Word: recessiveness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...feel you must call a parent, there are strategies. Keep in mind that parents view criticism of their kids as criticism of their parenting. Rather than call their child "your little monster," say, "I'm worried about the relationship between our kids." And be open-minded. Recess can sometimes be 20 minutes of whispering, mimicking, sneering. Who started what? Perhaps your child is less innocent than he contends...
...fact that Valentine’s Day, more than any other holiday, is practically synonymous with candy definitely helped motivate those looking to win friends and first kisses. We’d create a kind of “Be Mine” swapmeet for about half-hour after recess, allowing the kids with the most Garfield valentines or pastel candy necklaces to gloat over the proof of their fame. For whatever reason, I completely forgot about the scheduled lovefest and had nothing to give. I sat quietly at my desk and watched as Kelly Kinchen told everyone...
...parents want to protect their kids from obesity, they need to look beyond the home to their children's schools, where phys ed and recess are going the way of art and music. At the same time, hundreds of cash-strapped school districts around the country have turned to soft-drink bottlers, who offer as much as $100,000 a year for exclusive "pouring" contracts to place vending machines in school hallways. Principals have opened their cafeterias to such fast-food franchises as Taco Bell and Burger King. "If your task was to make the American child as unhealthy...
...they will like the strong horse." Here he was indeed prophetic: the mistake was in not knowing which mount was which. In the month since he savored his triumph, the army of Taliban faithful has collapsed. If the scouts are right, he has had to flee to the deepest recess of a Tora Bora cave. His prediction of inflamed and inspired Muslims flocking to his cause was refuted by the quiet of the Arab streets and the murmur of clerics who denounced his acts. The superpower that was supposed to cringe and flail instead sent its best warriors to search...
According to the official University academic calendar, winter recess begins at midnight on Thursday night. But questions still linger as to whether Friday, Dec. 14, 12:01 a.m. is actually the moment on which I should set my sights. When does school really...