On a windy morning in downtown Washington, a hundred Georgetown Law students gathered in a hall for David Cole's lecture on democracy and coercion. The desks were cluttered with books, Thermoses and half-eaten muffins.
Another item was noticeable in its absence: laptop computers. They were packed away under chairs, tucked into backpacks, powered down and forgotten.
Cole has banned laptops from his classes, compelling students to take notes the way their parents did: on paper.
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Source: Washington Post, March 9, 2010
Half of secondary school girls considering cosmetic surgery, Guides study finds
Almost half of all secondary school girls say they would undergo laser treatment, liposuction or some
form of plastic surgery to change the way they look, according to a new study of social attitudes.
More: The Sunday Times of Nov. 3,2009
Report (2006) on social issues in Britain: e.g. family breakdown, joblessness, lone parenthoods, addiction, educational failure.
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