10 Ways to Praise Social Media Use for Teen Girls versus Struggles, Regrets and Selfies

10 Ways to Praise Social Media Use for Teen Girls versus Struggles, Regrets and Selfies

Let’s encourage teens to use social media for more than just selfies. Show them how to use it as a tool to affect the world.

A quick check on Google with the topic teen girls on social media brings out a flurry of reports such as The Lonely Burden of Today’s Teenage Girls in Wall Street Journal saying “amid our huge, unplanned experiment with social media, new research suggests that many American adolescents are becoming more anxious, depressed and solitary.”

There are so many psychology reports about mental breakdowns, depression, anxiety, even suicidal behavior among teen girls, more so than any other group, including boys. As a teacher, noting the early body images and sexual hyperinflation of teen girls minus their normal social rites to adulthood, I wrote an e-book …a timely tale of struggles, regrets and survival on social media as a teen girl’s first-person narration.

But this internet revolution, this virtual world, does not need to be a Bad Monster that swallows up its young generation and regurgitates carbon copies of an inflated and hypocritical society; along the way, denouncing our cultural values and heritage.

We just need to learn how to use one of the most powerful tools ever encountered by the masses … and respect its power, keep it more benign, beneficial than malicious.

Here are 10 ways that the internet and social media can offer many benefits to teenage girls:

1. Connect to various educational components. Access information with teachers, experts, peer groups … answer any question at your fingertips. 
2. Break down physical, geographical, or cultural barriers … easier to make friends worldwide, connect with favorite people … there is no visible handicap 
3. Communicate with diverse communities to open doors to more experiences and dialogue…diversity helps to develop more informed personal, political, and cultural outlooks….avoid cultural biases … celebrities … athletes … nonprofit organizations
4. Discover more about your own community, make new friends … participate more …when, where, and what is happening … keep in touch with old friends
5. Create programs about issues that impact them or their friends … teens gather information to help each other: examples: eating disorders, drug addiction, climate change, elections, poverty in Africa and more    
6. Be able to access every kind of educational resource with or without libraries … listen to a variety of viewpoints … what is relevant and reliable … become a more critical thinker
7. Provides opportunities for online education or distance learning if students can’t attend a regular class, usually flexible and low cost … no marginalization of any student
8. Prepares for possible careers or professions which require knowledge of internet and social media
9. Share talents in many areas:  singing, writing, acting, fashion, craft projects, etc … Self-expression is important which develops self-confidence … positive feedback helps to boost confidence with Likes and nice comments
10. Claim your own identity … the personal profile and comment box are opportunities to be, say, and figure out who you are … time to talk out confusions or vent frustrations …even help to fight depression or prevent suicide

And that is the KEY to success on social media for teen girls. 

Self-expression and self-confidence are directly connected. Teen girls need to be given avenues for being authentic and true to themselves, to find satisfaction and happiness with whom they are they … not a simulated Selfie to fit Social Media demands for exposure and exploitation.

I believe, teen girls must apply a new mindset about getting a better balance between social-media use and other age-appropriate activities. It may help if they can see their timeline and respect that their time OFFLINE is as important, if not more important, than ONLINE time. This is the moral of this e-book Teen Girl Faces Time in the Sand by Annemarie Berukova.

Can you live without your cell phone? We are all caught in this Social Media web with both positives and negatives and we must all learn to be well-informed with good digital etiquette and safety rules.

Questions and comments are always important. Please share some of your other positive experiences on social media. How do you balance your Online time with Offline Time? 

Sincerely,

Annemarie

amarie10@gmail.com

https://helpfulmindstreamforchanges.com

833 471 4661 (please leave a message and the best time to call back) 

Excerpt: "As a teenager I haven't learned yet how to manage conflict where both parties might be right but if others are wrong about something, there’s a good chance I will do wrong to do right by others.

There is no satisfaction now to realize that my brain is thinking differently at 19 years than at 14. Thinking back, there is no training how to deal with changes in technology when my brain's biology remains unchanged  A teenager is still young, still curious, experimental, still wanting to be liked, feel attractive, praised and rewarded again and again.

They buy into the electronic Hall of Mirrors where everyone is watching and comparing themselves, trying to find some piece of wisdom in a crowd or mob, not sure how not stop  suckling from an alternative reality not their own."

