UpO – Storycorps – Who We Are – Israel & Johnson

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Includes “handshake” with Delta (https://www.facebook.com/delta/?fref=ts)rnrnIn share text:rnThis story is part of the #WhoWeAre series, a project of Upworthy + Storycorps (https://www.facebook.com/StoryCorps/?fref=ts)rnrn

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      • A terrifying story from the past gave her some insight on the hardships her great-grandma had to endure.
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      • As a child, Mary Ellen Noone always wondered why her great-grandmother’s nails were so ruffled and deformed.
      • The explanation is a story about America that we should never forget.

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Conservation

A Caribbean island looked like a ‘moonscape’ until goats and rats were removed. Now it’s flourishing.

Skills

Students spent 8 minutes giving advice to younger kids. Their own grades got a boost.

Generations

Gen Xers name the scariest things they saw on TV as kids. It’s nostalgic nightmare fuel.

Science

How to keep your mouth shut in conversations when you know you should really stay quiet