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Here?s a news flash: "Just Say No" is not an effective anti-drug message. And neither are Barney-style self-esteem mantras...
...school districts, has been plagued by image problems from the beginning, when it first latched on to Nancy Reagan?s relentlessly sunny and perversely simplistic "Just say No" campaign. The program?s goals include teaching kids creative ways to say "no" to drugs, while simultaneously bolstering their self-esteem (which DARE founders insist is related to lower rates of drug use). It's apparently not a bad way of educating five-year-olds about the dangers of drinking cleaning fluid. But it's a bust at keeping teenagers from smoking...
Mansfield, a long-time critic of grade inflation and affirmative action, said professors' roles as academic cheerleaders and self-esteem boosters has lowered academic standards at Harvard and other educational institutions...
...rodentia, I realized I don't even enjoy gambling. All those NCAA and Academy Award office pools generate far too much e-mail and sometimes require conversations with people in the marketing department. Yet I endure it because, like most men, I think I can boost my self-esteem by trying to prove that I am always right. Women's self-esteem seems to come from healthier places, like starving themselves...
...example, are touted as a natural relaxant for children with attention-deficit disorder, and the asanas are used by some instructors to strengthen the muscles of children with Down syndrome. Marlene Mikell, who teaches severely disabled children at a Chicago public school, asserts that yoga improves the self-esteem of her students. "There is no competition, no perfection, just total self-expression," she says. "The children can be an eagle or a mountain or greet the sun." Kemesha Adkins, a sophomore at a public school for high-risk kids in West Hollywood, fell behind in her grades after leaving...