  

Teen Girl Faces Time in the Sand … TimelyTale of Struggles, Regrets and Survival on Social Media with Super PowerTool  (Plus Kindle)

Why Teachers Have Concerns About How Social Media Affects Education for Teenagers

Why Teachers Have Concerns about How Social Media Affects Education for Teenagers

Virtual communication is not face to face communication … 

stop the illusion that it is!

How to teach, how to learn, in the process of how to be educated is the foundation for developing our communication, personally and socially. We exchange information by using a common system of symbols, signs and behavior. 

It has always been about people talking to each other in real time relying on personal rapport.

However, I believe that formal education suffers because online communication is a new dimension within an alien territory with a definite lack of interactive skills; relying more on reaction and less on intelligent debate.

When just texting or tweeting, the basic act of talking is removed without seeing how words can directly  affect somebody … there is no need to read body language, facial expressions or vocal inflections.

For example, as a cyberbully, if you can’t see the reaction of victims, it's easier to be anonymous without any consequence for writing something online.  Did you know that the majority of harassers are friends or acquaintances?  Only 23 percent of people report that a complete stranger has bullied them online. 

Who wants to learn proper communication skills when 140 characters can take the place of a sentence? Or, better yet, who wants to learn how to write a paragraph, a whole group of sentences to state a theme and resolution? What matters most is measurement by data called LIKES, HATCH TAGS, RETWEETS ... even ignorant ones.

Let me ask you ...  have you read any teenager’s texts lately? Do you think there is a problem if there is limited evidence of proper spelling, syntax and grammar? Do you know that texting lingo has at least 1500 text messages and online chat abbreviations? Does it bother you that that writing skills, whether formal or informal, may be in decline? Who knows the proper format for letter writing? Even cursive writing is an anachronism now.

Does it bother you that learning itself may be in decline, also? Learning is an activity or process of gaining knowledge or skill through study, practice and experience. Learning helps to reorganize the structural changes of the brain to better understand and contribute to our surrounding culture.

Then you can say, "I learned something new today."

In the classroom, to learn a unit of study on any topic, may involve weeks of presentation, asking questions, analyzing facts, making decisions, and evaluating from different points of view. It is not the same thing as using the internet hoping to find  a reliable source for information. It is not checking out social  media platforms for quick answers.

This is not teaching … this is not learning. This is not even retaining information.

Real thinking is a mental process by which to form models of the world and psychological associations.  It takes time for the brain’s neurology to form concepts, solve problems, find reasons and make decisions. Cognitive frames are built by absorbing, processing and remembering, to be smarter and more emotionally and environmentally composed.

As well, there may be other communication problems that may affect education. Perhaps there is a disconnect between parents, who may not be as adept on social media compared to teenagers who live in their own Selfie domain. They may both lack an understanding of potential overuse. Perhaps, students are allowed to use their cellphones during classes which become a major distraction.  Studies have shown that teens who frequently check their profiles have lower grades and lower reading retention.  Academic performance may be impacted by lack of sleep, which parents may not know about.

Did you know that American teens send and receive text messages 144 times a day?

As a retired teacher, I am always open to podcast interviews to address the struggles and, regrets of teen girls on social media. This is another excellent questions to discuss: What kind of concerns do teachers have about how Social Media affects education for teenagers.

Check out blog for 10 more beginning questions to answer about teenage girls on social media and a way to build a better educated mindset   .

Questions and comments are always welcome. What are your concerns? What are your successes with education on social media for teenagers?

Sincerely,

Annemarie

amarie10@gmail.com

833 471 4661 (leave message and the best time to connect.)

https://helpfulmindstreamforchanges.com

   

Excerpt: A frown crosses Grannie's face. "You know the role of technology in society is very new. It's only a couple decades versus centuries of human interaction. And you can read about how many people are worried about addressing the problems as they get deeper and deeper.

Your dear Smart phone is just one player without any instructions; you can cross any lines you want.  You can watch the internet unsupervised. Just think, you can take a picture anytime, anywhere and post it wherever, whenever; regardless of an invasion of privacy and self-rights. Don’t you agree?

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Is this the Right Time to Profit in the Digital Economy as a Self-Franchise Entrepreneur in 2020 with 12 Questions?

