WK 4- Response to Kim Davis

In reading the final chapters of The Art of Possibility by R.S. and B. Zander, I was able to find lasting lessons on how to make my experience as a teacher better. The concept behind Chapter 10 on “Being the Board” in itself has potential to make a major impact on own’s life and perspective. Even more, when this concept is applied to teaching, there is a potentially revolutionary change that could come from allowing oneself as a teacher to be the board. Therein lies the question that I have been asking myself, what would happen if I saw myself as the “board” in the game of successes and failures in my classes?

To answer this question, I had to really think about my current practices. If a student were struggling with grades in my class or having a hard time learning a particular concept, I would usually try really hard to help them, then resign to the idea that maybe that student just wasn’t capable of doing any better. But if I were to make myself the board, maybe there would be a potential for that student to be better. For example, what if I thought about my approach to the learning environment and how I have related to each student as an individual? Although I wouldn’t blame myself for a student’s struggles because I could honestly attest to the fact that I had the desire to see the student succeed, maybe there were some things completely in my control that needed to change.

As it says in the book “present no obstacles to others.” Maybe student A is not able to understand the grammar concepts because I need to reorganize the way I structure my review sheets. Maybe student B would benefit from a video or a game to teach the concepts at hand. Maybe all of the students would benefit if I were consistent in praise, more organized, set different learning goals, or even found peace in my personal life that would make me more prepared to be a positive light to my students. Being the board can help us as teachers to “clear the path for accomplishment” for our students. How exciting!

Quotes from The Art of Possibility by R.S. Zander and B. Zander - Havard Business School Press

Kim- What a powerful question about asking yourself as a teaching what if you were the board in your classroom. I agree that this book has given my life lessons that I will take with me for the rest of my life and teaching career. I like the comment about we want students to succeed but we need to look at what we can change to make our students actually achieve success.

Wk 4- Response to Therese Lunsford

So my program here at Full Sail is wrapping up. I want to write "finally," but a part of me is going "has it been a year already?" So writing "finally" doesn't seem right. I am partially hugely relieved, and a tiny bit nervous about the last few parts and pieces of the whole shebang.

I am relieved for many reasons; to be done with my Master's and with the largest portion of my schooling. I view whatever classes I take from here on out as fun and easy classes to add to my art teacher base of knowledge. I look forward to these (while still highly challenging) "fun" classes. I also look forward quite a bit to having more free time. Time to get back to more regimented workout sessions. (I don't know about anyone else, but I put on a few pounds during this program, due to finding no available time to work out!) I am excited to spend time with my husband again. I look forward to work on projects on our new house that I haven't had time to do. I also look forward to camping trips this summer, and more time to spend with family.

It's a sacrifice going to school. It takes a lot of time and dedication (and we won't even talk money)! It is not an easy task, but it is a rewarding one.

I want this post to be a shout out to the program and to Full Sail and all the excellent staff (and students) I've worked with on this program. You've made the process bearable, and taught me a lot about technology and much more over the course of this program. I'm happy to have been a part of a program with such wonderful goals and aspirations for its students. I'm also happy to have been part of a program that is so practical and truly allows its students to engage in real life, applicable studies.

I can't wait to apply what I've learned at Full Sail to my teaching next year, when I have time to implement it and reflect on all I've learned over the summer. The gift of a Mac I can use at school, as well as all the fabulous programming will certainly not hurt me in my classroom. I can't wait to use free time this summer to go to Lynda.com and search for tutorials I didn't have time to view before. This will be an exciting summer and school year to follow!

Therese- I know exactly what you mean. It is hard to say finally. Not that this experience has been bad my any means but that we did it! Yes, there were times when I didn't think I would pull through but the many friends I have made in this program helped me when I hit those rough patches. Continue doing what you are doing... I have enjoyed watching your project unfold and working with you!

Wk 4- Reaction to Book

I thought it would be great to talk about this book. It was a great read and truly inspirational. I found myself reflecting after reading each chapter and wanting to change my perception of things. I would recommend this book to anyone. It gives many good morals to live your life by. It is a book that can change your life if you are ready to make that commitment. It will be a great resource for me as a take these new thoughts and use them in my daily life. I will find myself coming back to this book often.

I was thinking about how this book applies to this journey that we are all on. I think just like this program causes us to reflect on our lives and experiences this book does too. Thank you for having us read this book it was inspiring.

