La Casa De Papel (Money Heist) P4e7, & The Professor’s “Missiles”

       Vaya…  Holy Shit…

El profe ha cumplido… / The Prof. has carried out his promise to pay them back 100-fold what they’ve done.

Es el mismo de Cervantes Saavedra?  /  Is this the same Argella as Los baños de Argel de Cervantes?  

1.)

 

   Excellent 1st “misil”  with the harmonica playing their song, and   “La Puta Ama” on her coffin, carried in stately step by the very guards whose comrade killed her!  

2.)

   Incredible 2nd missile: “Fuimos muy delicados.”  / “We were very delicate.”  

  Right, I guess now everybody knows how to torture without leaving (external) marks.

😦

 

3.)

 

  Great 3rd “missile”  -Merhaba, Osman!    

4.)

 

  Excellent final 4th missile:  the Prof. himself showing the public how the government has been playing dirty.

   “Rogamos a la justicia que abren una investigaciôn…” / “We beg the police to open an investigation…”

  Ahora, si, que “Somos La Resistencia.”  /  Now, yes, “We Are The Resistance.“

       “Por Naiobi!”       “For Nairobi!”  

 

    Last  week  was  Part 4, ep.6: Angry Commentary Thursday -La Casa de Papel (Money Heist) P4e6: “TKO” for Extreme Lack of Empathy ,

and

   Next week is: Two Thought Thursdays, La Casa de Papel (Money Heist) Part 4, ep. 8: “Plan Paris” Y La Tristeza / Sadness ;

…

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  “Somos la resistencia.”          Ahora, si…

   “We are the Resistance.”     Now, yes…

Shira  

Action Prompts:

1.)  Share your thoughts on how we can be part of the Peaceful Resistance…

2.) Write a book, story, post or tweet that uses these thoughts.

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Science Fiction/Fantasy Shows,  Lupin, or Money Heist

Holistic High School Lessons,

           or Long Range Nonfiction, or Historical Fiction

Thoughtful Readers, if you are on Twitter, please consider following   #Project Do Better  .

Shira

Parashat Noach 5783, A short short Still emerging from song, and transportation

Stories are meant to transport us to other times and other places.  The audience for some of my more wacky story ideas, like this one, might need us to have a much more fully inclusive society for all of us.  I need someone to tolerate my short short trials!  🙂   Thank you for putting up with this one, if you read on…

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I’ve had a song I grew up with circling in my head for days now, and also a story that I wrote, of which I posted a bit back a few years ago, as I pondered rewriting my first practice novel around this idea. What if some of the folks who didn’t get on Noah’s Ark stood outside the Ark as a way of protesting the injustice of destroying the entire world? I’m going to try this in 2nd person, to see how it reads: what do you think, Dear Reader?

The clear waters are lapping at her breasts. You can see the goose bumps on her flesh. The woman is shivering, looking right at you. She lifts her head, drawing a deep breath from her belly, and bellows these words out with her diaphragm:

“Soon and very soon,we are going to see the King!”

You’ve heard this song before, in a church, a long time ago. Now, the others join in, linking arms and responding to her call:

“Soon and very soon, we are going to see the King.”

The waters have reached the woman’s neck. You wonder what are they doing singing at a time like this. Then it hits you. Tears sting your face as you cry out to Shem, Japeth, and Ham:

“Get them in here! Now! Drag them by their idiotic hair if you have to, but get them in this boat! Right now! They …”

Your words are drowned out by the woman´s next call,

“No more crying!”

The others, lifting their voices above the waves, respond:

“No more crying there, we are going to see the king.”

You lung at the side, one foot already hooked over the edge, but your sons catch you by each arm, the third clutching your waist, dragging you back inside as Noach closes the door. The last thing you see is the writing on a plank of wood held high; demanding an audience with the One who sent this Flood. Demanding land for everyone, and justice for all.

The writing looked like blood.

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So, it turns out that this short short, which I wrote in March of 2019, still comes to my mind fairly frequently (I suppose I should post it during Parashat Noah…).

Painters of Sultan Murad III [Public domain] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Noah%27s_ark_and_the_deluge.JPG

last year’s Parashat Noach 5782 / פרשת נֹחַ

was Read in the Diaspora on 9 October 2021 (3 Cheshvan 5782).