Is this the Right Time to Profit in the Digital Economy as a Self-Franchise Entrepreneur in 2020 with 12 questions?

"Some people can call it rapid experimentation, but more importantly, we call it 'hypothesis testing.' Instead of saying 'I have an idea,' what if you said, 'I have a new hypothesis, let's go test it, see if it's valid, ask how quickly can we validate it.' And if it's not valid, move on to the next one … that’s in some sense the real pursuit."  Satya Nadella (Microsoft CEO)

GOOD NEWS for 2020: The Self Franchise Report is updated with new information!

The Self Franchise Report answers two questions to help make your 2020 more successful:

1.How can you adapt  the principles of intellectual distribution to bring value to every online business owner?

2. Do you wonder how you can participate in a multi-billion-dollar marketing industry?

Marketing is the lifeblood of every business. But is this the Right Time to Profit in the Digital Economy as a Self-Franchise Entrepreneur? These are important  questions that this updated  Self-Franchise Report answers in 3 parts:

PART ONE: Quick Mini Overview

…3 reasons to be a self-franchise marketer

…4 reality checks to keep it real with adaptations

…unique marketing program every online business needs

PART TWO: Self-Franchise Big Picture Overview

…unlimited online business opportunities

…business power of leverage

…potential power of your online core identity

PART THREE:  Self-Franchise Entrepreneur Changes Mindset

…personal changes start with self-dialogue

…how to bypass preset conforming factors to move ahead into critical new fields

…review of networking principles;  two big blunders to avoid and two things that work

What are your current feelings about internet marketing  based on your experiences whether as an online business owner or independent networker? 

As a former MLM distributor,  my mission statement hung on my office wall:  network marketing was a return to basics where every person with above average dreams can start with minimal capital, time equity and make a difference - based on only 3 concepts; namely,  share a good product, duplicate the message and receive residual  income from direct and indirect referrals. In fact, I started to talk like a fair and democratic home business mentor where early blog posts turned into short e-books about equal opportunities for success. 

Through MLM trials and tribulations,  this mission statement has now been replaced by a Self-Franchise Credo, but still with the focus  on principles of network marketing  and how to plug into the  unlimited power of the internet so as not disenfranchise its citizens and marketers. 

There is no question that the advent of internet marketing has been explosive, exploratory and extremely difficult to master a brand as YOU Incorporated.  As with any major expansion,  the content and strategies have now settled down and matured enough to show that Simplification, Deconstruction and Reinvention are the right time and place to capitalize on internet marketing expertise.

As a teacher trying to educate prospects with too many details, my selling skills remained at ground level with few flights. My faith was that good information could open new ways of thinking by considering the Big Picture with different perspectives and  answers to tough questions. It has been said that sometimes the greatest deterrent to progress is pre-conceived biases and to think you know all the answers. Sometimes the smartest business tactic is admitting ‘I don’t know’ especially if your success is marginal.

On one hand, the internet changes continue to accelerate and saturate with unwanted information, fake news, the chaos of texts, emails, clickbait, distractions  and social media sites which one guru calls digital cholesterol overload. On the other hand, the internet evolution has shown we can re-frame the complex and make it run on simpler principles.

The purpose of this Self-Franchise Report is to consider the hypothesis that it is possible to streamline a complex online marketing world with too many false prophets, imitations, wasted time and stop the clutter and distractions to create bigger profits and enjoy more time freedom.   

Read this comprehensive report to learn more about this all-consuming, all-comprehensive INTERNET AGE TECHNOLOGY WORLD. Make some different connections with the right reasons for making an extra stream of income, a simpler solution to the complexity of Internet Marketing, two major blunders to avoid, and how to utilize the massive power of ONE TOTAL MASTERMIND MARKETING SYSTEM without too much blood, sweat and tears while preserving our most valuable commodity, time itself. 

I welcome any podcast shows for the chance to answer these questions or any other comments about the internet marketing industry as such based on my experiences. Perhaps my story can help so many others to make better informed decisions and walk away from a lot of heartache.

What is the greatest travesty in MLM home business in my opinion?

What is the greatest problem with internet marketing versus network marketing?

What is the biggest regret I would not want to pass on to any other marketer?

Why pioneer strategy called magnetic attraction or self-branded advertising serves a few not many ... a matter of disenfranchisement? 

