Kristen Witte

WHAP, AP Euro, and AP Sem

[Kristen Witte @Ms_KWitte]

I've signed up for an amazing travel experience with ACIS! https://t.co/iFPJtoUy45

[Kristen Witte @Ms_KWitte]

via @NYTimes https://t.co/nKs9OxnN4F

[Kristen Witte @Ms_KWitte]

Ukraine war has exposed the folly – and unintended consequences – of 'armed missionaries' https://t.co/XOHccNVoe5 via @ConversationUS

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A 4-step guide to level up leadership according to ‘The Bear’ https://t.co/l5Ou3cfOKh

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Earlier this week, @POTUS Biden issued an executive order on artificial intelligence – a breakthrough technology that has the power to change the world in ways we’re only beginning to understand.

I wanted to share some of the books, articles, and podcasts that have helped shape my perspective on artificial intelligence over the past year.

[Kristen Witte @Ms_KWitte]

Artist Reimagines Original 151 Pokémon as Renaissance Paintings https://t.co/3oiaxAtmWu via @mymodernmet

[Kristen Witte @Ms_KWitte]

The horrifying, nearly forgotten history behind Killers of the Flower Moon https://t.co/zwfdXVuIFk via @voxdotcom

[OER Project @OERProject]

This session will help integrate more textual and visual primary sources into your teaching of imperialism. Plus, learn how you can audit and supplement your curricular offerings to ensure your classroom is more supportive and inclusive. https://t.co/VgVRSSPwaY

[Kristen Witte @Ms_KWitte]

Hoping to Get More of Their Teachers to Try AI, Students Organize a National Conference https://t.co/vnFbDkfUzE #edtech via @EdSurge

[Kristen Witte @Ms_KWitte]

Unsilencing the Haitian Revolution in US Hip Hop https://t.co/Y93pFLatqK

[OER Project @OERProject]

Today - last chance to register for the 2023 OER Conference for Social Studies. Don’t miss this year’s largest virtual social studies event!

Free ✅
Experts & Historians ✅
Prizes & Giveaways ✅
Entertainment ✅

We’re excited for you to join us! #OCforSS
https://t.co/Gxp9P3so92

[Billy Oppenheimer @bpoppenheimer]

In 2016, Pharrell Williams visited an N.Y.U. music production class to critique student songs.

After he listened to a song called “Alaska” by a student named Maggie Rogers, Pharrell said, “Wow. I have zero, zero, zero notes for that.”

“And I'll tell you why” he said. Because...

“You're doing your own thing. It's singular. It's like when the Wu-Tang Clan came out—no one could really judge it. You either liked it or you didn't, but you couldn't compare it to anything else.

And that is such a special quality, and all of us possess that ability.”

Takeaway 1:

The source of your power, Robert Greene says, is your uniqueness.

We say of genius, as Pharrell said of Rogers' song:

"They're 1 of a kind."

"They're singular."

So are you, Robert likes to point out: No one has ever had your DNA, your experiences, your perspective.

Embrace your uniqueness. Express it in your work.

Takeaway 2:

The video with Pharrell went viral & Maggie Rogers, seemingly overnight, was a pop star.

But…

Rogers started playing music when she was 7. She started songwriting a few years later. In high school, she attended courses at the Berklee College of Music. During her senior year, she recorded her first album, which is what got her accepted to the N.Y.U. music school and the opportunity to play one of her songs in front of Pharrell.

As Rogers later said of the viral video, “My many, many years of focus and hard work got kind of packaged into a Cinderella story.”

Ryan Holiday's line is, "All success is a lagging indicator."

All success is a function of the previous work put in.

“When a day’s writing goes well,” Ryan writes, “it’s a lagging indicator of hours and hours spent researching and thinking…Hitting a personal record on the bench press is a lagging indicator of a lot of discipline and hard work. Receiving a promotion is a lagging indicator of a lot of quality work. Delivering a keynote with confidence is a lagging indicator of a lot of preparation.”

Getting packaged as a Cinderalla story is a lagging indicator of many, many years of focus and hard work.

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“It seems to me that each of us expressing our own originality is the essence of our art and professionalism.” — Jim Henson

Follow @bpoppenheimer for more content like this!

[Archmere Academy @ArchmereAcademy]

Big news from the State Golf Championship 📣 - Archmere sophomore Danielle Higbee just got a hole in 1 on the 6th hole! 🙌

Best of luck to Danielle and the entire team competing today! ⛳

[Kristen Witte @Ms_KWitte]

What is Theravada Buddhism? https://t.co/xUp0DpLoC9 via @ConversationUS

[Archmere Academy @ArchmereAcademy]

Amazing Auk artists with big news!! 👩‍🎨

Rising juniors Jace Walker & Grace Yang were both selected to attend the prestigious 2023 Delaware Governor's School for Excellence for the Visual Arts! 🙌 🎨 🐧

Congratulations, ladies!

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How one Virginia library is helping moms who work from home https://t.co/Dazd7JAIMo via @cbseveningnews

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via @NYTimes https://t.co/awG8O60MGm

[Archmere Academy @ArchmereAcademy]

Not 1, not 2, but 3 perfect scorers at the Mathematics League Invitational!

➕ Leo Chang, Alex Chen, and Kabir Goyal = perfect score

Kabir was also 1st place across the entire state for 9th grade competitors! 🙌

9th grade team: 4th in the state. 10-12th grade team: 2nd 🤩

[Archmere Academy @ArchmereAcademy]

Let’s go Phoebe Brinker ‘20! 🏌️‍♀️

[Kristen Witte @Ms_KWitte]

@historyed Alexandra Kollontai, Emilie du Chatelet, Empress Wu, Empress Dowager Cixi, Florence Nightingale, Evita, Artemisia Gentileschi