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Monday, July 3, 2017
Monday, June 26, 2017
Here's a story that will bring a smile to anyone who teaches ethics, philosophy, and the humanities:
WHOA! That's a "BRAVO" for edcaation.... HERE IS THE KEY: He says he was the only officer in his team who had received a civilian education.
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Thirty years ago, on 26 September 1983, the world was saved from potential nuclear disaster.
In the early hours of the morning, the Soviet Union's early-warning systems detected an incoming missile strike from the United States. Computer readouts suggested several missiles had been launched. The protocol for the Soviet military would have been to retaliate with a nuclear attack of its own.
But duty officer Stanislav Petrov - whose job it was to register apparent enemy missile launches - decided not to report them to his superiors, and instead dismissed them as a false alarm.
This was a breach of his instructions, a dereliction of duty. The safe thing to do would have been to pass the responsibility on, to refer up.
But his decision may have saved the world.
There was no rule about how long we were allowed to think before we reported a strike. But we knew that every second of procrastination took away valuable time
Stanislav Petrov
"I had all the data [to suggest there was an ongoing missile attack]. If I had sent my report up the chain of command, nobody would have said a word against it," he told the BBC's Russian Service 30 years after that overnight shift.
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He says he was the only officer in his team who had received a civilian education. "My colleagues were all professional soldiers, they were taught to give and obey orders," he told us.
So, he believes, if somebody else had been on shift, the alarm would have been raised.
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You can read the full story here:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-24280831#
I learned about this event from a National History Day project. The summary of the project is HERE
Special thanks to students Chen and Yu
Stanislav Petrov: An Unlikely Hero of the Cold War
3rd Place Senior Group Website
Yi Chen (Luke) Chang & Danny Yu
SMIC Private School
Shanghai, China
Process Paper and Annotated Bibliography
https://nhd.org/sites/default/files/ChenYuProcess.pdf#overlay-context=winners
Look at this ANNOTATED bibliography.
Yi Chen (Luke) Chang, Danny Yu
STANISLAV PETROV: THE UNSUNG HERO
Primary Sources
"A.I. Mikoyan, Memorandum of Conversation with Robert Kennedy," November 30, 1962, History and Public Policy Program Digital Archive, AVP RF; copy obtained by NHK, provided to CWIHP, and on file at National Security Archive; translated by David Wolff, CWIHP. http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/111210 This is a document about the conversation between American and Soviet officials discussing the future of Soviet-American relations. It was a dinner meeting, with the majority of the content involving a private conversation between A.I. Mikoyan (First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union) and President R. Kennedy. The Cuban Missile Crisis has just ended a month ago, but the tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union were still a major concern. The trust between President Kennedy and Chairman Khrushchev was under danger due to the Cuban Missile Crisis and they were trying to regain trust and maintain peace. The guests at the dinner include “R. Kennedy, Deputy Secretary of State [George] Ball, the chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisors [Walter] Heller, the chairman of the Board of Directors of the "New York Times" [Orville] Dryfoos, and the Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin.” The discussions and conclusions of the meeting were meant for the general public of the U.S. and of the Soviet Union. The purpose of this meeting was 1) to discuss the future of Soviet-American relations and 2) to question each other’s actions and plans. The meeting was recounted by Mikoyan, possibly containing slight preference towards the Soviet Union on the conversation. Everyone who spoke at the meeting held high governmental positions. This document extends our thesis and helps us to explain the Soviet-American relationship leading up to the incident.
REMARKABLE
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Thirty years ago, on 26 September 1983, the world was saved from potential nuclear disaster.
In the early hours of the morning, the Soviet Union's early-warning systems detected an incoming missile strike from the United States. Computer readouts suggested several missiles had been launched. The protocol for the Soviet military would have been to retaliate with a nuclear attack of its own.
But duty officer Stanislav Petrov - whose job it was to register apparent enemy missile launches - decided not to report them to his superiors, and instead dismissed them as a false alarm.
This was a breach of his instructions, a dereliction of duty. The safe thing to do would have been to pass the responsibility on, to refer up.
But his decision may have saved the world.
There was no rule about how long we were allowed to think before we reported a strike. But we knew that every second of procrastination took away valuable time
Stanislav Petrov
"I had all the data [to suggest there was an ongoing missile attack]. If I had sent my report up the chain of command, nobody would have said a word against it," he told the BBC's Russian Service 30 years after that overnight shift.
===========
He says he was the only officer in his team who had received a civilian education. "My colleagues were all professional soldiers, they were taught to give and obey orders," he told us.
So, he believes, if somebody else had been on shift, the alarm would have been raised.
