Bright Possibilities

Category: Kids

  • Graduates, pursue your dreams with thanks!

    Graduates, pursue your dreams with thanks!

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    Prof. Kwame Anthony Appiah elegantly encourages all the Graduates of 2020 to pursue their dreams with gratitude in his recent article. He urges the graduates to help build a better future. Members of the Class of 2020, I’d urge you to take this lesson with you. Pursue your dreams, yes. But remember that they are…

  • School From Home (SFH)

    School From Home (SFH)

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    For many years, Work From Home (WFH) has been popular in several service industries (ex: Airline reservations, phone customer support) and tech. Thanks to the #CoronavirusOutbreak now we have school from home for my kids as well. One of the strongest anti-dote to slow down the spread of virus is to do self-isolation or add…

  • Supplies for Cub Scouts Camping

    Supplies for Cub Scouts Camping

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    Thanks to my son who is in the Cub Scouts, we go camping once or twice with the local Cub Scouts troop. The camping experience is much better when we are adequately equipped. We are preparing to go on the Winter camp at Camp Sheppard near Mt. Rainier. It is going to be good. It…

  • Reading maketh a man, woman, … tips for better reading

    Reading maketh a man, woman, … tips for better reading

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    Yesterday I was talking with a relative of mine. He was concerned about the reading skills of his elementary school kids. I recall having the same concerns a few years back when my kids are in the elementary age as well. Good news, in the past ten years I had observed my kids gradually read…

  • 2019 Summer Internships

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    Yes, it is snowing outside on Feb 3rd in the Greater Seattle Area. White snow is a lot of fun. Soon it will be spring and then summer! Inside the house I observe my teenager working on her homework. Much like her there are 100s of high schoolers are preparing for a bright future. Hands…

  • Summer 2018 Internships for High Schoolers

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    Over the holidays, a local high school junior student said, “Uncle, I am interested in the SparkSIP internship“.  I am always glad to hear the interest to do internships from high school students. I was however surprised to hear this ask because we had not even started the discussion at our advisory board for SparkSIP.…

  • DI2018 Session 4 – T-shirt and developing story ideas

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    Goals for Session4 were: Warm up:  Review T-shirt design Discuss story ideas for Central Challenge Enact one of the stories with discussion, rehearsal, and presentation   We started with listening to t-shirt ideas from each kid. There were creative ideas with a blend of tigers, monsters, and mixture. One of the creative ideas was about…

  • DI2018-Week3 Recap – Task and Presentation Instant Challenges

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    Following our Week2 meeting, we had our Week3 meet on Nov 4th with 5 kids in attendance. My goal was to cover the following: Warm up: IC: Task – Create new musical instrument from stray items Introduce the concept of “Reflection Time” and “Planning” Discuss Team Conduct and Rules Decide on Team Name Instant Challenge:…

  • DI2018-Week2 Recap – Team Name and first Task Challenge

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    We had our Week2 meet on Oct 21st with 4 kids in attendance. My goal was to cover the following: Warm up: Pick 2 items each and tell a story using the same. Sharing: Build on each other’s choice item and create a shared story. Learning: Task Based Challenge to learn about planning, implementation, and…

  • Starting DI2017 Team for Rising Stars

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    Last week I met with 8 other parents who had kids interested in the Destination Imagination Program. In the past 3 years, I had volunteered for DI when my daughter was on DI programs. Now my son is very interested in DI. And this year almost I am forming a team. Over the past 3…