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Thomas Fackler

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Hijos de sangre y hueso (Legado de Orïsha, #1)

by Tomi Adeyemi (Goodreads Author)

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Mathematical Methods for Physicists, Fifth Edition

by George B. Arfken

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Unpublished Fragments from the Period of Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Spring 1884–Winter 1884/85): Volume 15 (The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche)

by Friedrich Nietzsche

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Book cover for Why School?: How Education Must Change When Learning and Information Are Everywhere

Why School?: How Education Must Change When Learning and Information Are Everywhere by Will Richardson

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I look at how he’s learned Minecraft and totally understand why school is becoming more of a struggle. First, he has a passion for learning the game. That’s crucial. He creates his own, constantly updated curriculum based on what he knows ...more

Thomas’s Quotes

“... if we went out the way we came in, you'd never find anything. It's too short.”
― Gene Wolfe, The Urth of the New Sun

tags: birth, death, length, memory, pathways, suicide

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“All these would be rationalizations—the thing itself was glorious.”
― Gene Wolfe, The Urth of the New Sun

tags: rationality

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“... teachers think they get to dictate what you think about. It's not enough if you just sit there quietly and let them teach.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

tags: teachers

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“But as we ascend to animals of high types, having faculties more efficient and more numerous, we begin to find that time and strength are not wholly absorbed in providing for immediate needs.”
― Karl Groos, The Play of Animals

tags: needs

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“Maybe it would be different if we lived in New York, but I don't know how to be gay in Georgia.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

tags: gay, georgia, new-york

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