==============
You can read the full story here:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-24280831#
I learned about this event from a National History Day project. The summary of the project is HERE
Special thanks to students Chen and Yu
Stanislav Petrov: An Unlikely Hero of the Cold War
3rd Place Senior Group Website
Yi Chen (Luke) Chang & Danny Yu
SMIC Private School
Shanghai, China
Process Paper and Annotated Bibliography
https://nhd.org/sites/default/files/ChenYuProcess.pdf#overlay-context=winners
Look at this ANNOTATED bibliography.
Yi Chen (Luke) Chang, Danny Yu
STANISLAV PETROV: THE UNSUNG HERO
Primary Sources
"A.I. Mikoyan, Memorandum of Conversation with Robert Kennedy," November 30, 1962, History and Public Policy Program Digital Archive, AVP RF; copy obtained by NHK, provided to CWIHP, and on file at National Security Archive; translated by David Wolff, CWIHP. http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/111210 This is a document about the conversation between American and Soviet officials discussing the future of Soviet-American relations. It was a dinner meeting, with the majority of the content involving a private conversation between A.I. Mikoyan (First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union) and President R. Kennedy. The Cuban Missile Crisis has just ended a month ago, but the tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union were still a major concern. The trust between President Kennedy and Chairman Khrushchev was under danger due to the Cuban Missile Crisis and they were trying to regain trust and maintain peace. The guests at the dinner include “R. Kennedy, Deputy Secretary of State [George] Ball, the chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisors [Walter] Heller, the chairman of the Board of Directors of the "New York Times" [Orville] Dryfoos, and the Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin.” The discussions and conclusions of the meeting were meant for the general public of the U.S. and of the Soviet Union. The purpose of this meeting was 1) to discuss the future of Soviet-American relations and 2) to question each other’s actions and plans. The meeting was recounted by Mikoyan, possibly containing slight preference towards the Soviet Union on the conversation. Everyone who spoke at the meeting held high governmental positions. This document extends our thesis and helps us to explain the Soviet-American relationship leading up to the incident.
REMARKABLE
This is how to annotate a reference! this is how to write a biibliography with annotations to guide the reader
Friday, March 17, 2017
IN 2015 a series of ads showed up from Tai Lopez. Some people observed that Tai spends part of his videos showing his material success.
I found the videos annoying but I realized that it was me. I jsut didn't think I could do what Tai did. But
Here is a transcript from part of the video:
"These are the three things that somebody should have taught in school, but they were too stupid to tell us."
Yes I have three nice cars. I went from a dead end job without a car to having a maserati, a Ferrari. But I also have the books on my wall because those are what I read. I now know how to motivate myself.
"You have to try something new. work smarter, not just harder. You have to understand health, wealth love and capital. You have to understand how to win friends and influence people. How not to procrastinate,
how to make your money work for you
They didn't teach us these practical skills in school
I was stuck
I was a grown man with $43 in my bank acocunt and living in a trailer
If you ever felt stuck, you will want to know what's in this brief case
as a teacher, I need to hear Tai. Tai Lopez
Tony Wagner
Dan Pink
Malcoml Gladwell
Seth Godin
They have so many tips.
That's why we have stories for students in this blog.
I found the videos annoying but I realized that it was me. I jsut didn't think I could do what Tai did. But
Here is a transcript from part of the video:
"These are the three things that somebody should have taught in school, but they were too stupid to tell us."
Yes I have three nice cars. I went from a dead end job without a car to having a maserati, a Ferrari. But I also have the books on my wall because those are what I read. I now know how to motivate myself.
"You have to try something new. work smarter, not just harder. You have to understand health, wealth love and capital. You have to understand how to win friends and influence people. How not to procrastinate,
how to make your money work for you
They didn't teach us these practical skills in school
I was stuck
I was a grown man with $43 in my bank acocunt and living in a trailer
If you ever felt stuck, you will want to know what's in this brief case
as a teacher, I need to hear Tai. Tai Lopez
Tony Wagner
Dan Pink
Malcoml Gladwell
Seth Godin
They have so many tips.
That's why we have stories for students in this blog.
A story each day, using history as our teacher
WE learn with stories.
Some of the great stories help shape our minds.
For example, if we learn the story about Edward Jenner, we can learn the steps needed for INNOVATION.
Hubert Alyea used the phrases "Lucky Accidents, which led to GREAT DISCOVERIES becuase someone had a PREPARED MIND."
Let's read a story, posted by the BBC, which presents the story of VACCINATION.
Why do we call it "a vaccine"?
It's interesting... "vaca" = "a cow" in Spanish.
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Many THANKS to the BBC. Good story.
For students at 21Century.Education and the Online Middle and High School, you can use this story as a starting point for a discussion or a "thought for today."
Some of the great stories help shape our minds.
For example, if we learn the story about Edward Jenner, we can learn the steps needed for INNOVATION.
Hubert Alyea used the phrases "Lucky Accidents, which led to GREAT DISCOVERIES becuase someone had a PREPARED MIND."