What are the main principles of network marketing that can be applied to internet marketing? 

Why this is the right time to move from physical distribution to intellectual distribution?

What are two successful online strategies that can work for every marketer?

What qualities are required to be a self-franchised entrepreneur?

How can self-belief or mindset become a problem with business development?

What is the best way to deconstruct, reinvent and simplify the rules that work?

What is my biggest advice if you are considering MLM or network marketing opportunity?

Why visual language is used often to speak a volume of words?

Remember, intelligence isn’t knowing everything; it’s the ability to challenge everything you know

I look forward to hearing your opinions and other online solutions that work for you as an independent marketer. Your experiences, questions and comments are important, also.

  Check out the Kindle Edition SELF FRANCHISE REPORT

Sincerely,

Annemarie Berukoff

amarie10@gmail.com

1 833 471 4661 (leave a message for best time to talk)

Excerpt: In other words, your challenge is to step away from this submerged subconscious wiring and make safe calculated changes to merge with the New Economy. Your past thinking should never limit your potential. The undivided principles are here. You can choose to deny or defy them. But a free 14-day trial will show you if this is the right time to harness the power of today's  technology with the capabilities of expert personnel.

Your question should be: WHO'S GOING TO STOP ME!

Anybody Interested in Podcast Interview Questions for True MS Journey of Twin Brothers by Sister Mary?

Anybody Interested in Podcast Interview Questions for True MS Journey of Twin Brothers by Sister Mary?

Truth must be experienced rather than told because language fails to convey belief and is only the barest shadow of reality...Plato

For a while I wondered about sharing this long, sad and true MS story of twin brothers as a painful family reality; but the more I wondered, the more I realized their story needs the democracy of being shared, not hidden in a dark pit of despair. This disease will continue to ravage my brothers; but perhaps, I hope their story can help someone else because today there is a new road map outside the neurologist’s tollbooth with many more options for treatment and care. However, whatever the inevitable ending of this journey will be for my brothers, it will not be in vain if their suffering can possibly ease the fears,tribulations and offer more  hopes to MS victims / patients. 

I also want to share their story as an audio book based on a Kindle reader. As I formatted the manuscript for Kindle Direct Publishing, so many more relevant questions became evident that could be best answered with a podcast interview.

Here are a dozen questions this story can answer from experience for an audience interested in disabilities, health care and new medical changes.

1. What are the different theories about why the Central Nervous System breaks down?
2. How was MS disease diagnosed in scientific laboratories … what kind of animal experiments?
3. What is the immune system in a few words so we can be on the same page?
4. What are a few main facts and the biggest discrimination about the CCSVI experience?
5. What lessons were learned from CCSVI that must not be repeated with medical cannabis?
6. Why does the medical hierarchy hold a blatant paradox in their hands and reason to seek alternatives? Why fear the growing multi-trillion-dollar medical industrial multi-nationals? 
7. What is the main lesson that the FDA Profiteers Conspiracy and clinical trials cannot play a part in medical cannabis research?
8. What are the roles and regulations of a new player to present unbiased medical cannabis research?
9. What are some new protocols to treat MS when a one-time strategy with chemical drugs doesn’t work?
10. How can Mother Nature’s pharmacy with phytonutrients be related to a marijuana plant?
11. What are 3 actions that health consumers can consider on a future road map including the power of social media?
12. How does a cat’s spirit bind the story with and the powerful image of a cage at the end?

At the end this story shares a new road map. Of course, the medical system will prevail with doctors, FDA, clinical trials, and profusion of drugs that treat symptoms with side effects. But today’s medical vista also includes new protocols based on individual biology, to integrate medical specialists, to move beyond ego, greed and embrace the role of ethics to do no harm.  Included are new directions for scientific advancement with independent research by cannabis producers according to careful regulations.

The simple reality is it is not possible to do peer-reviewed, random drug-based clinical trials with the synergy of Nature’s whole plant. The picture of scientists trying to dissect Mother Nature for profits on a laboratory table says it all. 

Reform cannot be denied  and freedom of choice will prevail. Perhaps the Liberation of Hope can wave its banner once again.

Check out this special story: True MS Journey of Twin Brothers by Sister Mary

Kindle edition: True MS Journey of Twin Brothers by Sister Mary

Your questions, comments and referrals are welcome. I look forward to sharing ideas and possibilities.

