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Getting ready to go back to school in the good old days of, say, 1997 meant a few trips to the mall, a quick check of the bus route and a thorough sweep of the stationery aisle. This year, for many parents, there are some new things to remember: the teacher's e-mail address, the school's website or which night online homework help chat will be offered. "The 1999-2000 school year will be the one where the majority of parents really feel the Internet's influence on their child's education at the everyday level," says Jonathan...
...friend, but, Smith writes, "the days they spent alone were a mere 25. They floated along in an existence that was intense and unreal...[Their romance] was perhaps the clearest evidence that she had made little progress in dealing with her demons." Two summers ago, her fans wept, saying, Diana, we hardly knew ye. With this book, it is now safe to say, Diana, we know more than enough...
...brain question: Does any of this stuff actually work? Traditional healers have no doubts about ginkgo, a staple of Chinese medicine. Nor do manufacturers of so-called nutriceuticals--the unregulated natural "medications" found in health-food stores and supermarkets. They say it somehow improves memory by increasing the flow of blood to the brain. Leading memory experts, however, are skeptical about ginkgo and other brain boosters. "Most of these products have not been investigated to any significant extent that would warrant the claims that are being made,'' says Dr. Ronald Petersen, a neuroscientist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn...
What can you do while waiting? To fend off normal age-related memory loss, follow the adage Use it or lose it, the experts say. Simply reading a book or working a crossword puzzle on a regular basis can do wonders, even if it's not clear why. "The most solid piece of advice is to stay active," says Patricia Tun, associate director of the memory and cognition lab at Brandeis University. In the long run, a common-sense diet and healthy lifestyle may be the best memory boosters...
STUDENT INVOLVEMENT Kids are part of the solution. "To change a school environment, you have to mobilize all the resources," says Robert Myrick, an education counselor at the University of Florida, "and the best resources are the kids." A sense of security is reinforced when students feel they are part of the school and accepted by others. Like any other school, Grimsley has cliques and clusters of kids with shared interests, but students say that they exist without tension and that it is possible to bounce back and forth between groups. "It's a friendly environment," comments Tyler Brooks...