Wk4- Reading-Life's a game

"I am the framework for everything that happens in my life." This is one of the most powerful quotes I have come across when reading this book. It struck me to think that I am a board of a game and that everything that I do or the way that I place my pieces on the board truly affects my life. I remember numerous times when it is easy to blame someone else for something rather than looking at myself and the situation at hand. The example of the violinist coming in early is a great reaction to someone who is not willing to place or pass the blame on to someone else. Truly powerful is this thought. It is all about the choices you make and taking responsibility for your actions rather than blaming others. What a great moral for you life.

Wk 4-Publication/Leadership 3 of 3

So I have made my choices. I will start by submitting my article to NEA Today. It is a more relaxed magazine which I actually get. If that falls through I will try Teaching Pk-8. This is a little more formal so I may need to adjust some things in my article. If both of those fall I will have to go searching for another magazine/journal to submit to. I am hoping that one of these are takers since I am excited about both magazines. Cross your fingers.

Wk 3-Reading- Downhill Challenge

Chapter 7 fits nicely with talking about resistance to change. So my people including teachers are afraid of what change will bring to themselves and their job. I find myself in the middle; most times I am welcome to new changes and look at them as experiences that I can learn from. I am however a newer teacher, so I can see how a teacher might get caught up in doing things the same way all the time. This sounds okay at the beginning but when I really think about it why. Why always do it the same way as last year why not always think that you can improve your teaching rather than thinking that your way is always going to be the best and most effective and engaging way.

Wk 3-Response-Soyeon Kim

This chapter reminds me of Eve’s apple in Garden Aden in the book of Genesis chapter 3 as well as the last verse in the book of Judges. (Judges 21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel; all the people did what was right in their own eyes.)

People judge what is good or bad and everyone has different standards, which cause chaos in the world. Individuals are self-righteous and judge others according to their rules. Bible calls it “sin.” That’s why we fight, conflict and hurt each other. The only way to avoid is to humbly accept the fact that I can be wrong. According to Bible, human beings are born with the natural sin, the sin of wanting to be the judge of right and wrong, which has been ascended from Adam and Eve. It comes from self-righteousness and egocentric view. We are so egocentric that we don’t even realize how egocentric we are. No one is free from that sin. (Romans 3:10 as it is written: “There is no one who is righteous, not even one;) I am not being pessimistic here. After reading the passage above from the Art of Possibility, I saw that how natural it is to made judgments and come to negative conclusions on my own based on what I see in the present reality. I too often quickly come to negative, so called “realistic”, conclusions without realizing until I think twice with third point of view from other people.

For example, Catholic church banned Bob Dylan’s electric guitar bands because there were more than one musical part playing at a time. They thought it confuse the concept of unity in God. (Levitin, 2006) The church committee decided to ban certain kinds of music based on their perception and it no longer applies to the modern society. Music itself is not something that has good or evil. It’s people who plays and listens to the music and put good or evil intention or expression in it.

As I read this chapter of The Art of Possibility, I affirmed that I should watch out my decision or judgment on people or situations, especially the negative ones that I thought was realistic. It is continuation of last week’s reading that I was deciding someone’s future or potential too quick from my observation. I can be very wrong and I should open up my eyes to possibilities in others.

Soyeon- Your response really made me think. As this year at school is winding down I find myself making many decisions or judgments about how my class is behaving. The quote from the book is a powerful one. I do find myself saying thank you when everything is going well and asking why when things are tough. It makes me think that all things happen for a reason, the good and bad the ugly. I need to change my mind set back to positive and that everything happens for a reason and that I may not see the good in things at the time there is a reason.

Wk 3-Response-Christen Kauffman

This weeks reading hit home for me. Yesterday my husband left for a missions trip to Haiti. Not only is he in Haiti, but is in a town called Prospere where there is no outside communication. He will be gone for a week. Some of you may be reading this thinking, so what, big deal, he’s gone for a week. Except this is the first time that my husband and I have EVER been separated for more than 12 hours. I have been mopping around crying for the last 36 hours. Why? Because I couldn’t just let it be.

