerdery

Started classes on Tuesday. Yep. I'm still a freak. I love them. I'm intrigued by new classmates, excited by new opportunities and energized by the feeling of intellectual synergy that permeates campus the first week of classes.

Aug 28

Aug 28 My Million Dollar Idea

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Nerdery

Got stuck in the Mexico City airport for about 24 hours. The thing is, I’ve never been alone in this predicament. There always seem to be dozens, sometimes hundreds of somewhat-worse-for-wear businessmen, families, etc. resigning themselves to a very uncomfortable “delay.”

Aug 25

Aug 25 Revolutions

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Apparently, the consensus among the “adults” at the school is that I am a revolutionary, inciting the proletariat to various acts of sedition and generally upsetting the delicate balance of their system. Oops.

Aug 18
Aug 18 Somewhere Between the Vision and Breakfast

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Aug 18

Aug 18 Burning Out

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I remember learning as a girl, perhaps significantly while building a fire, that fire needs 2 things to burn: fuel and oxygen.

Aug 16

Aug 16 Country Mouse

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I live in the Chaco. It’s a bone-rattling, deathly boring 12-hour bus ride from the middle of nowhere, but I’ve never felt more isolated by a mere 25-mile stretch of relatively well-maintained highway. Coming to the city is a bit disorienting for me.

Aug 16

Aug 16 Vive Paraguay!

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I was there. Yesterday, Paraguay inaugurated its first democratically-elected president in more than 60 years.

Aug 15

Aug 15 Apparently, I'm Getting Married.

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Nerdery

These sweet sisters, in fact, this whole sweet ward thought they were meeting their future daughter-in-law! People were even asking me if we had a date yet. “Good question,” I wanted to say, “Have we even had a date yet!?”