So the teacher who won the Teacher of the Year Award in Japan for the last two years in a row is a fourth-grade teacher. He won the award not for how he taught math or science or history, but for the things he did in his homeroom class to teach the kids compassion, and how to help yourself and others find happiness. The award-winning documentary ( Read more... )

It played on the airplane on the way here. I haven't posted about it yet because I've had somewhat sporadic internet access, and will continue to until I get home on Saturday night. Therefore this is the Very Short Version.

It was pretty good. It reminded me of why I love Star Trek so much. Unfortunately it did some of this by negative example (i. ( Read more... )

From jedibl1. Pick 15 or 20 of your favorite movies ( Read more... )

If you like documentaries, you've probably watched a film by Errol Morris at some point. If you like documentaries and you haven't, you should. Frankly, even if you don't usually like documentaries, you still should. He's the director of "A Brief History of Time," the incredible documentary about Stephen Hawking, "A Thin Blue Line," one of the most ( Read more... )