From the Times of London comes a feel-good story to kick off a week: In one of India's poorest states, a 12-year-old girl has taken it upon herself to share the knowledge she receives at school with 50 kids in her village.

Before and after Bharti Kumari goes to school everyday (from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in a neighboring village), she offers English, Hindi, and math lessons to her neighbors—most of whom do not go to school, so they can help their parents earn a living.

Photo via TimesOnline. (Hat tip to Neatorama)

Casa 360° is a beautiful loop shaped house in Madrid designed by the architecture company Subarquitectura.

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photos by David Frutos Ruiz & Subarquitectura

The self-validation hypothesis refers to the fact that people can validate or invalidate their own thoughts. Thus, if we are nodding our heads or sitting upright when thinking, our thoughts seem more correct and we rely on them more. On the other hand, if we are shaking our heads or slumped in posture while thinking, we come to doubt our own thoughts, relying on them less in forming our judgments and decisions to act on them. Many things can lead us to rely more or less on our own thoughts, one of which is whether we learn that what we have been thinking about is endorsed by most other people or only a few.

Richard Petty is a professor of psychology at Ohio State University.

The sight of a building blackened by fire
Where once I went to look for work?
The toothless old man passing out leaflets
For a clothing store going out of business?

Or was it the woman pushing a baby carriage
About to turn the corner? I ran after,
As if the little one lying in it was known to me,
And found myself alone on a busy street

I didn't recognize, feeling like someone
Out for the first time after a long illness,
Who sees the world with his heart,
Then hurries home to forget how it felt.

Charles Simic

Master of Disguises
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt