我不吃我的朋友

女儿6岁的时候,缠着我要养小动物,这不由让我想起我小时候养小兔子的事。     

战前星期天

星期天,在英格兰西部一处居家稀少、民性平靖的幽远山谷,如在寂静的群山之中一样,全无世人忧心忡忡的迹象。谷地的人们没有外部世界的消息,看来也不想打听。当地邮差接获通知,让他整日守着小小的办公室。这是引人关注的不寻常事态,不过也只是因为事关邮差而已。     

维吾尔族农民工职业教育情况简析——基于武汉地区维吾尔族农民工内地城市生存状态调查

新疆维吾尔自治区职业教育普及率低,维吾尔族农民工职业水平较低。面对维吾尔族农民工在内地城市生存与适应困难的境况以及新生劳动力在当地的就业需要,如何运用新疆现有的资源,寻求既能持续性提高劳动力素质,又能促进地方经济的发展,无疑是目前新疆维吾尔自治区职业教育和经济达到双赢的有效途径。     

磨练营的秘密

为了保证大家的安全,老师决定让同学们先在磨练营住一夜,第二天再出发。她直接和管理处联系,让他们火速派人去寻找两个探险的孩子。晚上十点多,阿呆怎么也睡不着。他想不明白,杜飞和陈然为什么会去野狼谷呢？     

言而有信

在美国圣迭哥有这样两个兄弟,哥哥叫哈里,弟弟叫杰克。兄弟俩非常有钱,可他们为富不仁,经常为非作歹。不过,为了掩人耳目,他们经常用金钱来粉饰自己。他们还经常去教堂做礼拜,希望借此把自己装扮成一位完美的基督徒。     

七片口香糖

我突然意识到,不仅仅是一片口香糖,母亲还可能默默做着不计其数的牺牲,只是我从来没有注意到罢了。终于来了,我青春年华中最让人激动的时光。我第一次驾车行驶在通往大学的路上,12年的学习终于等到这一天。我真的搞不清谁更高兴,妈妈还是我?父亲三年前撒     

Inter-Parietal White Matter Development Predicts Numerical Performance in Young Children

In an effort to understand the role of interhemispheric transfer in numerical development, we investigated the relationship between children's developing knowledge of numbers and the integrity of their white matter connections between the cerebral hemispheres (the corpus callosum). We used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) tractography analyses to test the link between the development of the corpus callosum and performance on symbolic and non-symbolic numerical judgment tasks. We were especially interested in the interhemispheric connections of parietal cortex in 6-year-old children, because regions of parietal cortex have been implicated in the development of numerical skills by several prior studies. Our results revealed significant structural differences between children and adults in the fibers of the corpus callosum connecting the left and right parietal lobes. Importantly, these structural differences were predictive of individual differences among children in performance on numerical judgment tasks: children with poor numerical performance relative to their peers exhibited reduced white matter coherence in the fibers passing through the isthmus of the corpus callosum, which connects the parietal hemispheres.     

Relations of Children's Effortful Control and Teacher-Child Relationship Quality to School Attitudes in a Low-Income Sample

RESEARCH FINDINGS: The purpose of this study was to examine the relations of children's effortful control and quality of relationships with teachers to school attitudes longitudinally in an ethnically diverse and economically disadvantaged sample. Data were collected as part of a larger intervention project during mid-fall, winter, and late spring (ns = 823, 722, and 758, respectively) for 2 cohorts of 3- to 5-year-olds (collected during 2 different school years). Children's effortful control was assessed in the fall with parents' and teachers' reports and 2 behavioral measures. Teacher-child relationship quality was assessed mid-year with teachers' reports of closeness and conflict. Attitudes toward school were assessed in late spring using teachers' and students' reports of school avoidance and liking. Effortful control, in general, was positively correlated with teacher-child closeness and school liking and negatively correlated with conflict and school avoidance. Using structural equation modeling and controlling for sex and ethnicity, we found that effortful control was positively related to teacher-child relationship quality, which in turn was positively related to school attitudes. Furthermore, the relation of effortful control to school attitudes was mediated by teacher-child relationship quality. PRACTICE OR POLICY: Results provide evidence for the importance of relational processes that take place within the classroom context and have implications for teachers and clinicians working to increase school success in ethnic minority and low-income children.     

Dayton William Dix's Birth Story

In this birth story, a young mother relates her experience of moving beyond fear of labor and birth and developing confidence in her ability to give birth without an epidural. Knowledge and support, including the support of a doula, during the last months of pregnancy helped this mother change her plans for the labor and birth. This story highlights the importance of continuous emotional and physical support and how knowledge and confidence set the stage for a satisfying, safe, and healthy birth.     

Effect of postsecondary education on the economic status of persons who are deaf or hard of hearing

This article examines the effect that postsecondary education has on earnings and the duration of time spent in the Social Security disability programs for young persons who are deaf or hard of hearing. Our hypothesis is that investments in postsecondary training increase the likelihood of employment for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing and thus reduce dependency on disability-related income support programs. A longitudinal data set based upon records from the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and Social Security administrative records is used for this analysis. We find that those who graduate, even those who graduate with vocational degrees, experience significant earnings benefits and reductions in the duration of time spent on federal disability programs when compared with those who do not graduate with a degree. This finding suggests that reductions in the duration of time spent on Social Security programs are not limited to those with the highest level of scholastic aptitude and that investments in post-secondary education can benefit a broad group of deaf and hard-of-hearing persons. In addition, the data show that individuals who attend college, but withdraw before graduation, fair no better economically than individuals who never attended college.