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...contact with the students--it was the part of the Harvard job that I liked the most," Miller said. "Harvard gives people a sense of what's possible in their lives more than most places I've ever seen. When you see what happens to people over a long period of time, it's very gratifying...
...must also do things they may find difficult--like calling a stranger on the phone or going to a meeting of the parents association. But if you demonstrate the desire to get involved in the school community, chances are your child will too. Attend that first PTA meeting or contact members who have children close in age to yours. Ask some general questions--they will undoubtedly fill in the details...
...There is not enough contact between the student body and the U.C.," Barbaro said. "The newsgroup will be an open forum, a twenty-four hour open U.C. meeting...
Roth suggests that parents role-play to let the child try out different approaches. These might be to ignore the offense, walk away or stand her ground--but not retaliation. Contact your child's teacher--notify him of the problem and ask for suggestions. There is a direct correlation between adult supervision and bullying, so find out how closely supervised kids are during recess and between classes...
Forget that dramatic moment in the film Contact when the radio astronomer played by Jodie Foster rips off her earphones in astonishment after hearing four telltale beeps. Pure fiction, say scientists--and not only because of her hokey headset. When extraterrestrials finally make themselves known, they may not use radio at all. Instead, they're just as apt to signal us with beams of light. Says physicist Freeman Dyson of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J.: "It's foolish to try to guess what an extraterrestrial civilization might use. You ought to try all available technologies to detect...