Let's read a story, posted by the BBC, which presents the story of VACCINATION.
Why do we call it "a vaccine"?
It's interesting... "vaca" = "a cow" in Spanish.
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The story of Edward Jenner and vaccination.
Where did the word “vaccine” come from?
Vaca = cow
EXPERIENCE = “the prepared mind”
Jenner the doctor
After Jenner became a doctor in 1772, he went back to Berkeley. He rode out on his horse to visit sick people. He always wore a blue coat. He liked to ask people questions, about wild birds and animals, and about medicines they made from wild plants.
Home life
In 1788 Jenner married Catherine Kingscote. At home, he relaxed playing the violin and the flute. He spent a lot of time outdoors. He was a naturalist, and especially wanted to understand why cuckoos lay their eggs in other birds' nests!
Smallpox
People worried about diseases. One of the most feared diseases was smallpox. 2,000 people in London died of smallpox every year. Smallpox had been around since the time of the Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt. It was horrible.
People with smallpox got spots filled with pus. Many people died of smallpox. Mostly it was children who died. If you didn't die, you were left with nasty sores on your face. These were 'pock-marks'. Smallpox also made some people blind.
What the dairymaid said
One day, Jenner met a dairymaid. 'I never worry about catching smallpox' she told him, 'for I have had cowpox'. Cowpox was a disease passed from cows to people. It was a mild sickness. No-one died from it. Dairymaids working with cows got cowpox easily - but not smallpox.
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Lucky Accidents
Giving people germs
Jenner knew about inoculation. Giving people a mild dose of a disease could protect them from getting the disease badly. If you got smallpox in a mild form, and got better, you wouldn't catch it again.
Inoculation had come to Britain early in the 1700s. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, an English traveller, saw inoculation in Turkey. She told doctors in England how it was done. Doctors tried it without knowing much about germs. Inoculation worked sometimes. But other people were inoculated, got smallpox badly, and died.
Jenner's first experiment
Jenner decided to experiment with cowpox. He asked a dairymaid named Sarah Nelmes to help. Sarah had had cowpox. She'd caught it from a cow named Blossom. Jenner took a little cowpox pus from sores on her arm.
Then he made a small cut on the skin of an 8-year-old boy, James Phipps. He smeared the pus into the cut. This was the first vaccination.
What happened to James Phipps?
James Phipps caught cowpox. Eight weeks later, Jenner gave James a mild dose of smallpox, by inoculation. He waited to see if James got sick.
James was fine. He did not catch smallpox. The vaccination of cowpox had protected him.
The new vaccine
Jenner tried the same experiment on other children. He tried it on his baby son. They were all fine. His 'vaccine' (a word he invented) worked!
Great Discovery
What Edward Jenner did
Jenner was the first doctor to vaccinate people against smallpox. Smallpox was a dangerous disease. Jenner found a way to prevent people catching smallpox so fewer people got ill, and the disease became rare. Today smallpox has died out.
When did Jenner live?
Jenner was born in 1749. That was in the middle of the 18th century. He lived through exciting times, with the first balloon flights and new machines such as steam engines. But Jenner was happy to work as a country doctor in the west of England. He died in 1823.
Why we remember Jenner
Today, we are safe from smallpox, thanks to Edward Jenner. A disease that once killed thousands of people every year was beaten, thanks to his work. Some people laughed at his ideas, but Jenner was not put off. And people all over the world are grateful for what he did.
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The world's most famous doctor
Jenner wrote a book about his discovery. Vaccination was tried at St Thomas' Hospital in London. Doctors all over the world were interested, and Jenner sent them samples of vaccine.
Jenner was the most famous doctor in the world. Kings and emperors sent him presents. He was given money by the British Parliament, as a thank you for his work.
Treating everyone
Jenner became a rich man, but lived quietly at home in Berkeley.
He still worked as a country doctor, looking after rich and poor people. He gave free vaccinations to villagers, from a hut in his garden. In 1800, he vaccinated nearly 200 people in one day, at Petworth in Sussex. After his wife died in 1815, he spent a lot of time collecting fossils.
Jenner's place in history
During the war between Britain and France, Jenner asked France's emperor Napoleon to release some English prisoners. Napoleon set the prisoners free, saying he could refuse Jenner nothing. Jenner was an international hero. He had his place in history.
Edward Jenner died in 1823. A friend said he had never known 'a man of warmer heart'.
What happened to smallpox?
Smallpox did not die out for many years. Doctors made Jenner's vaccine better, and started a world-wide programme of vaccination. Year by year fewer people caught smallpox. In 1980 the World Health Organization reported that the world was now free of smallpox.
Many THANKS to the BBC. Good story.
For students at 21Century.Education and the Online Middle and High School, you can use this story as a starting point for a discussion or a "thought for today."
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