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...good design is adaptive...you design for maximum flexibility and adaptability.

~ Ralf St. Clair (Author of Creating Courses for Adults: Design for Learning)

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Context drives design.

~ Ralf St. Clair (Author of Creating Courses for Adults: Design for Learning)

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One aspect of responsive teaching is providing the same content at different levels of complexity.

~ Ralf St. Clair (Author of Creating Courses for Adults: Design for Learning)

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The important thing is to find songs that speak to you.

~ Germaine Yong (Quoted from this link: https://diaryofabipolarsingaporeangirl.wordpress.com/2015/12/08/qa-music-therapy-and-mental-health/)

True...There are times when I am feeling down and songs that I have written suddenly begin to play in my mind, which really help to lift up my mood.

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The past seven months had been a period of rude awakening for me. 

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How you make others feel about themselves says a lot about you. 

~ Vicki Yohe (Shared by Joyce Chapman on FB)

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When you are teaching, your personality, your approach, and your values influence the form and outcomes of the process.

~ Ralf St. Clair (Author of Creating Courses for Adults: Design for Learning)

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But it's also important to allow space for the learners to influence the shape of their own learning.

~ Ralf St. Clair (Author of Creating Courses for Adults: Design for Learning)

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Your value does not decrease based on someone's inability to see your worth.

~ Unknown (Shared by Ghostpoet on FB)

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...the reason why this therapy works is because humans are biologically wired for music.

~ http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1915139-music-therapy-more-powerful-than-you-might-expect/ (Shared by Singapore Music Therapy Symposiums on FB)

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When your life is put on hold by some XXX against your will (thereby resulting in a huge financial burden to you), who should you blame? 

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I had a sudden thought this morning. Happy memories will have a positive effect on the health of the cells in our bodies, thereby influencing our overall health. Conversely, unhappy memories will cause our cells to suffer, thereby adversely affecting our health. If my hypothesis is correct, then it is important for us to make a conscious effort to create happy memories by focusing on happy moments.

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Enforcing the same learning on all students, as some have mistakenly advocated on the basis of "standards," slows down the most capable students and leaves behind those already struggling, creates inappropriate limitations on what students can accomplish, and in effect, dumbs down teaching and learning.

~ Richard Beach, Amanda Haertling Thein & Allen Webb (Authors of Teaching to Exceed the English Language Arts Common Core State Standards: Literacy Practices Approach for 6 - 12 Classrooms)

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Check out this link: www.facebook.com/TheHandsFreeRevolution/photos/a.149731118410856.36823.148689625181672/1039609819422977/?type=3&theater

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《梦的翅膀》

刚才写了这首歌。。。还没填曲。。。应该会做一些修改。。。

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在过去的六个半月，让我认清了身边一些朋友的真面目。原来对一些所谓的朋友而言，为了个人利益或其他理由，朋友是可以出卖的。或许对他们来说，朋友并不是交心的对象，而友情也只不过是一种交易罢了。这些所谓的朋友让我觉得非常的心寒。

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I just read an article, which states that memories can actually be passed from one generation to the next. It's incredible! Check out the article at http://www.collective-evolution.com/2015/11/12/researchers-discover-that-memories-can-be-passed-down-through-changes-in-our-dna/. (Joyce Chapman shared this link on FB)

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有些关系是无法修补的 (有些人是完全不值得被原谅的)，因为其中一方对另一方所造成的伤害实在是太多次了，也实在是太深了，尤其是当一方还继续伤害着另一方。如果没有身在其中是无法理解的。

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这个世界怎么了?

为什么好人往往被人欺负， 而邪恶的人却是那么受欢迎? 为什么好人常被视为坏人, 而坏人却常被视为好人? 为什么有罪的人会让人怜悯，而无罪的人却被定为有罪? 一个问题家庭的'罪人'明明就是一家之主，但为什么针头却会指向那个往往是最无辜的? 有何天理? 这个世界到底怎么了? 

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When it's a political party that's 'blocking' your access to employment...

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