@Kalshann

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@dancinyogi

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Wool is fire resistant (not fireproof!!). If you throw a wool blanket onto a fire, it's far more likely to put the fire out than catch fire.

Wool is also water resistant. The closer together the fibers are, the more water resistant it will be.

Cotton and linen are both absorbent and highly flammable.

This is why you should use wool pot holders instead of cotton or synthetic. And why your kitchen towels should be 100% cotton or linen or a cotton linen blend. Towels with any synthetic fibers won't work as well.

If you are a fire spinner, eater, etc..., wear all natural fibers, never synthetic. In a hot climate, wear linen or cotton.

@dancinyogi

#KnowItTeachIt How to study for a class when too much (non-fiction) reading to assigned to get done:

1. Gather your assigned reading. Before you start reading, write down a description of each piece of assigned reading.
Example: this is a book about ____. It's
purpose is to argue _______
Example: this is a primary source written
by ________ whose relationship to the
subject is ____________
2. Review the table of contents for each book, and the intro paragraph for each essay. You're looking for the general shape of the argument/case. Jot that down.
3. Skim the essay(s) looking for the proofs the author uses to support their argument. Mark those.
4. Review the books as whole things. You are NOT reading to absorb every word and idea. Look at the structure of each chapter and skim the intros and conclusions. Does this chapter support the argument? Is this chapter background info?
5. How do these readings relate to each other? Hint: there is always a common theme. You might have two authors who come to different conclusions based on the same evidence.
6. Read the essay(s), studies, or excerpts using the map you created already to speed up the process.
7. Got some more time? Read chapters of the book that seem most interesting to you supporting the author's argument
8. Are the arguments convincing?

Bonus: get a friend in the class to study with, what you read they skip, and vice versa.

@dancinyogi
#KnowItTeachIt

If you're writing a mystery novel, one of the best ways to keep things straight is with an Excel spreadsheet:

*List the characters on rows
*List the timeline and/or locations in columns

This way, you make sure you have the right person in the right place and the right time during the work, so that the reader won't feel cheated when the big reveal comes at the end.

@dancinyogi People tend to learn best when they're encouraged to feel that they're able to do so, with space allowed for whatever emotional barriers might be getting in the way, and worst when they're shamed for not getting it right already.

The emotions invoked by a teaching method matter can set a learner up to fail or to succeed.

We used to call this learner-centered teaching.

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