Parashat Noach is the 2nd weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

I still wonder if the idea of protesting the Great Flood could have happened, somewhere back in the mists of time.

Last week was Parashat Bereshit, 5783, and Language Learning for Novels and Torture Prevention? …

Action Items:

1.) Share two different sources related to the Holocene Epoch and to the Holocene Calendar, as compared to the Hebrew calendar.

2.)  Share your thoughts on how knowing about different calendars might help, or hinder, inclusive thinking,

3.) Write a book, blog post or tweet that uses an alternate calendar, and once published, please consider donating to your local public library.

Dear Readers, ideas on learning, especially multiple #LanguageLearning, on-going education and empathy-building, to #EndPoverty, #EndHomelessness,  & achieve freedom for All HumanKind?

Support our key #PublicDomainInfrastructure  & #StopSmoking for CCOVID-19:
1. #PublicLibraries,
2. #ProBono legal aid and Education,
3. #UniversalHealthCare, and
4. good #publictransport

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B5, Hakan:Muhafiz/The Protector, Sihirli Annem, Lupin, or La Casa De Papel/Money Heist Reviews,

Holistic College Algebra & GED/HiSET Night School Lesson Plans,

           or My Nonfiction  & Historical Fiction Serial Writing

Thoughtful Readers, please consider reading and sharing about #ProjectDoBetter.

Shira

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Parashat Shoftim, and the Rule of Law

Parashat Shoftim /שׁוֹפְטִיםפרשת 

    This week we read about judges, and about the rules of warfare, among other things.   The very existence of such rules indicates that there are certain levels of compassion which we are required to extend even to our enemies.  This set of laws having been written several thousand years ago, we should now be further advanced in our understanding (as I argued last year) of the need for compassion and agreement on the rule of law, no?

May we all find compassionate and inclusive community.

Last week was Parashat Re’eh, and Self Health Care

Action Items:

1.) Share your thoughts on how community can help, or hinder, inclusive thinking,

Shira

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Click here to read, if you like:

B5, Hakan: Muhafiz/The Protector, Sihirli Annem,  Lupin, or La Casa de Papel/Money Heist Reviews

Holistic College Algebra & GED/High School Lesson Plans,

           or Long Range Nonfiction, or Historical Fiction Writing

Thoughtful Readers, please consider reading about #ProjectDoBetter.

Shira Destinie A. Jones, MPhil, MAT, BSCS

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Parashat Re’eh, and Self Health Care

 

Parashat Re’eh / פרשת רְאֵה

 

I taught a class on this parashah at the DC Beit Midrash, some years ago, as a follow up to the previous year’s class on a different parashah.   Since I schedule my posts ahead, I will be away (mostly) from the internet all weekend, concentrating on clearing paper notes from my desk for my own mental health. 

May we all find healthy and inclusive community.

I will be taking off tomorrow, so our usual Sunday GED class post will resume next week.

Last week was: Parashat Eikev (עֵקֶב) 5782, and Carrots And Sticks  ;

Action Items:

1.) Share your thoughts on how community can help, or hinder, inclusive thinking,

Shira

 

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B5, Hakan: Muhafiz/The Protector, Sihirli Annem,  Lupin, or La Casa de Papel/Money Heist Reviews

Holistic College Algebra & GED/High School Lesson Plans,

           or Long Range Nonfiction, or Historical Fiction Writing

Thoughtful Readers, please consider reading about #ProjectDoBetter.

Shira Destinie A. Jones, MPhil, MAT, BSCS

 

 

ShiraDest

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French Empathy Fridays, Connâitre ses Droits et éviter les Proces… Know Your Rights & Avoid Trial…

How can empathy help avoid trial?  By helping to make sure that everyone knows the basics of the legal system, their rights, and local facts about Pre-Trial Interventions/Diversions, for starters.

The common good, or the general welfare, is also tied up with Lupin (!), and with on-going legal & financial pro-bono education (aka Adulting Education), which must become more fully inclusive for all of us.

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Click here for English…

“ -C’est quoi ça?
-Votre côte sur le marché de l’art: 11.000 euros”

Mais si Driss n’avait-t-il pas d’argent ? Et s’ils lui avaient arrêtaient dans la misère ? Aux États-Unis il y à une moyen d’éviter les procès mais qui coute cher, selon l’état dans on aura le procès. C’est mon espoir qu’on peut avoir des changements de cette politique, avec l’aide des citoyens Américains, et aussi ce de nos amis.

