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Anyone who has ever chucked a tennis ball in the general vicinity of a border collie knows that some animals take play very seriously the intense stare, the tremble of anticipation, the apparent joy with every bounce, all in pursuit of inedible prey that tastes like the backyard. Dogs are far from the only animals that devote considerable time and energy to play. Juvenile wasps wrestle with hive mates, otters toss rocks between their paws, and human children around the world go to great lengths to avoid make-believe lava on the living-room floor.
Students create free tutoring club to bridge gap between SU and local schools
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Julianna Mercado (top left), Tanya Mir (top right), Kate Loveland and Hunter Mirer (clockwise) began forming Upskill Education in October 2020 by recruiting members and reaching out to schools across the country.
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Hunter Mirer didn’t fully understand what attention deficit hyperactivity disorder was when he received his diagnosis in elementary school. His ADHD became a consistent issue in his education, and finding the right tutoring services proved to be too expensive. When he started studying at Syracuse University in 2019, he tried free tutoring but felt tutors didn’t understand his individual needs well enough.