I am holding on so tight to the fact that this week isn’t shaping out to what I wanted it to be, that I can’t enjoy what this week could be. It can be more time with my family. It can be time to get some much needed packing done, seeing as how we are moving two days after he gets back. It can be a chance to catch up with old friends. But what am I doing, literally counting the hours until my husband comes back. This chapter bluntly states that I need to, “Leave the struggles behind to come to terms with what is in front of you and move on. So, I am going to try to move on and realize that I must have faith that he is going to be fine, and this time next week I will be sitting around laughing at how ridiculous I acted. I need to just let it be.

Christen- What a powerful blog. I can understand how you must feel. My husband was gone for a few days when we were first married and it felt as if a part of me was gone too. Just as your thinking I too had to overcome my emotions and move on with my daily routine. It seems like just when you get a handle on things your life throws you a curve ball. It has done that to me as life at school is stressful with people loses jobs and me being shifted between grades only to find out that I should just wait until registration to find out my grade assignment because of my schools turn over rate. This is all happening along with finally feeling on top of things to find out I is expecting my third child. That is why I have been so extremely exhausted. I find myself trying to keep my head afloat these past two weeks. I just need to push on and think of the goal at the end of all of these wonderful and exciting journeys I am on.

Wk 3-Activity-Article

This week I have been focusing on my publishing/leadership project. I have a good base of the article writing. I actually thought it was going to be much harder… I don’t have anything published so we’ll see what happens. I am excited to share my findings and excitement with fellow teachers and administrators. This assignment when first given was very intimidating because this is something I guess I feel to be beyond what I ever thought that I would be creating. This program has shown to always push me to the next level.

WK 3- Publication/Leadership- 2of3

So my search has begun for journals or magazines where I feel would be good places to see about getting my article published. I am looking at NEA Today, Education Week, Teacher Magazine and Teaching Pk-8. I think these four places are a great jumping off point for me. Now that my summary is complete I need to focus on my website and writing my article. It is a little hard to get a handle on because I have never done this before. So I feel kinda blind going into this. I am happy that we are talking about them in wimba but still a little nerve racking and scary for me. I am hoping to get some great headings and then kinda piece my article together through the use of my website since that seems like it might be the easiest and work... we'll see! Off to work. Leaving you with a funny comic.

Wk2-Publish/Leadership 1 of 3

When thinking about this assignment, my first thought was to do a presentation. The more I thought about it I could see myself presenting it to fellow kindergarten teachers. I wanted to focus on my kindergarten and first grade teachers at my school or even an inservice type of presentation to my staff. I thought it would be a great idea since I have never presented anything to fellow teachers. While this is still a good idea the Full Sail AR staff thought I should branch out more. I completely understand what they are saying so with this development I will be changing to publishing an article. I am a bit nervous about this but I am sure that with much hard work I will make it through.

Wk2-reading- The conductor

Chapter five starts off with the conductor. The leader or captain of the orchestra. I can see how what weight is put on the conductor they need to convey meaning to the audience without saying a word. I find it interesting that the conductor tends to only think of himself and how others view them than as the whole entire orchestra conductor included is looked at.

I can see how people of high authority have a hard time saying that they are wrong but in truth everyone makes mistakes. I know that people think that they are paid a great deal of money to know and not make mistakes but that is just foolish to believe that we are prefect. I think that if people admit their faults or mistakes than others will have a great respect and understanding for them. I know that for me it is easy to admit that I was wrong but it is in a room of kindergartners but regardless of their age it makes them understand that no one is perfect and that working hard will pay off in the end.

Wk 2-Reading-Dinner Game

The Dinner Table Game is all to clear in my mind. My husband and I actually ask my four-year-old son “What did you do today?” I is interesting to think of that question as “What did you achieve today”. I am thinking that although Ben as stated didn’t think he achieved great things compared to his siblings he probably did according to his age. In thinking about what how I ask my son it would be neat to ask what he achieved today and explain what achievement is.

As a teacher, I am thinking that would be a great beginning and end of the year activity for students what are two or three things you want to achieve this year and then have them reflect and write back to themselves about their success. I also am looking at this in terms of self-reflection in my daily life as well as this program. When asked everything that I have achieved over the past 10 months my list would be long. It is great to think about not just what you did today but also what you achieve and the successes and maybe even failures that come.

