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...California bill may have a better chance of success. Unlike previous attempts, the age restrictions will make the bill more palatable to many. "We are talking about babies," said Nadine Block, executive director of the Center for Effective Discipline. "People know that babies don't understand right and wrong. Hitting them is ineffective and can lead to injury." Another plus is that Gov. Schwarzenegger has already noted that he is receptive to the bill. Although the Governor recalled being hit by his father, he said that he and his wife, Maria Shriver, did not practice spanking and preferred other methods...
...David Cameron: It's a permanent matter that you have to make a judgement about and be reasonable about. Obviously in politics people want to have a look at you and understand who you are and what makes you tick and what sort of person you are. That's natural and important but you should also be entitled to some privacy. You're trying to set a reasonable set of boundaries that the press can respect and that's something you have to learn as you go along...
...Harvard: “The professors can’t teach!” we students claim, pointing to consonants on our transcripts and snoozing peers in lecture. We’ve got reason to complain: We’re here to learn, and in order for us to understand how to do something, someone needs to teach...
...high school, after my history teacher finished describing a particularly complex assignment, a boy in my class complained, “I don’t speak genius.” Clearly, our teacher had not explained the assignment in language the entire class could understand. Professors must be able to communicate subtle and complex information in our language. In other words, they need to learn how to stop speaking “genius” and start speaking intelligent undergraduate...
...politics of victimization are quite useless at a place like Harvard or Princeton, where most mean well. In fact, this is as close to a perfect community as we are likely to see in our lives. Nobody is out to get anyone, and I think most people understand that. Those who don’t must start giving their peers more credit...