Month Archive - 2007 May
Exam Stress: Cheating on Exams - Part 1
May 31, 2007 The school year is coming to a close and for high school students that means exams. The inevitable fact of exams causes some strange behavior in students: they stress out. They freak out. They stay up all night cramming. They lose sleep. Sometimes they even cheat. Scenario: It’s 45 minutes ... more
'So You Think You Can Dance' Has Good Messages For Everybody.
May 23, 2007 Lately, one of my guilty pleasures is watching the reality show So You Think You Can Dance Each week, the contestants are taken out of their dancing comfort zone and made to learn new choreography in an unfamiliar style… with a partner they are unfamiliar with. In a limited time ... more
Brain Fitness Fads
May 16, 2007 Over the past few decades many public trends have focused on the body. There were fad diets: the Scarsdale diet, the Stewardess diet, the Grapefruit diet, the Cabbage soup diet, South Beach Diet, Atkins, etc. And there have been plenty of exercise fads too: aerobics, spinning, weightlifting, pilates, hot yoga, ... more
How to beat the word NO
May 9, 2007 How many times have you heard the word no in your life? Probably quite a few. Maybe even hundreds or possibly thousands. Probably you are even guilty of saying NO. The thing about no, and not to put too fine a point on it—well, it’s negative. Nobody believed IBM and ... more
