Credit: American Girl
Each year American Girl releases a “doll of the year” with a rich backstory that gives children plenty to think about. A Doll of the Year tends to be topical compared to the brand’s famous historical dolls which let kids explore bygone eras. Last year Joss was a competitive athlete who wore a hearing aid and had a service dog. In 2019 Blaire worked her family’s farm-to-table restaurant and tried not to text all the time. The 2021 American Girl Doll is Kira, age 10, who helps her family protect their Australian wildlife sanctuary threatened by wildfires.
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communicated it. he always wanted to inspire kids. dad was very focused on education and on the stem and just really told kids that dream the impossible. go out and do it. you know, he only wanted to fly aircraft carriers off of look what he did. he walked on the moon. neil: i remember speaking to your dad, amy, already by apollo 12, viewership was way down. it was expected. if it wasn t for apollo 13 where we almost lost that crew, it would have been very different. he had a sense, your dad, that maybe this was getting to be like a passing phenomenon. it worried him. that that would decide the fate of apollo and the fate of space
lifetime the way that serena changed women s tennis. i loved her composure. i loved that she was gracious enough to say, look, i wouldn t be here if it wasn t for you. i mean, that, that s a class act. winner already. it was great. we saw it with serena too. it matters to me that she s african-american. i think it s amazing to see the growth of the sport and to see that all the sacrifice of the williams early on paid off. that they did inspire kids and, yes, african-american kids to get into the sport that they love so well. and i remember, i mean, for a time they are stars now, but they had a very hard time. people judged their bodies. judged them because they were black women. judged their hair and physique. their game. here you have who i idolize as a child as well. it speaks volumes and i m proud to see this young woman in all of them. very impressive. all the way across the board. already. counselor, i ll see you in a
changed tennis. that s a class act. winner already. and it was great. we saw it with serena too. it matters to me that she s african-american. i think it s amazing to see the growth of the sport and to see that all they did inspire kids and african american kids to get into the sport they love so well. i remember, there are stars now. they had a hard time. people judged their bodies. judged them because they were black women. judged their hair and physique. their game. here you have who i idolize as a child as well. it speaks volumes and i m proud to see this young woman in all of them. very impressive. she s in for d. lemon tonight. that s an up gragrade.
have been experiencing gun violence for so long and their voices haven t been heard. and now this movement has come together to allow, you know, their voices to be heard in conjunction with our students. i just found that so inspiring and so amazing. and you know they were talking about teachers like you calling teachers like you, melissa, as you could tell, heroes, heroines, nose who stand up, those who thing their lives, those who teach them, those that show them the way. these are all labels you didn t necessarily want when you signed up to be a teacher. how do you reflect on that now as they were holding what you did on that fateful day so high? i don t think i view myself that way. i think i did my job. i think i did what was necessary. i became a teacher because i wanted to inspire kids, because i wanted to change their lives in a positive way and it s really good to hear, you know, from students that i am actually, you know, doing that for them because, i mean, that s