Dr. Sara L Halpern
@saralhalpern.bsky.social
Forever vagabond. Married to cochlear implant c, 1989. Seeking a world free of discrimination through advocacy.
also, historian of (in no particular order) humanitarianism, migrations, Jews, the Holocaust, modern Europe (esp German-speaking)
also, historian of (in no particular order) humanitarianism, migrations, Jews, the Holocaust, modern Europe (esp German-speaking)
So how did I do with this bingo board I made?
If I’d had “Dem” instead of “Squad”…
If I’d had “Dem” instead of “Squad”…
March 5, 2025 at 4:36 AM
So how did I do with this bingo board I made?
If I’d had “Dem” instead of “Squad”…
If I’d had “Dem” instead of “Squad”…
I decided to give students more agency & accountability for class participation grade by giving them a self evaluation form. They filed it out 3 times assessing their strengths and areas for improvements. At the end, they propose a grade.
Insightful for me, humbling & reflective for them.
Insightful for me, humbling & reflective for them.
December 15, 2024 at 3:05 AM
I decided to give students more agency & accountability for class participation grade by giving them a self evaluation form. They filed it out 3 times assessing their strengths and areas for improvements. At the end, they propose a grade.
Insightful for me, humbling & reflective for them.
Insightful for me, humbling & reflective for them.
The very fun part about living in MN is watching windchill drop as wind speed increases.
No, I’m not being sarcastic. It’s my way of coping with its winter.
No, I’m not being sarcastic. It’s my way of coping with its winter.
December 4, 2024 at 11:58 PM
The very fun part about living in MN is watching windchill drop as wind speed increases.
No, I’m not being sarcastic. It’s my way of coping with its winter.
No, I’m not being sarcastic. It’s my way of coping with its winter.
Chapter 2 ("A Problem of Some Delicacy”) finished.
It has been intellectually challenging but satisfying to see how teaching human rights last spring paid off in rethinking the ways I could do better to center China's view of humanitarianism and how AND WHY it mattered in this story. Gratitude.
It has been intellectually challenging but satisfying to see how teaching human rights last spring paid off in rethinking the ways I could do better to center China's view of humanitarianism and how AND WHY it mattered in this story. Gratitude.
December 2, 2024 at 5:20 AM
Chapter 2 ("A Problem of Some Delicacy”) finished.
It has been intellectually challenging but satisfying to see how teaching human rights last spring paid off in rethinking the ways I could do better to center China's view of humanitarianism and how AND WHY it mattered in this story. Gratitude.
It has been intellectually challenging but satisfying to see how teaching human rights last spring paid off in rethinking the ways I could do better to center China's view of humanitarianism and how AND WHY it mattered in this story. Gratitude.
Hey @safety.bsky.app I use accessibility features to help me read bigger font but this is one time the app design fails. How do I easily block?
November 18, 2023 at 3:30 PM
Hey @safety.bsky.app I use accessibility features to help me read bigger font but this is one time the app design fails. How do I easily block?
Newsflash: this trope in Chinese culture is nothing new. It was used in 1920s & 1930s to consider welcoming Jewish refugees from Europe w belief that they had connections with Jews who had financial & political control in the US.
Source; The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
Source; The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
October 29, 2023 at 3:33 PM
Newsflash: this trope in Chinese culture is nothing new. It was used in 1920s & 1930s to consider welcoming Jewish refugees from Europe w belief that they had connections with Jews who had financial & political control in the US.
Source; The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
Source; The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.