Word: learns
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...middle-class toddlers, researchers agree it has brought no lasting gains. Most say that's because Head Start has become more of a day-care service stressing health and nutrition, not literacy, as well as a jobs program for local mothers. It is true that kids can't learn unless they're healthy and well fed; but with no curriculum and loads of shoddy teachers, Head Start isn't living up to its potential...
...little doubt that there will be a number of issues on which we will disagree," says Leakey. "Sometimes he will concede, and sometimes I will concede, but hopefully it will be a concession based on argument, not might." For the sake of the country, Kenyans hope the two can learn to get along...
...almost ridiculously easy to remedy. Simply place yourself in the vicinity of a child, just about any child, anywhere, and say the magic words Harry Potter. If, for instance, you utter this charm to Anna Hinkley, 9, a third-grader in Santa Monica, Calif., here is what you will learn: "What happens in the first book, Harry discovers that he's a wizard, and he's going to a school called Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. At the station he meets a boy named Ron, who's also going to Hogwarts. And on the train, they meet a girl...
According to surveys, about half of parents don't grant allowances, and most others do it the way I have--haphazardly. Its proponents argue that an allowance can help a child learn about money, that he has to make choices among the many things he wants and must work and save for them. But there's a downside: an allowance can be a crutch for a parent. As long as the child can afford to pay for something--say, a barbed-wire wrist tattoo--a parent might be more reluctant...
...Pair Plus One is reminded of the fundamental rule of old-school football: When you receive an ass-whuppin', there's nothing to do but get up and ask for some more. The less said about last week the better, except "Who knew?" and "We're sure going to learn from our mistakes this time, coach." This week, we draw our strength from the San Diego Chargers, winless but tops in the wild and wacky AFC West because, well, they haven't lost any games yet either. Which just goes to show, you can win if you don't play...