Sincerely,

Annemarie

amarie10@gmail.com

1 833 471 4661 (leave message and the best time to talk)

Excerpt It is inevitable that the FDA's drug culture will be seriously questioned; even as public trust is tarnished by the opioid crisis. This bastion will not disassemble readily and will resist with every legality they can formulate to maintain its superiority and profitability. The FDA  laboratories, filled with unpronounceable man-made chemicals, are standing at a crossroads ... how to clinically experiment with a natural product filled with phytochemicals in order to standardize a prescription that fits all needs.

In fact, the horizon clearly shows the many reasons why FDA may have too many conflicts to do this research properly. The climax of this journey is to call out that independent research is mandatory. There is no need to go through clinical trials and wait for approval to market a natural product through a highly detailed, specialized, and ultimate bureaucratic process that costs millions of dollars and takes years to complete. Who thinks drinking celery juice is risky?

The good news: there is a new, willing and able challenger to the FDA called the cannabis production company. This is where the governments, like Health Canada, can inspect, regulate and certify consistent and efficient production with leading edge technologies like automation, customization, scalability, with Good Manufacturing Practices to ensure purity and potency.

Introducing New Kindle E-book: The True MS Journey of Twin Brothers by Sister Mary

Introducing New Kindle E-book: The True MS Journey of Twin Brothers  by Sister Mary

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. Mother Teresa

A strange thing happens in writing this book about a true MS journey by twin brothers. You climb to the top of this Sick Mountain; and look out at an all-encompassing landscape with more insight than before. Time for everyone to look and see a complex medical system established over decades that has spawned relationships and functions of many different participants. But today, it is time to see changes happening in the future with a primary care system that embraces all disciplines.

One part of the story explains how, in 2010, the MS community felt a paradigm shift called CCSVI which shook the medical system to its foundation.  A Liberation War for Blood Flow followed with scientific evidence that structural venous malformations affecting blood flow, or reflux, may cause MS inflammation, not an attack by the body's own protective immune cells.  As expected, the medical establishment and the MS Society, did not accept any new theory that questioned their mantra and drug money flow.

The story looks for many answers: how MS was first diagnosed in animal laboratories, what are the connectors in a Profiteers Conspiracy holding a blatant paradox, what are new protocols to study and treat MS, and how cannabis can play an ethical treatment option when chemical drugs show limited results over decades. 

Does our health care system need to be protected from multi-billion-dollar medical industrial complexes? 

The chapters run the course with MS diagnosis for my twin brothers ... tall, handsome strong men; to unsuccessful expensive drug treatments, to CCSVI rebels in Mexico when Canada blocked only MS patients from opening constricted veins, to Lyme's disease antibiotic treatments, to other possible options, to residential care, to divorce and cognitive disabilities. Strangely, a cat's spirit binds us all together. 

Interestingly, this MS journey about truth didn't plan to end with independent medical cannabis research; it just evolved to where there were no better directions and no better hopeful vista with Nature’s wonder plant and its special affinity to the inbuilt human systems. Thankfully, with the right steps, there is a new player to help validate this research without FDA fortress interference.

Three calls to action are stated at the end:

1. integrate all medical specialists
2. play the role of informed consumers
3. not allow validation of  Mother Nature’s pharmacy on a laboratory dissection table.  

The story challenges the Status Quo to welcome Progressive Change. 

The challenge is to read this story and still put MS victims into yesterday's cage of old animal experiments, chemical drugs and broken dreams when there is a new road map with several options for today and tomorrow.

Check out the Kindle edition:

The True MS Journey of Twin Brothers by Sister Mary  

Questions and comments are always appreciated. I look forward to hearing your stories, too. I am always interested in doing podcast interviews ... the reality of true experience can answer many questions and give hope.

Sincerely, 

Annemarie

amarie10@gmail.com

1 833 471 4661 (leave a message and the best time to call)

https://helpfulmindstreamforchanges.com

Excerpt: All in all, Multiple Sclerosis is a complex Monster, heterogeneous in some ways, and related to other diseases that share common characteristics; but, still with an unknown trigger. Is it infectious, genetic, toxic or about vascular issues? Perhaps this explains why there can be a response to such a variety of treatments and therapies, if effective at all.  Unfortunately, there is still much to be learned. 

