Grading Update
Hi all. I trust everything is wrapping up well for you this semester. Just a quick update about this course. I am still in the midst of working through all your final work. I will be done with final assessments by midday Friday. At this point, you can visit the “Check My Grade” page one last time to see final comments and your final grade. This will remain online through the middle of next week. If you miss it, just send me an e-mail and I can let you know how things went.
It’s been awesome, everyone,–a real pleasure. Thanks for a great semester.
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Anyway, the material for week 10 has been posted. Check it out over at the Lesson’s Blog. There’s some important stuff there, so it goes without saying, read it all. Thanks.
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Prof McGuire 8:38 pm on April 23, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
For the record everyone, the man in this video is not named “TED.” His name is Ray Zahab. The conference he is speaking at is called TED, which is an annual conference. (http://www.ted.com/pages/about).
Maureen Rich 8:07 pm on April 23, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Although I could never do what TED did because like Patrycja, I do not like the cold nor would I want to be out in the desert that long either! His words were inspiring and I think it was great that he was trying to inspire children. I like how he said “make the impossible, possible”. He brought up a good point about being 13yrs old and hearing these words rather than learning it later on at 40. Overall, he is correct and anything is possible, as long as we put our minds to it and give it our all. It took a lot of strength and courage to do what TED and his friends did. I can’t even imagine the obstacles they came across the way, but they seemed to have thought it all out and traveled well prepared. Blogging it for children to learn from was a great idea to show children anything is possible.
Eric Wisch 1:56 am on April 23, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Eh, I don’t think he focused much on “believing in yourself” or “anything is possible”. In my opinion he is kind of a tool, his rant made me lose a little respect for TED.
Prof McGuire 8:35 pm on April 23, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Not sure why you say something like this–sounds kind of rude. You don’t have to agree with a person’s message, but to insult someone by name calling is faulty logic–called “ad hominem”–especially when their is no other substance to your criticism. Let’s at least keep it civil. Thanks.
Patrycja Gola 7:35 pm on April 22, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Ted did something I would never want to do, I hate the snow and the cold, it would freak me out to be in the middle of nowhere like that. 111 days of running in the Sahara desert does not sound appealing either, I have a hard time getting myself to jog around my block for 20 minutes so it’s great to see someone so motivated to do something like that, I wish I could find that within myself. I liked how he talked about getting inspired by someone else who is trying to solve the water issues that are going on in the world. 33 days in the snow and still being able to blog about it during the trip is an amazing accomplishment in itself. Butter and bacon does not seem appealing but like Ted said they were burning an average of 8,500 calories a day so butter and bacon seem like they would do them good. It was awesome that they did all this so they can inspire people, I don’t know if people will go out and do what they did but maybe people especially young people that are struggling to find their niche can go after something and do it, accomplish something that will benefit their futures and not live just for the present like most young people do. The part that really inspired me was when Ted said “I ran for the grand sum of five years, and a year before that I was a pack a day smoker living a very sedentary lifestyle.” I feel like this quote relates to so many people because of Americas battle with weight and diseases that are due to people’s lifestyles. There are so many people that struggle even getting in and out of a chair thinking that is what their future will be, thinking they will never lose weight, they will never live a “normal” life. Someone like Ted that sat around all day and lived an unhealthy lifestyle and then accomplishing something majority of people will never accomplish should be a huge motivation for so many people. I also liked how he stated “We can make the impossible possible”, that’s a great quote since anything we truly want to accomplish we will accomplish.
Linda Seguin 3:20 pm on April 22, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
We need more TED’S in this world. This is an exellent example of someone who witnesses a good deed to help mankind and pays it forward. He turned his world trekking into an educational adventure for all the children that he was blogging while tirelessly pushing forward to his goal.. Now that I am at a more mature point in my life, I am one of those people who could say that youth is wasted on the young If you are young think about TED’s advice and be motivated while your still in your prime youth to make a difference in the world. Don’t let it slip away. Be proactive like TED. I know that I still am on a much smaller scale.