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How to teach a young introvert
What should we do with the quiet kids? A TED Ideas conversation with Susan Cain on the future of classroom education.
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The last of the Hawaiian cowboys
So much has disappeared from the islands of my childhood. Will the paniolo be next?
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The phrase worth 1000 pictures: “Michael OD Brown; 1996-2014.”
If journalism is the first draft of history, whose draft will future generations read of the events surrounding Michael Brown's death?
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The Terrorist's Son: A Story of Choice
"Everyone has a choice. Even if you’re trained to hate, you can choose tolerance. You can choose empathy." An American boy raised on dogma and hate, who chose a different path — this is Zak Ebrahim's story, shared on the TED stage and coming soon as a TED Book. See the trailer now, with the book and the full talk to come September 9.
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