“ -What’s this?
-That’s what you’re worth on the art market: 11,000 Euros.”

But what about before Driss had that money? What if he’d been arrested utterly poor?

In many states, programs exist to help first time offenders avoid trial and charges. But, Pre-trial Diversion or Intervention programs, as they are known, are often unfair to the poor, as in MD and many other states: perpetrating the cruelty of charging money that some people simply do not have in order to avoid jail. My emphatic immediate-term policy recommendation is that all States emulate “Cook County … in Chicago, where defendants are not charged a fee ” for Pre-Trial service programs. And my long-term policy recommendation is that we strengthen our freely available legal services and Pro-Bono Legal Aide availability drastically, perhaps requiring ALL lawyers and law firms to offer 20% of their time or services free to lower income people, and that states and counties offer free continuing education in financial and consumer education, including the all too rarely taught rights in each state regarding debt, housing, health care and also criminal law. Both short-term and long-term approaches are needed, immediately.

Toward “…justice for all.”

Read, Write, Dream, Walk !

#PublicDomainInfrastructure
ShiraDest
11 April, 12018 HE (Holocene/Human Era)

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So, it turns out that knowing what bits of legal information change from state to state is also important, as is knowing that one must actively defend against an expired medical or other type of debt, even if it is time-barred (or past the SoL), illogical as that may seem…

Action Items:

1.) Share two different sources giving the different Statutes of Limitations (SoL) for your state, or District,

2.) Share your thoughts on how changing those SoLs might help, or hinder,  allowing people to climb out of debt,

3.) Write a book, story, blog post or tweet that uses that information and your thoughts. If you write a book, once published, please consider donating to your local public library.

Dear Readers, ideas on learning, especially multiple #LanguageLearning, on-going education and empathy-building, to #EndPoverty, #EndHomelessness,  #EndMoneyBail & achieve freedom for All HumanKind?

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Click here to read, if you like:

B5, Hakan:Muhafiz/The Protector,  Lupin, or La Casa de Papel (Money Heist) reviews

Holistic High School Lessons,

           or Long Range Nonfiction, or Historical Fiction

Thoughtful Readers, if you are on Twitter, please consider following   #Project Do Better  on Twitter.

Shira

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Why Emancipation, Parenting, and Education All Matter on Day 16/67

   First of all, no one can be free in any way without legal freedom, from the first Compensated Emancipation in DC,  which had long been celebrated as Emancipation Day on April 16th, with a parade, even, through the early 1900s or so, in The District, to the final end of that process, for areas in rebellion to the Union, on Juneteenth in Texas, although most border states like Maryland, which had remained part of the Union, had also emancipated slaves, except for Delaware and Kentucky.  Slaves in those states had to wait until ratification of the 13th Amendment.

(src: The Washington Post)

      Then, no one can be entirely free of self-doubts without a loving, respectful, and supportive father.

    Finally, no one can be wholly free to expand and thrive without education of various types, on Day 16/67.

    I look forward to your impressions, Thoughtful Readers.

Shira

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B5, Hakan: Muhafiz/Protector,  Lupin, or La Casa de Papel/Money Heist Reviews

Holistic College Algebra & GED/High School Lesson Plans,

           or Long Range Nonfiction, or Historical Fiction Writing

Thoughtful Readers, please consider reading about #ProjectDoBetter.

Shira Destinie A. Jones, MPhil, MAT, BSCS

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L’empatie pour sois même, et pour être Adulte: la logique pour éviter les errors

(English)

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Je viens de comprendre, tout d’un coup, ce qu’a voulu dire ma chef quand j’avais commencé comme prof de maths -elle m’avait rapproché en disant que le pouvoir n’était pas mal, parce que je n’arrivè pas a contrôler mes élèves. J’avais du mal à l’écouter, et j’avais fini par être renvoyée car j’avais perdu controlle de 3 des mes 5 classes. Maintenant je comprends -j’ai l’horreur d’imposer ma volonté aux autres parce que je n’avais pas le chois quand j’étais petite, et je ne veux pas être comme ça. Dommage que je ne pouvais pas comprendre in 2001.

et, une réponse:

Petit à petit, tu vas trouver tous ces (mauvais) anciens réflexes, les analyser et surtout les ramener à leur juste valeur et ils ne t’empêcheront plus d’avancer dans la vie.

