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...more subtle kind of fun where fluorescent lighting shines instead of summer sun. But I know it’s good for me. For a change, I’ve been listening to my mom, who encourages me to experience new things all the time—it will teach me to pick the right path in the end. She says I’ll gain perspective...
...will teach about literary movements in America and in Africa and the Caribbean—as well as the continuum between them—and says he also hopes to start a cultural program that will promote modern African classical music...
...department also hopes to cross-list courses taught by author Zadie Smith, who will teach several courses with the English department this year as a visiting lecturer...
...academic success. Ron Clark, 31, author of The Essential 55 (Hyperion), is an earnest Atlanta-based grade-school teacher who has come up with 55 rules for "discovering the successful student in every child." What magical formula has the educator discovered? His core philosophy is that if you teach basic behavioral lessons first, they will lay the foundation for academic education later. Among his tips for kids: make eye contact when in conversation, meet your deadlines, learn the names of all the teachers in your school and greet them, say thank you within three seconds of receiving something and accept...
...camp experience is designed mostly to let grandparents teach their youngster a thing or two about life and the outdoors. But it doesn't always work out that way exactly. Sometimes the older members learn new tricks too. "Our grandson Grant [Pollock], now 13, knew how to pitch a tent, and we didn't," says Richard Hansen, 75, who with wife Shirley attended the Hulbert Outdoor Center's Elderhostel canoeing program last year. "He was also the captain of the canoe. He taught us how to do things, and we weren't always the fastest learners. But the experience...