Music - The Garden Within by Richard Maddock Born to Learn ~ Home Why Adele's 'Someone Like You' Makes Everyone Cry How Fourth Graders Are Achieving World Peace In 1978, John Hunter introduced a complex, immersive, interactive, collaborative, geopolitical game to his elementary school students. In 2011, he gained a global following when he delivered a TED talk about his 30-year experience of "Teaching with the World Peace Game." The talk was shared far and wide as millions were moved by his example of hands-on teaching. When I met John Hunter and experienced his humility, warmth and thoughtfulness, I caught a glimpse behind the effectiveness and sincerity driving his work. The Journey Leading to the Game Hunter grew up in the segregated South, instilled with a foundation in nonviolent social change. Many of his questions had no clear answers. Rules of Engagement The World Peace Game has two primary goals: Over 50 global problems (including climate change, rogue satellites, chemical warfare, massive oil spills, tsunamis, and ethnic and religious conflict) can be unraveled and solved.Every nation’s asset value must exceed its starting point.
Girls’ Generation adds second night in S’pore | Singapore Showbiz Girls Generation will be performing in Singapore on 9 December. (Photo courtesy of Running Into the Sun) UPDATE (1 Nov) After tickets for their first Singapore concert sold out in less than four hours, organisers have added a second date for the K-pop supergroup Girls' Generation Tour. The second gig will take place on December 10, one day after their original concert date, also at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. [SLIDESHOW: Girls' Generation sizzle on stage] Organisers Running Into the Sun said they were responding to the overwhelming response by fans and several requests for a second night to be added. 5,500 tickets for the first night were snapped up in less than 4 hours on Saturday by preferred priority customers, even before tickets were supposed to go on sale for the public today, 1st November. The upcoming concert of Girls' Generation, who are also known as SNSD, will cost an estimated S$1.8 million, the most expensive production among all K-Pop concerts held in Singapore.