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   Salût ! 

Des Choses à faire :

1.) Imaginer comment peut on eviter ces genre de choses.

2.) Les partager ici, SVP.

   Chèrs lecteurs,  es que vous avez des conseils pour faire augmenter l’empatie ? 

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B5, La Casa De Papel/Money Heist, & Lupin & Hakan: Muhafiz/The Protector Reviews

Holistic High School Lessons,

           or My Long Range Nonfiction, & Historical Fiction Writing

Thoughtful Readers, if you are on Twitter, please consider following   #Project Do Better  on Twitter.

Shira

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Turkish Tuesdays, Happiness vs. Meaning, and Health vs. Home?

         When I lived in Izmir, a neighbor asked me one day:

Doydun yerin nerede?

 

Literally, this means, where is your full place? 

   She was asking me where is the place that makes me feel full, or happy.

   What I could not explain to her then, back in 2005, which some blogging friends have recently reminded me to point out, is that contentment, far more than happiness, is a stable emotion, rather than a fleeting feeling based on dopamine or serotonin, and it requires a larger context.  That context is built out of a life that renders service.  A life, for me, that builds tools and leaves a scaffolding upon which others may continue to build, to create the equitable world that would be safe, kind, and respectful of the dignity and potential of every human being born into this world, is a happy one.  

The common good, or the general welfare, in the United States, tends to presume that “the pursuit of happiness” is the good and the goal of life.  Yet those of us descended from enslaved people know that our ancestors, and often ourselves, as well, have not been free to follow that pursuit, and thus have been forced to define happiness in a different way.

True it is, that happiness is a part of one’s overall health.  But it requires having a safe home, first.  Access to affordable and comprehensive health care is also a major part of it: freedom from the stress of knowing that one illness can set back all of your life’s savings, or that one accident can deprive you of a livelihood.  Knowing just how precarious this health and access to health care is, especially for people who have no family or community to protect and/or take care of them, can be a major brake on a person’s moment to moment, not to mention overall, happiness.  That is in spite of, and separate from, the satisfaction or contentment that one may derive from seeing the works of her hands accomplish good things.  Even one who has stood in that small and fearful gap, in harms way for another, one who has brought hope to another at a moment when years had passed without greeting, even such a one may feel content with those works, yet aspire to rejoice at the happiness of others, when others are safe.  Is this happiness, for that one person? 

The happiness of one individual must be viewed, for me, in the wider context of each and every person’s ability to have every need met.  The reason is that if I go to some other part of the world, my own safety is compromised, based on a variety of factors that have nothing to do with my desire to help others, and everything to do with my appearance, origins, and connections.  That situation is neither equitable, nor safe, for anyone.  Ignoring these unpleasant truths will not make them go away, and focusing on one small part of the world that appears positive, while ignoring most of the pain, will never solve our collective problem.  Yet we have it within our power, collectively, to change the situation.  We have the technology, the resources, and the strategic ability to build a system that can allow every human being to reach full creative potential.  If we each choose to have a life of meaning, building for the entirety of humanity, over a lifetime of our pursuit of the fleeting happiness of a moment, we can leave a safer, kinder world where each individual is actually listened to, actually respected for the pebble of meaning that that person brings to help build the rising edifice, and leaves as part of the scaffolding.  We can each have, and also help others, to have a life of lasting meaning, if we want to.

The question is do we want to?

And more importantly, how can we help build a world where no one has to fear living in the street?

Action Items:

1.) Search for two different sources related to happiness versus meaning.

2.) Share the context of those sources, and what you think of them, with us in the comments, here, please.

3.) Share your thoughts on how any ordinary person might help build a better world system, and thus be part of building a world where every person can be full.

4.) Write a book, blog post or tweet that uses those thoughts.

Dear Readers, what ideas do you have on learning, especially multiple #LanguageLearning, on-going education and empathy-building, to #EndPoverty, #EndHomelessness,  #EndMoneyBail & achieve freedom for All HumanKind? 

 

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Click here to read, if you like:

B5, La Casa De Papel/Money Heist, & Lupin & Hakan: Muhafiz/The Protector Reviews

Holistic High School Lessons,

           or Long Range Plans, & Historical Fiction Serial Stories

 

Thoughtful Readers, if you are on Twitter, please consider following   #Project Do Better  on Twitter.

