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...past few years, however, all that has changed. At the dawn of the 21st century, a curious--and unsettling--transformation has come over American kids. The marvelously anarchic institution of childhood has been slowly turning into little more than an apprentice adulthood. Toddlers who once would have been years away from starting their formal education are being hothoused in nursery schools. Preschoolers who would have spent their time learning simply to play and share are being bombarded with flash cards, educational CD-ROMS and other gadgets designed to teach reading, writing and even second languages. Grade-schoolers are spending longer...
...recognition of loss of function becomes less recognition and greater loss. Soon words and phrases are looped, like mad lines from a postmodern play; then Tourette's-like bursts, frags, some incomprehensible, some vile; then less of that, less of everything, until the mind is concentrated down to a curious stare. Even in death, my mother's face looked worried...
...Writers Guild of America, pissed off that reality TV shows don’t use union workers, are determined to ruin Survivor 2. They’ve advertised a list of the people getting voted off in the coming weeks. If you’re curious, check it out on www.survivorsucks.com…Next week will be the last In the (K)now ever! I’ll be quite sad to say goodbye to this, my little corner of the world. But be sure to tune in—I’ll be going out with...
...people mourned the loss. And when Major General Joseph Kabila, head of the army, was appointed President three days later, Congolese met the news with a half-angry shrug. "We had never even heard him speak," says Modeste Mutinga, editor of the independent Kinshasa daily Le Potentiel. "People were curious to hear his voice...
...past few years, however, all that has changed. At the dawn of the 21st century, a curious - and unsettling - transformation has come over American kids. The marvelously anarchic institution of childhood has been slowly turning into little more than an apprentice adulthood. Toddlers who once would have been years away from starting their formal education are being hothoused in nursery schools. Preschoolers who would have spent their time learning simply to play and share are being bombarded with flash cards, educational CD-ROMs and other gadgets designed to teach reading, writing and even second languages. Grade-schoolers are spending longer...