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Friday, April 14, 2017

April 18 @ 7:30 PM: The Science of Flight

Join us to discuss The Science of Flight by Yiyun Li. Find it on page 175 of Immigrant Voices - 21st Century Stories, published by The Great Books Foundation.

Read it at http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/08/30/the-science-of-flight

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Friday, March 31, 2017

Aprin 4 @ 7:30 PM: Why the Brain Prefers Paper

Join us to discuss Why the Brain Prefers Paper by Ferris Jabr. Find it on page 98 of Best American Science & Nature Writing – 2014
Find a lonber version on line at https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/reading-paper-screens/

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Friday, March 17, 2017

Schedule: April 4 - Sept 5, 2017

March 21 @ 7:30 PM - "No Subject" by Carolina De Robertis

Join us to discuss No Subject by Carolina De Robertis.

Find it on page 167 of Immigrant Voices - 21st Century Stories, published by The Great Books Foundation.

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Friday, March 3, 2017

Mar 7 @ 7:30 PM: 23 and You by Virginia Hughes

Does that commercial DNA test you just bought violate somebody else’s privacy?

We next discuss 23 and You by Virginia Hughes. Find it on page 72 of Best American Science & Nature Writing – 2014

Find it on line at https://medium.com/matter/23-and-you-66e87553d22c#.1lnqott8g

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Friday, February 17, 2017

Feb 21 @ 7:30 PM: Echo by Leila Lalami

Join us to discuss Echo by Leila Lalami. Find it on page 153 of Immigrant Voices - 21st Century Stories, published by The Great Books Foundation.
Read it online at https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/sep/08/9-11-stories-laila-lalami
Our host facility has been providing coffee and fresh baked cookies!

Friday, February 3, 2017

Feb 7 @ 7:30 PM - A Life-or-Death Situation

Join us to discuss A Life-or-Death Situation by Robin Marantz Henig. Find it on page 53 of Best American Science & Nature Writing – 2014

Find it on line at http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/21/magazine/a-life-or-death-situation.html

HighPointe has been graciously baking us cookies and brewing coffee.

Basic Guidelines for Shared Inquiry

Read the selection carefully before participating in the discussion. This ensures that all participants are equally prepared to talk about the ideas in the work.
Most of us need to read short stories more than once.
Support your ideas with evidence from the text. This keeps the discussion focused on understanding the selection and enables the group to weigh textual support for different answers.
Discuss the ideas in the selection and try to understand them fully before exploring issues that go beyond the selection. Reflecting on the ideas in the text and the evidence to support them makes the exploration of related issues more productive.
Listen to other participants and respond to them directly. Directing your comments and questions to other group members, not always to the leader, will make the discussion livelier and more dynamic.
Expect the leader to only ask questions. Effective leaders help participants develop their own ideas, with everyone gaining a new understanding in the process. Participants should look to the leader for questions, not answers.