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The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months by Rutger Bregman.
The kids agreed to work in teams of two, drawing up a strict roster for garden, kitchen and guard duty. Sometimes they quarrelled, but whenever that happened they solved it by imposing a time-out. Their days began and ended with song and prayer.
I want to know about the culture, families, and schools these boys grew up in. Who taught them to be so fully cooperative? How can we learn from them? (They were rescued in 1966.)

ETA: Vika Mana/Meleika [twitter.com profile] endlessyarning comments on this story from a Tongan perspective.

Appalachia’s Front Porch Network Is a Lifeline by Alison Stine. via [personal profile] twistedchick. In addition to delivering food by school bus,
In Athens, Ohio, parents can pick up loaner technology, such as mobile hot spots and laptops, from the schools in special giveaway days. In Greenville, South Carolina, the school offers free Wi-Fi access with children’s meal pickup.

To address the inequity of households without consistent internet, some school districts in South Carolina equipped school buses with Wi-Fi and parked them in neighborhoods and rural areas.


Live From the Mermaid's Tavern: Reflections on Our First Six Weeks by Lynn Noel.
What we're all doing has a name: digital transformation. I did an executive certificate in Digital Business Strategy from MIT this winter, but I didn't realize at the time that the first audience where I'd be applying it would be community artists and educators. When I'm not streaming Live from the Mermaid's Tavern, I'm doing a lot of DIY Digital coaching and strategy with the artists I feature, with folk organizations like FSSGB, and with community members who want to brainstorm about how to help musician friends weather this pandemic and get their businesses online.

Date: 2020-05-10 10:37 pm (UTC)
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Thanks for continuing to split your posts into "bearable to me" and COVID.

The Mermaid's Tavern post is chock full of goodness! Trust is at the heart of participatory song. I'm thrilled that one of the older wonderful technologies -- group singing -- seems to be thriving in out current crisis.

...and the "Real Lord of the Flies" story makes me go o_0.

Date: 2020-05-17 07:33 pm (UTC)
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There's a certain amount of concern with where we are, as well, because there's still schooling, but a serious connectivity drought and having to figure out how to distribute food through existing networks. I'd like to say that our organization is at the forefront of the connectivity issue, but we're still trying to find out what we can do.

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