Now that we're a few chapters into Of Beetles and Angels, do you find yourself curious about the author, Mawi Asgedom, and what he's like? Sometimes having a more personal connection to an author can help us appreciate his work more.
I found a TED Talks video by Mawi in support of immigrants. You don't have to watch the whole thing, but take a look. He is considered to be an excellent public speaker, so even if you disagree with his views, you can still learn a lot by watching and listening to him: This video is from an organization called TED, which is a non-profit group that exists to share ideas and foster communication. They are famous for their TED Talk videos. Most TED Talks are between 5-15 minutes long and focus on a variety of issues and interests, such as politics, language, technology, entertainment, and business. A lot of people like to watch them because we can learn a lot of useful stuff, and it's all free! Visit TED here and watch any video that interests you: https://www.ted.com/talks. Finally, come back here and leave a comment (there's a link at the top or the bottom of this post) and tell us what you watched. What did you find interesting? What did you learn? -Jenny
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Jenny
9/12/2017 12:19:56 pm
I watched the video "How Free is our Freedom of the Press?" by Trevor Timm. One interesting thing he pointed out is that because of increased government surveillance, it is actually more dangerous now for reporters to report on secret government activity!
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Kathy Dahl
9/14/2017 08:21:55 am
The students are working hard, and I look forward to watching the TED talk.
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virginia
9/14/2017 08:41:22 am
the TED talk was great, he did explain that many imagrants come here and make business of food products etc and are worth millions now. they also come with nothing and end up being successful in america.
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Erik
9/14/2017 08:43:54 am
i believe this video had many good points and right inferences about the immigrant population and how they effect our country and ourself
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Hanem
9/14/2017 08:50:41 am
Mawi is working hard and consistently hard. I think every one must work hard to get better circumstances. His family supported him.
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mmm
9/14/2017 08:53:51 am
i love the video and i agree with him as well i was surprised about/with some things he said.
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Valerie
9/14/2017 09:04:40 am
The Ted talk Mawi did was very detailed. Especially talking about military how people from outside of the country still join for more opportunity and look for future careers. The beautiful speech of immigrants on how much they work so hard (etc) but its sometimes difficult for them due how some non immigrants would treat them, but wish people could have more open hearts can understand that and we are all just one big family... But I must say the most that got me was at the end of the video, showing how we can all still be on; I wish the whole world can be peace.
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