What Would You Pick as Word of the Year?
The Oxford English Dictionary’s 2022 Word of the Year is “goblin mode.” What’s yours?
Would You Like to Work Among Robots Someday?
A company is trying to introduce robots into the corporate workplace. Does this sound like an exciting future or a dystopian nightmare to you?
Who Is Someone You Would Like to Thank?
What would you write in a thank-you note to that person?
Would You Make a Good Ump?
A Times simulator lets you be a baseball umpire. Give it a try and find out!
Lesson of the Day: ‘What Would the End of Roe Mean? Key Questions and...
Return to your journal and write down your first thoughts and reflections after reading the article. Then, make a list of the questions you still have, perhaps sharing your list with others in your class. Finally, choose a question and try to answer it with one of the pieces from the list below, which includes…
How Would You Describe the State of Our Union?
WASHINGTON — President Biden vowed on Tuesday to make President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia “pay a price” for invading Ukraine, seeking to rally the world as Moscow’s forces rained down missiles on Ukrainian cities and prepared to lay siege to the capital of Kyiv.Appearing before a joint session of Congress at a fraught moment…
What Would You Write a Book About?
Do you enjoy storytelling? Do you like hearing your family member’s stories about growing up? Do you like telling your friends and family stories, whether real or make believe?In “An 8-Year-Old Wrote a Book and Hid It on a Library Shelf. It’s a Hit.,” Alyssa Lukpat writes about an elementary schooler who wanted to share…
Would You Want to Be a Child Star?
Have you ever dreamed of being a child star?What excites you about the possibility? The chance to express yourself creatively? The opportunity to move and thrill audiences? The fame? The fortune? The prospect of signing autographs and taking selfies with fans?In “On Their Small Shoulders Rest Some Big Films,” Sarah Bahr talks to five children…
How Would You Describe Your Pandemic Experience in Six Words?
Have you ever heard of the six-word memoir, or had to write one in school? If not, here is how Larry Smith, the creator, explains them:Since 2006, I’ve been challenging people to describe their lives in six words, a form I call the six-word memoir — a personal twist on the legendary six-word story attributed…
Would You Buy an NFT?
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.Do you know what a nonfungible token, or NFT, is? Shira Ovide explains in the On Tech newsletter “NFTs Are Neither Miracles nor Scams”:Allow me to explain to normal humans what’s happening: NFTs are essentially a way…
