Folktales review – taking on tyranny of social media as teens learn to live like hunter-gatherers In this documentary, high schoolers camp out in subzero temperatures, making their own fires and driving sledges in the wild

Here's one school's Stone Age approach to winding down screen time:

𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗸𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀: 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿-𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿𝘀
https://bit.ly/48fPM87

#genzed #genz
3/11

Latest #HorridAmericanism to make its way into general verbal usage in the #UK is:
‘GenZee’ 😡
We don’t say ‘zee’ in the #UnitedKingdom, we say ‘zed’!
#GenZed

#GenZED

#GenZED

I am sick and tired of our continued Americanization of the alphabet. In Canada, it's Gen ZED. It is not gen zee.
#GenZED

Black and white photo: girl in a striped shirt lying on her back in bed and looking at her phone.

🥳Happy 1st anniversary to NYC's free mental health talk line for city teens! 🎂

𝗜 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗧𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘀. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝗺 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴
https://bit.ly/49nG7eJ
📸: Boudewijn Huysmans

#youthmentalhealth #genzed #genalpha

"...as their counterparts. These kinds of experiences can undermine our sense of safety and stability, which can impact how we are able to show up in school. It’s important that the adults we interact with are aware and able to respond to our needs."

#genzed #genalpha
3/3

...for kinetic learners who struggle to sit through 8 hours of lecture, for kids dealing with trauma and depression, and for those with learning differences that are chronically unaccommodated.

That refuge is needed now more than ever.

#genzed #genalpha #adhd
6/7

"[W]orries over rising costs and large student loan balances are causing some high schoolers to make alternative plans after high school," with particular emphasis on skilled trades.

#toolbeltgeneration #genzed #genalpha #collegeafforability
5/5

A great conversation with a good man, one who nearly missed out on his job because he had the temerity to call gun violence a "health care issue", which it objectively and unequivocally is.

#thekidsarealright #genzed #genalpha #genZ
3/4

Macro color photograph: ancient ring on a muted surface. It looks especially green from oxidation in this picture. It is positioned standing upright, rather than lying flat, in 3/4 profile with the crudely etched figure of Athena/Minerva oriented toward the viewer.

The goddess Athena (whom the Romans worshipped as 'Minerva') is "shown in typical pose, nude with a spear and shield".

📸:Emil Aladjem, Israel Antiquities Authority

#amatuerarcheology #digthis #canyoudigit #playinthedirt #ancientrome #ancientisrael #romanempire #genalpha #genz #genzed
2/3

Two volunteers in blue shirts and white hard hats carry a solar panel.

Exciting news! Over 20,000 young individuals are set to join in the program's first year. 🌟

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗸𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳
https://bit.ly/3REDi0Y
📸: ACC

#genz #genzed #thekidsarealright #climatesolutions #greenjobs
1/2

"The plaintiffs, ages 9 to 18 when the case was filed, argued that the state was violating a right guaranteed by the Hawaii Constitution to a clean and healthful environment".

#thekidsarealright #genzed #genalpha #climatestrike #socialjustice
4/4

Creatively exploring the world while testing out new approaches or techniques in a safe space for experimentation is a developmental opportunity that only play affords.

#genzed #genalpha #genz #teenplay
3/4

What makes orphan wells so unique in the universe of climate challenges is that an individual well is an approachable problem for individual humans, as these three ambitious teens can attest. 💪

#genz #genzed #genalpha #climatesolutions #bethechange #studentled
3/4

Dr. Dorothy Jean Tillman II and her family pose for a photograph after her graduation ceremony.

Wow! 🎓 Hats off to the astounding Dr. Dorothy Jean Tillman II!

𝗧𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝟳
https://bit.ly/44PglxJ
📸: ASU/Charlie Leight

#homeschoolers #childledlearning #genz #genzed #collegegrads
1/3

Think of it as the inevitable evolution of the pet rock.

(Pet rock, that's right. Look it up. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised at how it's pretty much exactly as it sounds).

#genaplha #genzed #kidsthesedays #thekidsarealright

A room of one's own by Virginia Woolf | Open Library A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf, unknown edition,

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bit.ly/3PXCfZg

#freeexchangeofideas #librariesrock #genzed #genalpha #thirdspace