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...really have no idea of what's actually happening. There were times when I praised books to the sky and never saw a copy of them in public. It makes you wonder." As a writer, he says, he's "cautiously encouraged" to believe that the latest spurt in reading is a long-term change and not one of those "eight-month trends that, once it's finished, leaves us worse off than we were before...
...across, is bigger than most. (Halley's was less than half as large.) Its history is another. Out in deep space, a comet can get encrusted with a layer of gummy dust. This layer can seal in most of the ice and prevent it from vaporizing. Some gas may spurt out through cracks in the crust, giving a comet a premature air of greatness that amounts to not much...
Your article on the brain, the windows of opportunity for development at various ages, and neural plasticity [SPECIAL REPORT, Feb. 3] should challenge parents and educators to question some popular assumptions about child rearing. Because the brain's greatest growth spurt continues until age 10, and "rich experiences really do produce rich brains," we should strive to give our children a wide variety of experiences rather than depend on artificial delivery systems. That is why learning in the real world is so powerful for young children, and computers, which merely deliver a "virtual" experience, may be appropriate for older students...
...brain's greatest growth spurt, neuroscientists have now confirmed, draws to a close around the age of 10, when the balance between synapse creation and atrophy abruptly shifts. Over the next several years, the brain will ruthlessly destroy its weakest synapses, preserving only those that have been magically transformed by experience. This magic, once again, seems to be encoded in the genes. The ephemeral bursts of electricity that travel through the brain, creating everything from visual images and pleasurable sensations to dark dreams and wild thoughts, ensure the survival of synapses by stimulating genes that promote the release of powerful...
Everyone knows, probably even Rawlins, that it was impossible to accomplish everything she proposed in her "Student Bill of Rights." Rather than spurt out an overwhelming number of promises that can't be fulfilled, candidates and the council should choose one or two goals, like Core reform and interhouse card-key access, that students really care about and want to see happen before they graduate. We gave Rawlins a chance, and while she didn't completely fail, she didn't fulfill her promises. This time, students should vote for someone who really believes that, as Rawlins said in last week...