Shira

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El Maestro de Esgrima (The Fencing Master), and a sense of Honor vs. Empathy, as part of Adulting Education?

     So, yes, old habits can be applied to modern purposes, thoughtful Readers!  Every tool is useful for the task, as every adult must learn!  With both honor, and empathy!  And an absolutely gorgeous ending!!

🙂

 

I finished what I found to be a very thought-provoking read , El Maestro de Esgrima, in my on-going, perhaps cooling now, love affair with the books of author Arturo Pérez-Reverte.  I think I most loved two points in the book: about living and dying, and about childhood games. I was impressed that he actually works a kids game into a major fight scene of the book!  His insistence on living his life by a set of rules that were nearly out of fashion already, even then, carries this book through some boring parts.  All of the boring parts are needed for the plot to make sense in the end, but the theme is the best part: why is it important for one to live by a code that makes one’s life more difficult?  Why take responsibility for upholding the truth, and for living by that truth, in a world where no one else will do so?  Or, in the words of part 6 of an earlier post:

     “6. accepting responsibility to think independently, taking responsibility for one’s actions and for preventing exploitation.”  

Here, honor, and defending the honor of others, involves taking responsibility for the mutual safety of all, even at the cost of self-sacrifice. But does that also mean that individuals have the responsibility to take care of themselves, and how?  And, more importantly, is that sense of honor similar to, related to, or the same as having empathy (both personal/individual empathy, and social empathy)??

  Then, there is the other question: about defending oneself legally, and financial self-defense.  Knowing one’s rights, such as the right not to be sued for an expired debt, also requires taking the responsibility to understand how to defend that right, and why such defense is needed, according to the local laws of the state or District in which one lives.  To me, such knowledge and application, for oneself and for or on behalf of others, is also part of upholding a sense of honor.

My notes from the book while reading, especially his points on living, and on dying:

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“Me encanta ésa idea de cómo vivir, I tal vez mejor dicho, cómo morir:
“No de arrepentía de haber vivido: había amado y había matado…”

Wow. Fin Excelente.
An excellent ending.

Pero, si había mucha política que me aburrí.
But there was a lot of political stuff that was boring.
Me encantó el sentido del honor al lado del supuesto ingenuosidad.
I loved the sense of honor shown beside the supposed naivety.

Excellent thus far, even if in English. The library sent this copy, which I didn’t realize until I got it and started reading while awaiting the real copy, in Spanish, except that for some reason the system will not send any of his books in Spanish out for holds. Apparently we have to go get them from the central library? This makes no sense to me, but on the bus I shall go, when I have time…  😦   

Arranca un poco lento, con ‘bakshish’ para funccionarios y aristoratas mujeriegos, pero me gusta el maestro, con si dignidad y sus maneras.
/
Starts a bit slow, with bribes to officials and womanizing aristocrats, but I like the instructor’s dignity and way of being. 

…amaba la esgrima con la misma pasión…le resultaba…útil a la hora de solventar lances de honor.”. 😆😆.
Me encanta este narrador!
/
“…he loved fencing with the same passion… which was… helpful at the time of dealing with matters of Honor.”
I love this narrator!”

Me encanta la descripción del maestro. Pero estos tiempos no son agitados?

 

I love the description of the fencing master. But these times aren’t fast moving?”

 

October 2, 2020 –

 

 

3.0%”Por los cuernos de Lucifer?? Y creí que “por los clavos de Cristo” fue… ! Wow!!”

 

October 3, 2020 –

 

 

4.0%”Excelente! Justo cuando me empezé a aburrirme con el Marqués, me hace preguntar por tres páginas interesantes, cuál sería este Grial del maestro? Cool!!”

 

October 10, 2020 –

 

 

7.0% “80 frailes matados en 1834:…

Excelente final del capítulo!  /  Nice chapter ending!
Fin de primer capítulo.

No sabía cuán temprano habían empezado las luchas sobre la democracia.
I never knew how early those arguments about democracy began.

…una monarquía constitucional como Díos manda.”
Lol!!!”

 

October 14, 2020 –

 

 

17.0% “Por fin, la está tomando en serio!
/  He’s finally taking her seriously!”

