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Peer tutoring "provides students with opportunities to compensate for differential levels of preparation for courses, to expand their knowledge base, and to ensure a solid grasp of course material through an individually adjusted learning pace," Ducey said...
...while most psychologists agree that young children can grasp very basic concepts of right and wrong well before adolescence (when they seem to ignore right and wrong), most also say those concepts aren't well developed for kids under 10. Kyle Pruett, a professor of clinical psychiatry at the Yale Child Study Center, illustrates this point with a test: "Tell a seven- or eight-year-old, 'Johnny broke one teacup throwing it at his sister. Sara broke eight teacups helping Dad load the dishwasher. Which kid did the worse thing?' The average seven-year-old will pick Sara because...
...inflated piano music with mainly routine orchestration." Because of their melodic fecundity and power, they remain widely performed and recorded. Still, conductors from Gustav Mahler to George Szell have edited their working scores, attempting to compensate for Schumann's putative deficiencies: amateurish orchestration; opaque, overdense textures; a shaky grasp of symphonic form...
This past May, at an SPD issues conference in Cologne, odes to such Third Way themes as restructuring and self-reliance filled the air. Concluded Schroder: "The New Middle appeals to all those who want to grasp the initiative and experience the growing flexibility of the labor market. The New Middle appeals to those who want to fulfill the dream of self-employment, who are willing to take risks...
...other things also suggest than Horn has an all-too-elusive grasp on the real world, like her reference to paychecks. Way passe! Anybody with any sort of a marginally permanent job these days (that's one where you're pretty confident you'll still be working tomorrow) has direct deposit. And rent! Paying rent is a clear sign of early-real-personhood (the stage where I still reside). Advanced (or real) real personhood involves shedding rent in favor of mortgage payments, thus assuming a debt burden even greater than your student loans...