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...idea that you almost forget about the world you came from, and the job market you’re about to enter...that [college is] a period of self-exploration, and intellectual discovery, has faded,” Perlstein said in an interview...
...midterms would turn this new generation of online activists into kingmakers. Yet in the midst of a Democratic wave, the netroots candidates failed to sweep, causing some pundits to claim that the netroots' influence continues to be overstated: "The Netroots Election? Not So Fast," editorialized The Nation. When Rick Perlstein tried, in The New Republic, to claim the election as a netroots triumph, Ryan Lizza replied in the magazine's blog that in addition to having the netroots' support, winning candidates also had the national Democratic party to thank, as it "dumped tons of money, strategic advice, and fundraising assistance...
What makes a middle schooler tick? Linda Perlstein, education writer for the Washington Post, decided to find out. With the dedication of an anthropologist, she moved to Columbia, Md., an economically mixed, multiethnic community. For almost a year she lived half a mile from Wilde Lake Middle School and embedded herself in the lives of its students. The result is Not Much Just Chillin': The Hidden Lives of Middle Schoolers (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). TIME talked with Perlstein...
...Conversation Journalist Linda Perlstein on the secret world of middle schoolers
Experts in health and aging agree that participation in the arts is a powerful antidote to the ravages of time--a view that has only recently gained popularity in the health-care world. "Historically, we looked at aging as a medical model," says Susan Perlstein, executive director of the National Center for Creative Aging. "People got older, got sick and died. Now we look at it as an 'assets model.' Older people still have much to contribute to society, and what keeps them alive and healthy is the ability to be engaged...