 

October 17, 2020 –

 

 

21.0% “Me encanta ésa idea de cómo vivir, I tal vez mejor dicho, cómo morir:
“No de arrepentía de haber vivido: había amado y había matado…”
Cómo Alonso 

Alonso, por Omar R. La Rosa

 en El Ministerio del Tiempo:

“No tengo quejas: he amado… he luchado por mi patria…”
/
I love this idea:
No regrets, after having loved, and fought with honor…”

 

October 17, 2020 –

 

 

28.0% “Ojalá que hubiera podido yo vivir en ese época (con derecho de llevar espada propia):
“Daría cualquier cosa por enviarle …mis padrinos al hombre…””

 

October 17, 2020 –

 

 

34.0%”author put in arguments at noon for comic thought diversion…”

 

October 17, 2020 –

 

 

36.0%”Tiene un sentido de Honor…”

 

October 17, 2020 –

 

 

38.0%”Me encanta: “Una buena muerte justifica cualquier cosa.”“

 

October 17, 2020 –

 

 

40.0% “…tener una Troya ardiendo a sus espaldas”  /  “…to have a Troy burning behind you”
Hermosa! / Beautiful!

Cómo Alonso en El Ministerio del Tiempo :

“No tengo quejas: he amado… he luchado por mi patria…”

I love this idea:
No regrets, after having loved, and fought with honor…

So, it turns out that a modern sense of honor may have more to do with fighting via our modern civil and legal processes, for the honor of our Republic. What do you think?

More on my continuing striving with Castillian next week, friends:

   Nos vemos!  

Actions in support of literacy and hope that you can take right now:

1.) Share two different sources to translate the word “honor” into Spanish. 🙂

2.)   Share your thoughts on how you like each of the sources you found, 

3.) Write a blog post or tweet that uses a Spanish word, tells a good story, and makes a difference. I’m working on that through my historical fantasy #WiP, #WhoByFireIWill. Once published, donate one or more copies to your local public library, as I intend to do.

Dear Readers, any additional ideas toward learning, especially multiple #LanguageLearning as part of on-going education and empathy-building, to #EndPoverty, #EndHomelessness,  #EndMoneyBail & achieve freedom for All HumanKind? 

Support our key #PublicDomainInfrastructure  & #StopSmoking for CCOVID-19:
1. #PublicLibraries,
2. #ProBono legal aid and Education,
3. #UniversalHealthCare, and
4. good #publictransport

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Click here to read, if you like:

Babylon 5, Hakan: Muhafiz/The Protector, Lupin, or La Casa de Papel (aka Money Heist)  & El Ministerio del Tiempo Reviews

Holistic High School Lessons,

           or Long Term Nonfiction & Historical Fiction Writing

 

Shira Destinie Jones, MPhil

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French Fridays Book Review: Ne Lâche pas Ma Main, Racism vs. Health Care, and Empathy

Can racism be diminished by building Social Empathy, do you think?

This is the review of a book I read in 2015, set on the French island (in the Indian Ocean) of la Réunion. The English is first, and then the French.

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This book showed me how reading novels can build both empathy and understanding as part of new knowledge placed in context.

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Ne lâche pas ma main by Michel Bussi

Busssi shows us a world within another world ; that of people of color and the prejudices which the tourists do not see. He describes the island so well that you feel as if you were there, and finishes with a final word so moving it demands thought, and even an immediate re-read. (Also may go well with Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment, perhaps.

Shira HoloceneHuman Era Destinie
24 August, 12015 HE

BUSSI nous montre le monde dans un autre monde, celle de gens de couleur et les préjuges invisibles aux touristes. Il décrit l’île si bien qu’on se sent la-ba même, et fini la dernier mot si jaillissant qu’on ne peut pas s’arrêter de y penser, et même le relire tout de suite.

24,8,12 015 èH( ère Holocène ou ère Humaine)
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I really hope that this book is available in English, for those who cannot read it in French.  Please read it, and share!

   Salût !  

Action Items in support of empathy that you can take right now:

1.) Share two different sources to check out this book (the Open Library, for example),

2.)  Share your thoughts on how you like this book, after reading, or while reading it,

4.) Write a book, story, blog post or tweet that uses those thoughts.

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Babylon 5, Hakan: Muhafiz/The Protector, Lupin, or La Casa de Papel (aka Money Heist) Reviews

Holistic High School Lessons,

           or Long Term Nonfiction & Historical Fiction Writing

Shira Destinie Jones, MPhil

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