Word: teaching
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...drank with family groups and with meals (thus diminishing the addictive effect of the alcohol "high"). To Vaillant, these sharp differences (which are also true of the more alcoholic Northern Europeans as contrasted to moderate Jews) suggest that "one of the directions we should go is to teach children how to make intelligent drinking decisions." Vaillant, a social drinker, serves wine to his children, Anne, 16, and Henry, 17, on ceremonial occasions...
...found kids wanting to learn and teachers wanting to teach to a greater degree than we had expected," says Edward J. Meade Jr., who directs the foundation's precollege educational programs. What made the schools fight to improve? The basic reason was pride, which was evoked by strong leadership. The resurgence was often crystallized around an outspoken and energetic principal who galvanized students, parents and community. Reports Meade: "In some cases the motivation was as simple as, 'We were known as the lousiest school in town, and we don't want to be the lousiest school...
...recommendation" "It we could spark some serious research in the use of cannabis and other relaxation therapies meditative techniques and so on, to the end of being able to teach these methodologies via public television, we might be able to get the net tension of the nation down sufficiently to abate this unholy arms race that seems to be terrifying the whole world out of their wits...
...Committee originally made the recommendations to allow students time for more in-depth analysis of the cases used to teach business administration...
Elizabeth Nill, assistant dean director for MBA Program administration, agreed yesterday, predicting the courses would teach students skills they could use immediately after graduating...