Tomorrow is Dr. Seuss’s birthday and to celebrate we are nothing but Dr. Seuss.
I found so many biographies, blogs, post and articles about this exceptional author, so what else can I say about he that is not already said…not so much; because of that I decided to choose some Dr. Seuss facts, quotes and images of course lots of images!
• Dr Seuss was born in March 2, 1904 in Springfield. He published over 60 children’s books. As one of the most popular children’s authors of all time, his books have topped many bestseller lists, sold over 222 million copies, and been translated into more than 15 languages.
• “Green Eggs and Ham” uses only 50 words as a result of a bet between Seuss and his editor.
In case you are curious about these words here they are: a, am, and, anywhere, are, be, boat, box, car, could, dark, do, eat, eggs, fox, goat, good, green, ham, here, house, I, if, in, let, like, may, me, mouse, not, on, or, rain, Sam, say, see, so, thank, that, the, them, there, they, train, tree, try, will, with, would, you.
• He wasn’t a huge fan of children, he once said ” You have them, I will amuse them”. His wife said in an interview once that he “couldn’t just sit down on the floor and play with them,” and was always a bit uncomfortable and afraid around them
• The word “nerd” was first recorded in his book “If I Ran the Zoo” in 1950
• Yertle the Turtle was based on Hitler, but this is not the big controversy. What was disputed was the burp a turtle lets out at the end. No one had ever let a burp loose in a children’s book before.
• “Horton Hears a Who” was not about religion or God, it was about Japan. A strong critic about how America treated Japan after WWII.
Here some cool links that I found about him:
http://www.seussville.com/Parents/par_seuss_age.php
http://www.drseussart.com/gallery/index.html
Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!
White House opposes House version of Violence Against Women Act for not addressing college rape
The White House issued a statement through the Office of Management and Budget Tuesday formally opposing the House version of the Violence Against Women Act. In the statement, they pointed out that the Republican version of VAWA doesn’t do address rape on college campuses:
The bill omits crucial provisions that would address the high rates of violence experienced by young women on college campuses. For example, the Senate bill requires colleges anduniversities to provide information to students about dating violence and sexual assault and to develop policies that improve reporting, investigation, and services for victims of these crimes. Every parent who has sent a child off to college knows the importance of these commonsense measures to keep young people safe.
The White House is referring to a portion of the VAWA which includes the Campus SaVE Act. What’s the Campus SaVE Act? It’s a huge reform of how sexual assaults are handled at colleges:
The Campus Sexual Violence Elimination (SaVE) Act was first introduced in 2010 by Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.), but now depends on the passage of the Senate version of VAWA, which has incorporated much of its language. It’s the most significant reform of policy on how college sexual assaults are handled since the Jeanne Clery Act of 1990 and the Campus Sexual Assault Victim’s Bill of Rights of 1992.
The SaVE Act would require that schools provide victims with contact information for legal assistance and for counseling and health services. Officials handling disciplinary proceedings would be required to receive annual trainings, and campus crime reports would be expanded to include reports of stalking and domestic violence.
Currently, American universities are required to take action once a sexual assault is reported and to provide resources for victims, but are not obligated to have a prevention policy. The SaVE Act would require institutions to provide prevention and awareness programs for all incoming students and new employees.
