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...catch" her Down syndrome. I was happy to oblige and she sat at the back of the auditorium during my talk. Afterward, I asked her how she felt about the students' questions. She replied, "I'm happy that they know there's a reason why I'm not so smart. Lots of other kids aren't smart but you can't tell from looking at them...
That leaves the job of teaching kids how to be smart about gambling to parents. "We know that poker comes along with a lot of bad habits, but so do a lot of other things," says Cindi Williams, whose son Jeff, 20, began playing poker in high school by holding regular games around the pool table in the family basement in Atlanta. Her strategy, she says, was to talk to Jeff about the risks and always make him play with his own money so that he stayed within a budget. Under those rules, she says, Jeff and his friends developed...
Cooperation between governments and citizens isn't just smart policy. It's our best hope for fulfilling the moral obligation of decent societies and caring individuals to end the suffering of millions around the world...
There are a ton of smart people here, but you don’t have to go out of your way to show that you are just like everyone else. I know it’s hard to deal with the fact that some of your fellow classmates have memorized the first 100 digits of pi while you still struggle to memorize your three digit mailbox number. It may seem like everyone in your calculus class can divide by zero except for you, but keep things in perspective. Remember that no matter how impressive other Harvard students appear...
...They also aided Dawson in his 170-yard performance.“I feel really confident in the receiving core,” Witt said. “They’re an excellent group. Our offensive line [has] got great size up there, we’ve got smart guys, and they’re physical, they’re going to smack people in the mouth, and that’s the way an offensive line has to play.”WELCOME BACKAlthough Witt has the job for now, it’s anyone?...