Wk 2-Activity (Summary)

I cannot believe that I have almost made it to the end of 12 months of this journey. I remember starting my cycles and wondering if what I was doing was making a difference. I now find myself working on my summary. A paper that will put everything together about my journey into looking how creating video mini-lessons had impacted my students ability to become better writers with a strong foundation.

I am excited to be this far in the program but am still a little apprehensive about the end and what other people have to say about my project. The hardest part about the summary project will be only writing the main details instead of everything. Picking and choosing the best key points will take time. More importantly making it easy to understand and scholarly will also add some extra time. I can’t say enough how nice it has been to have time to work on my Action Research Project. I wish that each class would have had some built in time for it.

Wk 2-Response

Response to Soyeon Kim

My mother is 55 years old and she started learning how to use computer three years ago. At first, I was willing to help her out. As days went by, she has struggled with computer concept so much that I got annoyed by her clueless questions. I had to repeat over and over the same thing everyday. I thought why she even bothered learning it when she had other things to worry. She said she didn’t want to be left behind of current trend. She wanted to learn and move forward with the rest of the world, she said. She was very determined and committed her time to learn computer. Now, she is still having a hard time but she can attach files, email her friends, download pictures to make her own documents, and surf the web to find information she needs for her work.

After reading about Mr. Zander’s visit to Jewish home for elderly, I would like to compliment how wise Mr. Zander is. The way he reacted to people in situations without taking things personally challenges me as a teacher and a person in general. His sincere and open mind unlocked the most hardened hearts in the least hopeful places. Sarah, a 83-year-old lady, was not even close to the oldest person in the center, seemed not enthusiastic about her own life and reluctant to change anything in her life. Even her regular seat in the speech hall never changes. When Mr. Zander offered a new seat for a new change, she said “Are you crazy? I am 83 years old” and she moved. She moved because she wanted change, any kind of change. She would have not bother even come to the speech if she did not want to change. The age number 83 struck her down to be hopeless but in side of her there were longing for hope and new challenges. The oldest person in the center was over 100. That means that Sarah has more than 20 years to live. Why can’t 83 year old person hopes for the future? Mr. Zander himself wasn’t sure until he visited the center that there were passion and hope in elderly people. Elderly people were touched by Mr. Zander’s sincere effort to come and share his stories of hopeful life.

Maybe I give up too early, I thought. I decide on possibilities of things as it appear realistic to me. However, I am wrong. I cannot decide the future. Every living person, no matter their age or talent, has desire to dream and potential to make that dream come true. What am I to decide what will happen tomorrow? What am I seeing in people? The reality I see is past and present but the reality is ongoing that I cannot see today.

Soyeon- I understand your story very well. My parents know how to check email and surf the web and create a word doc. Above that they ask for help. It is funny because my parents and both older than your mom. I find that my mom is very receptive to help and understands very well while my dad on the other hand is the one who always questions why do I have to do it this way and what about this that and the other. I seem to get very frustrated and tell him to let me do it.

I think I need to have more patience and look at my parents as my students. It does take time for people no matter what their age to understand and comprehend skills that are new to them. I guess I think my parents being adults should catch on more quickly but then I feel that I am setting us up for disaster because I am already wanting them to know more than they should or do.

Wk 2-Response

Response to Christen Kauffman

We are all...yes I said ALL...guilty of stereotyping our students. It is scary to say I have even heard teachers tell students that they are a lost cause. But how much that “lost cause” is our fault. How much of that can we change with just our perception. The book tells a story of how a guest conductor chooses to see their orchestra. They can see, “The jaded and the disaffected - or the tender and glorious lover of music that they really are.”

We all have those students who slouch back in their chair, hide in the back row and allow the fly on the wall to distract them. But I think what can change a student is not only their perception but ours. If we look at them as the disaffected student who doesn’t care, then consciously or subconsciously we will not provide them with the same little bits of reassuring and tools we give our other students. But if we can look at them as a glorious student who needs an extra push or a maybe sometimes a nice hard shove in the right direction, who is to say that our perception shift doesn’t change them forever?

Christen- I can definitely understand where you are coming from. So many times we see students in the wrong view. In working with at-risk students I feel like I am always pushing them into the right direction. There are some days that I feel I have made a difference and they truly understand and yet there are others when I feel they don’t understand that I am giving them the tools to be successful and to make it in the world.