Having said this, it is mandatory that all roads remain open to unbiased possibilities of learning more about a wonder plant that has shown to have a special affinity to the inbuilt human system. In a just and honorable society, who would dare to deny such hope to human suffering, not as a consumer or economic commodity, but as a patient with beloved families?    

How to be seen and heard in a BIG WAY in 2020 with podcasts the RIGHT WAY!

How to be Seen and Heard in a BIG WAY in 2020 with Podcasts the RIGHT WAY!

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”  Anaïs Nin, writer

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If you're an expert who's ready to make your mark … let's talk. I designed this program for high-performers who are tired of trying to figure this out for themselves. The kind of men and women who have an important message and mission and are ready to be seen and heard like never before. Kathleen Gage

Check out a brief questionnaire, request an interview. Are you ready to become unstoppable in 2020? 

Sincerely,

Annemarie

amarie10@gmail.com

https://helpfulmindstreamforchanges.com

Overview of Podcast Shows about Ecology's Cyclical Truths with this One-of-a-Kind Special Water Character

Overview of Podcast Shows about Ecology's Cyclical Truths with this One-and-Only Special Water Character

If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”– Albert Einstein

Who doesn’t want to hold our beautiful blue planet in protective hands, symbolically? Who doesn’t like a walk in sunshine, breathe fresh air, feel a splatter of rain or eat a fresh salad, baked potato with chives-up sour cream and a cool glass of clean fresh water? That’s a nice package with a bow of gratitude, but how many parts are inside this package that need assembly to make sure that nature works as programmed? 

Bottom line, if we can’t negotiate with nature, then we better relate to the interdependent parts and functions; so we can pass Earth's priceless gifts to future generations. 

To that effect, a Facebook ad or video, does not do justice below the surface. I am looking for podcast shows interested in discussing important questions about ecosystems, natural cycles and how to resolve disruptive problems.

On one side, I believe that the audience may be amazed at the many functions of  a water cycle or ecosystems in general. I know I certainly am, learning so much through research; especially feeling, that an elementary knowledge of basic facts is not good enough to visualize the depth, co-dependence and intricacy of natural systems.

On the other side, why me as a podcast guest? You might think I lack expertise because I’m not a trained scientist with years of study. But I am a serious, respectful Earthling human being concerned enough to educate and protect our future within Earth's finite resources. Also, I am a retired teacher with an inborn DNA to value education and share more learning in an organized, open-ended way. 

To that motivation,  I wrote a one-of-a-kind e-book about a water sprite with roots based on scientific realities. Below, note the previous blogs that address ten possible podcast questions and answers.

Here are two more questions with references to the e-book and possible podcast shows.

Why does the water sprite hero have roots ... doesn’t this make him immobile?

Can scientific facts be understood better through an imaginative creative license as a first person experience?

First, it’s no wonder that dominant water forces have also played important roles in the realm of imagination, folklore and mythology. The theme of water becomes the flowchart by which people can explore, understand and integrate their cultural values based on living together whether philosophical, social or even ecological, constantly responding to change.

• It’s very interesting to note the number of deities, named by the thousands in Greek and Roman mythology, who were ascribed powers to control the elements of all water. Their names were associated with seas, storms, waves, currents, sea-creatures, lakes, springs, rivers, fountains, marshes and ground waters. The most common was Poseidon as the king of the seas and lord of the sea-gods living in a golden palace on the seabed with his queen and son Triton who looked like a merman with the upper body of man and tail of a fish, calming the waves by blowing his conch shell horn.
• Folklore from Western Native American tribes talked about water babies as mysterious and dangerous water spirits living in ponds and streams whose cries could signal distress or fore-warnings.
• Modern aquatic superheroes display supernatural powers to champion a return to justice with extravagant cinematic powers that may momentarily dazzle without facts. 

But there has never been a character quite like this water sprite with roots. He is small, kind, sensitive, vulnerable as he is curious, speaks the language of Earth’s biological citizens. He personifies the total water cycle: he is the cloud, the dewdrop, the snowflake, the currents in a pond, the sap, the saliva, the solvent for synthetic pollutants. He is given the chance to pick his own name: Corddo-mont the Sixteen-Hundred-Billionth, the Variable, the Life-Giver, the Earth Sustainer or Cordd for short.

