🛹 TBSN #33 — April fool’s day
Welcome to another new edition of The Bright Student Newsletter! It’s packed with resources, tips, and opportunities to become a better student, as always.
This edition:
🤡 April fool’s day
🚀 App idea: Food scanner
🛠️ Tools recommendation: Pocket
📘 Book recommendation: The Alchemist
🎬 Movie recommendation: Taare Zameen Par
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🤡 April fool’s day
April Fool's Day is a day to remember the famous April Fool's Day Massacre of 1712. The massacre, which took place in New York City, was started by an April Fool's prank that got out of hand. The prank—which was, admittedly, pretty mean—started when one man tried to convince his friend that he had broken his leg.
He did this by tying a string around his friend's leg and pulling it while they were walking together. This made the man with the string fall over, which made him look like he had broken his leg. When everyone saw that the man with the string had fallen, they all started laughing at him.
This made the man who fell very angry and he decided that he wanted revenge on everyone who was laughing at him. He decided to make a series of April Fools pranks for each person who laughed at him. He would tell them something funny or ridiculous and then wait for their reaction... which would be a big laugh! Then he would yell "April Fools!"
Who are you going to make April fools this year — your friends or your siblings?
But how should I wish you? Say Happy April Fool’s Day or something else?
🚀 App idea: Food scanner
An app that lets you scan the food and tells all the possible details about it — like what are the ingredients, how many calories it contains, and what are other nutritional values in the food.
It will help people understand what the food is made up of and what nutrition they are getting through the food.
What do you think about this idea?
Let me know by replying to this email.
🛠️ Tools recommendation: Pocket
We're all busy, and sometimes it seems like there's just never enough time to get everything done. If you're like us, you probably spend a lot of time on the internet, looking at articles, videos, and other content that you want to read or watch… but just don't have time for right then.
If that sounds like you, we've got great news! We've found an app that can help you save all those articles and videos in a convenient place so that when you finally do have a free minute, you can jump right in where you left off.
It's called Pocket. The idea is simple: When you come across something online that you don't have time to read or watch? Just save it to Pocket. It works without an internet connection and even has a built-in reader so you don't have to search around for the article again. You can also share or recommend things from your list with friends or coworkers, making it easy to collaborate on ideas and projects.
📘 Book recommendation: The Alchemist
The Alchemist is a book about a boy, Santiago, who has a dream about finding treasure at the foot of the pyramids. He decides to go on a journey to find the treasure, and along the way, he meets his personal legend, learns how to listen to his omens, and finds his treasure.
Santiago's personal legend is that he will find a treasure at the foot of the pyramids. He begins his quest with an old King who tells him how to find his treasure. The King says that you need to trust yourself that it will happen, and in order for it to happen you must believe in omens.
Goals are good, but they aren't enough; you need to know yourself in order to achieve your goals. Santiago meets an alchemist who tells him that there is a force that draws people towards their personal legends. You can't just follow your dreams and hope for things; you also need to work for them and become better every day.
In order for your personal legend to come true, it must be yours—not someone else's or something that society wants from you. If you have found your personal legend then everything that happens on your path will be working towards making it happen.
🎬 Movie recommendation: Taare Zameen Par
Taare Zameen Par, or "Stars on Earth", is an Indian film that tells the story of Ishaan Awasthi, a boy who struggles with dyslexia in an educational environment that does not accommodate his disability. His parents and teachers don't understand him, so they believe he is simply disruptive and lazy. When it becomes clear that he will be expelled from his current school, his parents make the difficult decision to send him to a boarding school for children with special needs.
Ishaan's time at the boarding school is wrought with challenges as he tries to adjust to a new routine and learn how to cope with his disability. He finds himself at odds with his teacher, Ram Shankar Nikumbh, who struggles to gain Ishaan's trust and help him overcome his difficulties.
Through their interactions, Ram notices that Ishaan's artistic talents are enormous—he just needs a different approach to learning. Ram helps Ishaan learn how to express himself through art as well as academics. By the end of the film, Ishaan has grown immensely in his ability to manage his time and work productively. When he returns home for the holidays, his family is finally able to see how much he has improved and changed.
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