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Don’t Corrupt Our Gorilla

LightGramsJuly 13, 2023Volume 27, Number 19 The Toronto Zoo has posted a new sign on the exhibit where visitors can see gorillas. It asks visitors to please refrain from showing videos on their smartphones to the gorillas “as some content can be upsetting and affect their relationships and behavior within their family.” Nassir is a…

Abysmal Students

LightGrams January 2, 2020 Volume 24, Number 1 Every day my web browser presents a variety of articles it thinks I might be interested in. When I have a few extra minutes I’ll look through these, and occasionally find pieces that are worthwhile reads. That’s how I found the article entitled “’They’re abysmal students’: Are…

Too Young To Drive

LightGrams January 24, 2019 Volume 23, Number 4 It’s safe to say that the 11-year-old child getting out of the car last week at W.J. Murphy Elementary School was pretty pumped. After all, he had driven himself to school that day! Also in the car were a 9-year-old and the father of the driver, Khafilu…