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...some South Koreans have found that cyberspace can be a place for healing. In June last year, a fire incinerated a kindergarten holiday camp near the west coast, killing 19 children. The tragedy shocked many South Koreans, including entrepreneur Shin Yoo Jin. Shin is building an elaborate three-dimensional cybercity called Dadaworld, where you can shop, visit an art gallery or a police station, even do the macarena. He decided to add a virtual memorial to the dead children...
...year ago, Zhang, the daughter of a Beijing economist and a kindergarten teacher, was a sophomore at China Central Drama College. Then the stampede began. The Berlin Film Festival welcomed her debut feature, The Road Home, a visual love letter to the young actress from top Mainland director Zhang Yimou, who had earlier wrapped Gong Li in his stardust (and who is said to be romantically involved with his new protege). Then Crouching Tiger triumphed at Cannes, and with critics and the discerning public. By year's end she had become one of Esquire's Women We Love...
...year ago, Zhang, the daughter of a Beijing economist and a kindergarten teacher, was a sophomore at China Central Drama College. Then the stampede began. The Berlin Film Festival welcomed her debut feature, "The Road Home," a visual love letter to the young actress from top Mainland director Zhang Yimou, who had earlier wrapped Gong Li in his stardust (and who is said to be romantically involved with his new protégée). Then "Crouching Tiger" triumphed at Cannes, and with critics and the discerning public. By year's end she had become one of Esquire's "Women...
...KINDERGARTEN AN EXTRA YEAR IN PRE-K IS WORTH CONSIDERING...
Parents who send their "late-five" children to kindergarten with classmates who have already turned six years old often think they're giving them a jump start on learning. But a new analysis from the renowned Fullerton study says although late fives at first seem more advanced than same-age peers who start school a year later, any advantage disappears by fifth grade. The Fullerton study is a longitudinal analysis of 130 kids (now adults), all of whom could have started kindergarten as late fives but half of whom were not enrolled until they turned...