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...complications of everyday living, yet is equipped with the mental tools to solve national problems? Chen communicates that sort of pragmatic intelligence. He's a Taiwanese Al Gore, and that's part of his problem. He could do with a bit more Clintonian warmth and charm. He struggles to connect, which is surprising, considering that during his campaign he conceived and delivered a cuddly, cute sort of marketability--the doe-eyed A-bian doll, which by all accounts, helped him charm younger voters in last year's election...
...study also showed that students generally agree that writing is an important component of their academic experience and helped them to connect with their subject in a way that merely attending lectures or studying for tests did not allow...
...other words, a populist who can tug Taiwan's voters to the polls this December and lead his Democratic People's Party (DPP) to a legislative plurality. Great leaders like Roosevelt, Mao and Chiang Kai-shek had that ability to reach through whatever medium they were using and connect with their people. For Chen, successful at everything he has done, finding a way to make that connection is proving his greatest challenge. You can't bone up on empathy or cram your way into the hearts and minds of your voters...
...buses deposit their passengers at the Towns County Comprehensive School, serving students in pre-K through grade 12, you can instantly tell which are the middle schoolers: each totes a tough, silvery NetSchools laptop computer that can be dropped from 5 ft. without breaking. Infrared sensors in classroom ceilings connect the laptops to the school's server and the Internet. Teachers of everything from science to American history incorporate the Web into lesson plans. Away from school, kids plug their laptops into phone lines to question teachers or online experts about homework, or check cafeteria menus. When students...
...sure, parental frustrations are running equally high. Moms and dads accustomed to the instant gratification of e-mail can spend dizzying days trying to connect with teachers, many of whom don't have computers or voicemail. For many working parents, meeting a teacher between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. is simply impossible...