Archive for August, 2011

30 08 2011

The Marshmallow Challenge

Posted by: Mr. Goldstein in Design Process, Engineering, Structure, TED Talk

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  • I Am a Writer



    From the moment my pen touches paper, I unleash power.

    Each word is born in my mind, meticulously chosen,

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    Changing the world.


    My words make a difference,

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    --Whitney S.

  • I Am an Artist


    Armed with pens and pencils

    Crayons and markers

    Watercolors, oil pastels, acrylics

    Charcoal and tempera

    I set out on my journey

    Into a different world

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    Cobalt

    Cerulean

    All meshing together in a seamless patchwork

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    Apples the size of soccer balls

    Hang from giant trees with leaves of polka-dotted pink

    Bubbling rivers in a shade of gold

    Abound with leaping purple goldfish

    A world where time has no jurisdiction

    And limitations make no difference

    A world where I can set my imagination free

    To run wild

    On silver breaths of wind

    I pick up my pencil

    And begin to draw

    --Whitney S.