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...addition, Siegler lauds the stress-releasing effects of a rap yoga session...
Matt A.B. Siegler '05 calls it rap yoga. Instead of the soft rhythms—or even silence—that accompanies conventional yoga, rap yoga is set to everything from Nas to Bob Marley. After four years of practicing his tree pose at a studio in Los Angeles, Siegler recently brought rap yoga to Dunster House. What began as a request from roommates and friends for an introduction to yoga has expanded into a regular class...
...turns out. This pastime carries consequences. Although most children follow the stock market with imaginary portfolios, which are safer than real ones, they can still develop an obsessive need to win. Child psychologist Ava Siegler, author of What Should I Tell the Kids?, says a child's passion for investing must be tempered by parents who convey perspective and values. "If you permit your children to do this," she says, "you have to keep an eye on the downside...
When evaluating the use of Gardner's theory in schools, it is easy for people to let their emotions run away with them. The notion that a child may have important abilities that are not measured by IQ tests is immensely appealing; it also happens to be true. As Siegler said, "Howard sells hope." Yet this hope ought to be tempered by realism, and a realistic view of MI theory may not justify the enthusiasm it has engendered thus...
...from Coyote Creek, which scores above the district average on standardized tests.) Gardner was saying there is plenty of anecdotal evidence in support of MI but no formal studies. This is not an irredeemable flaw, and others agree with Gardner that MI merits further investigation. "The ideas," says Robert Siegler of Carnegie Mellon University, "have enough support that it would be worthwhile implementing them on a large enough scale to find out if they work." At the moment, however, we don't know that they work...