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Phoenix Rising: Against the Odds by Jordan B Smith: book review

  Phoenix Rising - Against the Odds: Chronicles of Resilience (Book 3): Rebuilding Lives Amid A Nation In Turmoil   by Jordan B Smith (2024) focuses on fictional individuals and communities who are putting their lives back together after a national upheaval. Set in a politically and socially fractured country, the narrative follows multiple perspectives: grassroots activists, displaced families, and reluctant leaders. Themes include loss, adaptation, and the question of what a rebuilt future should look like.   The novel begins in a school where a faction of the community is lobbying for teachers to use artificial intelligence as an aid to their teaching instruction - pointing out that students learn in different ways and AI would add to the varied methods of teaching. Teacher Benjamin Diamonds has developed an innovative AI program aimed to revolutionise the way students learn. Tensions and opposition from teachers and parents who prefer "human-centred education" are aut...

Student drawings on display in Paris

  The Town Hall of the 6th arrondissement in Paris is exhibiting student drawings from 23 to 30 June 2022.    Montaigne College students participated in the exhibition under the theme: ‘Bestiaire‘ (‘Bestiary’). The animal drawings include birds, insects, fish, a fox, a camel, and more.   The students were inspired by the texts of Spanish poet Jose Moreno Villa, translated by Montaigne College Coordinator Ramon Romero Naval, and guided by visual artist Magali Brien.       MARTINA NICOLLS MartinaNicollsWebsite   Martinasblogs Publications Facebook Paris Website Animal Website Flower Website SUBSCRIBE TO MARTINA NICOLLS FOR NEWS AND UPDATES  MARTINA NICOLLS   is an international human rights-based consultant in education, healing and wellbeing, peace and stabilization, foreign aid audits and evaluations, and the  author   of:  The Paris Residences of James Joyce   (2020), Similar But Different in the ...

Time for French language classes, Paris

History, Sport & Citizenship: Athens Olympic Games to Paris 2024 – exhibition in Paris

  Paris will hold the Olympic Games in 2024. The Olympic Games returns to Paris a century after it was held in 1924.  The Town Hall in the 6 th  Arrondissement of Paris is holding an exhibition called “History, Sport & Citizenship: From the Olympic Games in Athens 1896 to the Olympics and Paralympics in Paris 2024” ( Histoire, Sport & Citoyenneté: Des Jeux Olympiques D’Athenes 1896 aux Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques de Paris 2024 ). The exhibition will be held from 7-17 February 2022. Initiated by CASDEN, a cooperative bank and a partner of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the exhibition supports the promotion of sport at school and the values of “Olympism.” It covers 125 years of Olympic history from Athens in Greece in 1896 to Paris, France, in 2024.  It celebrates the Olympic Games as the first world event. The exhibition of 30 information panels shows a multifaceted history with extraordinary stories of sportsmen and sportswomen.  The e...

Renovating a Parisian school yard: from asphalt to insulated floor slabs