Tuesday, May 18, 2010

WORLD OF LEARNING: THE VALUE OF CONFLICT

"Can an Enemy Be a Child's Friend?" New York Times 5/17/10

If you are interested in the brain and learning, you should follow Benedict Carey's work in The New York Times (and indeed, the "Mind" column he runs there). Here, while hardly condoning bullying, Carey cautiously presents evidence that confrontation can lead to character building.

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