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...electives on one area if they so choose. Furthermore, shoving a specified menu of additional courses down students’ throats is not the best way to improve work and college preparation for the masses, even though it may work at “science magnets” for select gifted and motivated students. Instead, educators should focus on reducing class size, improving teaching, redesigning curricula, and providing internships and after-school programs that will truly enrich a student’s experience...
Even if students were mature enough to select a major, they would not be sufficiently informed. High school is the first opportunity to sample many of the dishes on the intellectual menu. Without a tasting, students would have only a dim idea of their options. For instance, a student might select history as a major based on the stories they learned about George Washington in fifth grade—clearly an inadequate basis for choosing a major...
...more like Floortime than like ABA (see "A Tale of Two Schools") but takes its own unique approach. The first step is to get the child to develop a 24-hour rhythm through intense physical exercise. For example, a lot of autistic kids will eat only a few select foods, and many have difficulty sleeping through the night. At Higashi the kids jog twice a day on the theory that come mealtime, they'll be hungry enough to try new foods. And the endorphins released during exercise reduce anxiety--which is good because Higashi does not permit...
...members such as George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Senator Barack Obama. Some of the world’s largest entertainment companies have also joined forces behind this initiative, including MTV, Walt Disney Studios, Entertainment Weekly, and USA Today. The Film Your Issue ThinkTank will judge the entries and select semi-finalists, and these films will then be opened up to voting by both the public and the VIP Judges. In addition to awarding a paid internship at Walt Disney Studios as the coveted first prize, Film Your Issue will broadcast the top entries in each category on mtvU...
...very) general theme of the protest was a stance against HR 4437, a bill making illegal immigration a felony and thus subject to harsher penalties. The bill also called for improved border control, a plan which many fear could include a “fence” in select areas (though it never states that the U.S. should build a 2,000 mile fence). I agree with the aim of defeating HR 4437 and replacing it with the three Senate bills that would strengthen the border but also allow a path to citizenship; the law would be changed, its sanctity...