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adorasv

  1. This made my day. Also, good vocabulary there."@ABCWorldNews: George Will Calls Donald Trump a ‘Bloviating Ignoramus’ abcn.ws/KVrYDc" 10:26 AM May 27th via Twitter for Android
  2. If you're in Seattle, make a stop at the Folk Life Festival and watch my sister @adriannasvitak 's pro violin busking skills! :D 2:11 PM May 25th via web
  3. Read dark and sobering short story in The Atlantic, "Honors Track"--scary thing is I see some of my generation reflected in the characters. 11:15 PM May 23rd via web
  4. New blog dedicated to student voice in edu, worldstudentunion.tumblr.com ! Students: submit at worldstudentunion.tumblr.com/submit w/what learning means to you! 3:17 PM May 22nd via web
  5. Another insightful post by @schemaly : "A Message to Girls Abt. Religious Men Who Fear You" -- huffingtonpost.com/soraya-chemaly… " 2:23 PM May 22nd via web
  6. Collecting donations for American Cancer Society @ Soul Food Books (benefit concert)! Stop by if you're in Redmond/Seattle area. 6:45 PM May 21st via Twitter for Android
  7. finished reading a draft of @TalkPolitical Nikhil Goyal's upcoming book! Looking forward to it. 12:01 AM May 21st via web
  8. "...We have lingered in the chambers of the sea By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown Till human voices wake us, and we drown." 10:15 PM May 19th via web
  9. What the heck has Obama done so far? whattheheckhasobamadonesofar.com See for yourself. Plus, it's by a fellow Redmond resident! :) 11:11 PM May 18th via web
  10. writing an essay about my favorite Langston Hughes poem, "Dream Variations," poets.org/viewmedia.php/… ... "Night coming tenderly/Black like me." 5:01 PM May 18th via web
  11. Wonder why I'm a Democrat? This is why. RT "@GeorgeMathew: CNN "Objections to Julia ad show GOP out of touch" bit.ly/IXoobP" 11:33 PM May 15th via Twitter for Android
  12. Mobilizing elementary school kids to become climate change activists? A non-profit after my own heart! climatechangeiselementary.com 4:23 PM May 13th via web
  13. @Tara_SuperSub No, I didn't, but now that you pointed it out I see it! Maybe that'll help me on the AP Lit exam this morning :) 6:37 AM May 10th via Twitter for Android in reply to Tara_SuperSub
  14. "Out, out" by Robert Frost = most. depressing. poem. ever. 9:50 PM May 9th via web
  15. I'll be live on #Spreecast here at #MashCon with an interview--check it out! sprc.st/5IwC 10:39 AM May 5th via Tweet Button
  16. Enlightening talk by Prof. Lessig's #MashCon talk highlighting essential problem of govt. reliance on campaign funders. lessig.tumblr.com 11:10 AM May 4th via Mobile Web
  • Name Adora Svitak
  • Location Washington State
  • Web http://www.adoras...
  • Bio Student, author, teacher, World Food Programme youth representative; proud feminist; advocate for youth voice and literacy; overuser of semicolons.
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