Why does the water sprite hero have roots ... doesn’t this make him immobile?

This water sprite is a highly specialized organism whose body composition is 96% pure water surrounded by two elastic cell layers, an inner one composed of cellulose and an outer one of protein fibers. Three characteristics:

• his brain is found in his stomach where it can better regulate his complicated respiration; sometimes inhaling oxygen or carbon dioxide, depending on the role of plant or animal he  happens to be in. 
• his heart is found in his head, directly connected to his eye spots so he can both see things and have feelings without others' observations and opinions. 
• for protection, he has a typical encyst button like a belly button in his chest, which can shrink him into a state of dormancy until a more favorable time for re-emergence.

One unusual characteristic is that he can be classified as both animal and plant for two reasons:

• first, he can also anchor himself into the ground by special root-retractors between his toes. Like any other root, he can absorb minerals from the soil and digest them as necessary vitamins, proteins and carbohydrates.
• second, his outer cell layer contains chloroplasts cells which are visible like green freckles. Because these cells contain chlorophyll, he can directly convert the sunlight's energy into food energy, namely sugar, just like a plant can.

Most importantly, he can communicate with any other organic life form because they share carbon as well as hydrogen molecules.Therefore, he can express their stories, their dangers, imbalances, fears, and hopes from their realities about cyclical truths essential to ecology.    

Hopefully, people will feel a special bonding with this water character; thereby, making an emotional connection through his trials, tribulations and inclusions of all lives in a balanced natural environment. As the water sprite falls in love, so will the readers in kinship and motivational affinity to protect Nature at its best.

Can scientific facts be understood better through an imaginative creative license as a first person experience?

There is a unique power in figurative language known as personification when you can give human characteristics to non-living things or ideas. Associations help to better relate to the object or idea and have a sense of empathy that it matters. 

What more precious bonding can there be than to consider water as a valuable friend, as a person and necessity for survival? You wouldn't hurt or bully a good friend, right? 

  

Here are a  few situations where I feel personification helps to focus on water as a real entity in its own right for sustainability and protection:

• how else can you describe evaporation from the ocean as frolicking with friendly air molecules, rising higher into snowstorms and freezing into a glacier?
• how else can you describe the joy of a plant bathed in sunlight and drinking nutrients though it roots, feeling its body structure becoming stronger cell by cell?
• what better way to show the family and community life of microorganisms, like rotifers, and their special bonding to fresh water except by developing mutual feelings of respect for each other?
• who can better describe the microscopic food chain than a microorganism called Stentor as part of the Great Ecological Cycle?  He teaches his class, “This is one of the great Cyclical Truths … if one part lives, then the other part lives; if one part is destroyed then the other part will be destroyed in time? Isn't co-operation wonderful, a true democracy through diversity?"
• how else can the horror of pollution be experienced except at a personal level and loss of a personal community with a forewarning of larger systems?
• what better way to personify people as a block called humankinds which contains their inquiry, progress and power; however, the onus is left to the individual person to be responsible to make a difference outside the block?

In the end, science and imagination synchronize and weave a fascinating story that only a water sprite with roots can tell; that in order to survive, we need to balance our Earth’s ‘Cyclical Truths’  and protect its ecological ecosystems. Most importantly, the hope is for children of all ages can accompany him and respect our natural environment even more around every chapter. At the end, we should all  care deeply for his manners, fears and hopes. 

What an amazing friend especially for children to get to know!

Your questions, comments and referrals are always welcome.
What are some questions you wonder about the Earth's biology?
What are some solutions you think might help to fix imbalances?

Sincerely,
Annnemarie
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This list outlines answers to previous questions:

BLOG:  Why is environmental sustainability based on biological diversity?
             What are some amazing Cyclical Truths discovered in a water cycle journey that                   may be less known?

BLOG:  What are the relationships between Earth’s biosphere, ecology, ecosystem and                     environment and us?

             What is the interesting relationship between a water molecule and a hydrocarbon?

BLOG:  How climate change disrupts the water cycle via the Hydro-logical Express - Cause               and Effect?   

BLOG:  How is pollution related to the water cycle...the worst pollutant of all

BLOG:  How does water teach us morality?  Does ecology have an ethical base?

  

              Cordd...the water sprite                             Roti...his best friend