Word: behavior
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...absence of rules, it's all too easy for kids to wander into unwholesome neighborhoods on the Net and get caught up in the compulsive behavior that psychiatrist Edward Hallowell dubs "screen-sucking" in his new book, CrazyBusy. Patricia Wallace, a techno-psychologist who directs the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth program, believes part of the allure of e-mail--for adults as well as teens--is similar to that of a slot machine. "You have intermittent, variable reinforcement," she explains. "You are not sure you are going to get a reward every time or how often you will...
...speech on the site. Some high schools have officially banned Facebook as well as MySpace activity during the school day and discouraged kids from spending time on those sites after hours. Colleges can't begin to enforce such bans, but many have groups studying how to control bad behavior or have issued guidelines. And they have discovered a powerful incentive for improving digital deportment, informing students that a variety of employers admit they check applicants' Facebook pages for clues to their personalities before making job offers. "Most of the people who use Facebook," says the company's marketing director, Melanie...
...long as the eye-for-an-eye mentality dominates Middle East thought and behavior, there is little hope for a peaceable solution to Iraq's incipient civil war [March 6]. The philosophy of perpetual retaliation is devoid of love and not a part of God's plan for the human family. It is time to bury the sword and put on the mantle of love that should be worn in churches, synagogues and mosques everywhere...
...former law student (though not at Harvard), it strikes me as ludicrous that law professors feel a need to censor the recruitment process for graduating 3Ls, who are at least 24 years old. In a time when universities refuse to be paternalistic about students’ sexual behavior or alcohol abuse, the idea that, after three years of learning at the feet of these professors, Harvard’s law graduates aren’t smart enough to make up their own minds on whether to join the military or not, is hypocritical in the extreme. Law firms participating...
...taken the NCAA’s RPI rankings and applied them to the world of juicing. Can you explain? CT: Certainly. My preferred method for evaluating girls is based on three criteria. 1) Conference: Who she runs with/who her friends are. 2) Record: Looks, personality, general behavior. 3) Strength of Schedule: Who she’s hooked up with. Girls can use this system, too. For example, hooking up with Cheddar is like winning your conference tournament and getting an automatic bid to the big dance. In other words, mad carefree and fun. Hooking up with you or Catizone would...