I guess I am a teacher/life coach most days. So many students do not know anything about values and morals, all which are important in life. We have taken on an all school behavior plan and our motto is that students at Jefferson Elementary are Safe, Respectful and Responsible. Every choice good or bad fits into one of these categories. It seems to be working and I am hoping that it is life changing to the students and families at our school.

Wk 1 reading- What is an A?

Getting an A is something that has always been in my mind and in my students. Now my students are only in Kindergarten and do not receive letter grades about they are still asking “Did I do it right?” or “ Did I get them all?” They are always looking to get the top grade. I love the section in the Art of Possibility where it talks about changing people and how in a world of measurement we are always trying to change people. The book goes on to state that we are not changing people but the relationship. This struck me as something so very powerful. In working with at-risk students I am always to make a relationship or connection with them in hopes that they might achieve great success.

I see how grades can make someone stir crazy because at times through this program that is where I found myself. I was doing my best but could not wait for my grade to be posted and if it wasn’t I would worry. I have come to the realization that I need to work on my mastery of the task and do my best. If I am able to achieve those too things than I have reached my goal. I also keep trying to remind myself that in learning mistakes happen, I am not always going to be perfect and I should not expect that of myself.

Wk1 AR Project

This journey has been fun, engaging and tough. This week’s activity of finishing up my web site has been a challenge. I find myself swamped with assessments for the end of the year and having to get every ready for my Action Research Project. I have found through this program that just when you think you are ahead of the game you are two steps behind.

My literature review has been something that has been the dark cloud over my head. I am happy to say that it is almost gone! I find myself excited and nervous about these next two months. I have invested so much time and effort into my project and now is the time to put it all out there and see what people think. Truly, I love my project and I think it benefitted my students greatly but what will others say?

In thinking about the process, I love this class because this is one of the first times I have had time to work on my project for an assignment. Love this! I just talked with a fellow teacher last night and I was telling her about my project and she responded by saying” wow! Kids love watching videos and T.V. so why not teach them this way.” This was the reassurance that I needed to keep me going!

Wk 1 Response

Comments from Soyeon Kim

My action research topic is on "maximizing art-making time through online critique using digital portfolio." As I was collecting Cycle 2 data from my students, one mentioned in his response.

“...However, I sometimes do not agree with this new online system because even though it may be a great new method to help each other out, this whole online thing isolates us from reality. What does it matter if we critique online, in our future careers most of us will have to learn to talk in person most of time. The online critiques might decrease our ability to confidently speak in front of another.”

It made me think and I really appreciated his honest concern when he mentioned “online thing isolates us from reality.” I had a similar concern with this student before I took Full Sail Online Program. I sometimes saw on newspaper articles that virtual world or online games influenced people in negative ways. I saw chatting were blocked in work places because people constantly chatted online and got distracted by it. If I were the boss, I would be mad and blocked them too when my workers got distracted by personal chatting.

In contrast, I have observed many times online tools were used in promoting better communications. I have been in the United States for 16 years and I still have contacted my old friends through social networking sites. My friend update their lives and share with other people all the time. My fiancé is in Grand Rapid, Michigan and I am New York but I talk to him all the time. As soon as I go home, I start video chatting with him and spend time talking and even watching TV together. This is a good communication tool for us till we get married. Can you imagine us doing it even after we get married without seeing each other in person at all? That sounds terrible. What is the whole point of seeing each other online if we are not going to see each in person at all? I mean we see each other in person and online.

My point is that online tools cannot be the only communication tool when one really is trying to have a close personal relation with someone. It is an asset to whatever existing. However, depending on how one uses it, one can really communicate in depth for business and educational purposes.

When I compare traditional college with online college that I attended, I see rare difference on how they impacted my learning. Even though I have never physically met any of my Full Sail University faculty or classmates, I felt as close as I was with traditional college classmates and faculty. The way Full Sail faculty and classmates interacted was as valuable as the other way around. There were specific feedbacks, videos, synchronous class, project sharing, social networking and games. I have learned my thought clearly with more people through blogs and discussions. Ironically, I have gained confidence of speaking in front of people because of so many media presentation projects.

In conclusion, I realized that it is not so much about technology that decrease the ability to speak in front of others or isolation from reality. It is the way people uses technology as tools. Tools have no value until people put positive or negative value in it.

Response:

I was amazed at your students quote. I do see both sides of the coin in this situation. I would have taken away the chatted if my employees were doing more of that than working. I do however see how valuable it is. As you said I have not met any of my fellow Full Sail students but feel that through chatting and video I really know whom they are and have created a bond with them. In my district so many things are blocked and I am wondering if it is because they think students will not do there work if they are able to access Facebook, ichat, etc. I look at as another way for students to interact with others in different states and countries and how that would influence their learning.

Wk 1 Response

Comments from Christen Kauffman

I am a first year teacher. Well, actually, I am less than that; more like a half year teacher. I have only been teaching since January. Education was not my chosen profession and I did not study it in college. In fact, I landed in this job at one of the best schools in the area pretty much on chance. I knew I was going to have to fight hard to keep my head above the water and not go down in glorious flames in the six months between January and June. In the last five months a few things have happened. One, I realized that I know very little about the middle school student’s mind. Two, I am just as much a student as they are. Three, I love education and I never want to leave. And finally, four, I hate grades! I hate grading papers, I hate assigning grades, I hate putting them in the computer, I generally hate everything about them. However our educational society (and society in general) dictates that we must have them as they define our standards.

I thought my general loathsome feelings towards grades might just be the newbie in me, but after reading, “Giving an A,” (chapter three), I feel like I might not be so alone in my general disagreement with grades. Ben Zander says this about grades,

“Not just in this case, but in most cases, grades say little about the work done. When you reflect to a student that he has misconstrued a concept or has taken a false step in a math problem, you are indicating something real about his performance. But when you give him a B+, you are saying nothing at all about his mastery of the material, you are only matching him up against other students.”

So much more eloquently than I could ever put it, this sums up my feelings towards grades. Here in Florida we have the FCAT and attached to that big, fun, bundle of joy test we have lots of little ones throughout the year. One of these is our progress monitoring sets. Three times a year students write an FCAT essay and we score them on a scale of one through six. Yes the point of this is to see if the student has made progress, the only problem is that the student lives in the present. All they care about, (again because society has taught them to live like this) is what the grade is that they just got. It can be so frustrating to watch a student try so hard, and achieve at a new level never reached before, but according to the grading scale they only achieved a level two.

As they also mention in the chapter it is hard to just eliminate grades at all because all too often the grade is the driving force and not the thirst for betterment in life or education. Wouldn’t it be lovely to be able to teach a class that actually wants to learn instead of just getting the grade? Am I wishing too big? I don’t think I am, because I see that glimmer in some of my students. It is in the ones who write nine paragraphs instead of five because that I had too many thoughts in their head to stop. Or the student who writes a three-page free verse poem because the constraints of a Haiku are too much. So my question is, how do we get them to stop caring about grades, and to start caring about themselves?

Response:

Christen, I too remember that quote from this weeks reading. I thought about the days when I was in school and well am right now. Maybe not much back then but now I am all about my grades. I find myself stuck between doing my best and learning to I have to get an A. In teaching Kindergarten we do not have letter grades and I am thankful because like the reading stated grades to not show mastery.

Wk 1 Reading- Thought for Change

In reading the first three chapters of The Art of Possibility, I found myself nodding and agreeing with many of the topic that were discussed. I believe that we are in an era where change is needed in education and in life. As a teacher, I can see the many benefits but what really struck me was the benefits for life. I would like to look at the meaning of world of measurement.

The idea behind the world of measurement is that there is always comparing and contrasting going on. Some groups seem more powerful than others. In teaching and the business field this is very true. You are always measuring yourself against someone else. A thinking of I can do better than you. The book said, "life is about struggle to survive and get ahead." Yes, in this hard economic time some do have to struggle to survive while there are others who always see the need to get ahead instead of thinking of others.

In life, the same is true as in your profession. There are always those who are looking for one more thing to make them get noticed or to one up another. This book as caused me to reflect of my own teaching and life. I need to slow down and not think of how doing this will necessarily make me look good or better but how it will benefit everyone. In this new thinking it will enable me to strengthen my whole self for the good of others rather than myself.

A powerful point in the book states, "You are more likely to be successful, overall, if you participate joyfully with projects and goals and do not think your life depends on achieving the mark because then you will be better able to connect to people all around you." So many times people and I have been caught up with making a grade or to a certain point in life that you forget everything else along the way.

Sources

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Text- The Art of Possibility