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For #WorldBookDay we will be running a guess the staff shelfie competition @woodhouse_grove. This is a reminder to staff to send me your #shelfie! (Not through Twitter as it would be too obvious!) @WGS_DoS @MusicWGS @Careers_WGS @WGS_Cricket @WGS_MFL @WGSMicroEcon @WGSFootball
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@WGSEnglish @WGSMathsdept @WGS_DoS @WGSMacroecon @wgsacademicPE @WGSNetball @WGSFootball @WGS_Pastoral @WGSRS @WGRugby @WReadingrecs @Careers_WGS 'Can medicine be cured?' by Seamus O'Mahony.
'The ghost runner' by Bill Jones
'Endure' by Alex Hutchinson
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Morning everyone. One week in, what books are you reading or even re-reading over half term? #halftermreading @woodhouse_grove
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For David Hume, habit reduces the emotions’ agitations, making them manageable ow.ly/r46f50A7v33
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Today's RGS question and yesterday's answer. Well done Miss Alimundo who got it correct!
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Who guessed yesterday's #GeographyAtHome quiz question? The answer is Las Vegas! Now onto today's question. What unites the cities of Brasilia, Abuja, Canberra, Islamabad and Naypyidaw? #fiendishpuzzling
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Aphorisms tell philosophy’s history as fragments, not systems – aeon.co/essays/aphoris… via @aeonmag
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Y12, if you are struggling with today's lesson on Mackie's Error Theory, then try having a look at this useful Blog by Christopher Cloos.
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The claim that values are not objective, are not part of the fabric of the world, is meant to include not only moral goodness...but also other things—rightness and wrongness, duty, obligation, an action’s being rotten and contemptible. —J.L. Mackie christophercloos.com/mackies-error-…
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Why Does Boredom Exist? | Psychology Today psychologytoday.com/blog/the-engag… ..an interesting article about boredom as a 'push to act'. Used in a positive way, it is a trigger for purposeful agency.
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What is the problem with ethical trolley problems? – aeon.co/essays/what-is… .....Y12 - some very useful reading to help with those evaluative skills.
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It’s easy for the mind to become closed to new ideas. Cultivating ‘shoshin’ –a beginner’s mind – helps us rediscover the joy of learning. Psyche Guide: ow.ly/IdhP50zQZGx
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In an age of mindfulness, is there something to be said for sleepfulness too? Marina Benjamin, Russell Foster & Simon Wortham join @ShahidhaBari to discuss the science, philosophy & literature of sleep: blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/from-…
@marinab52 @OxSCNi #LSEForum #publicphilosophy
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The double-edged sword of a moral state of mind ow.ly/vyrb50zNfd9
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Mr Robb from @WGSRS raises the tempo as we #FeelTheLove with @Rudimental for the @woodhouse_grove #MentalHealthAwareness #Groveplaylist youtu.be/oABEGc8Dus0
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@woodhouse_grove @WGS_Pastoral there seems to have been a spree of these #RAK #KindnessMatters incidents in the Baildon area today. Of, course, I'll be saving mine for the weekend! Thank you, kind soul!
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So it turns out that Machiavelli is in fact as fascinating and amazing as we've been led to believe... but often rather misunderstood.
We start to find out why in today's new episode, the first of a miniseries on him:
historyofphilosophy.net/machiavelli
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Many of Kierkegaard's works deal with this theme. He referred to it as 'the dizziness of freedom'. Check out another his books here: woodhousegrove-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal…
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Interested in existential views about dealing with mental wellbeing? In 1844 Kierkegaard published "The Concept of Anxiety', which popularised the term angst. In it he claims that anxiety is a way for us to recognise & realise our true identity & freedom. #MentalHealthAwareness
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