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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (51826)	6/24/2002 10:03:43 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

I liked the reference to the ditto machine. That item reminded me of a show I had taped earlier and watched yesterday--the last installment of the PBS series, Evolution. It was the one on evolution and religion. It was very interesting. Gave me a look at a culture I don't get to see in my life. If you haven't seen it, I'd recommend it. Here's something I happened upon this morning that you might be able to us--from today's Post. <<Abuse Affects Reading of Faces People appear to interpret the same facial expressions very differently, depending on their personalities and on whether they've experienced trauma, according to research. In one study, Seth D. Pollak and Doris J. Kistler of the University of Wisconsin in Madison showed 40 children a series of faces that had been electronically morphed to express various emotions, combinations of emotions and ambiguous emotions. Abused children were far more likely to identify a facial expression as showing anger, the researchers found. Children who have been abused might become hypersensitive to signs of anger as a way of trying to protect themselves, the researchers speculated. As a result, such children might "overinterpret signals as threatening and perhaps make incorrect judgments about other facial expressions," the researchers wrote in a paper published online last week by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In a second study, in the June 21 issue of Science, Turhan Canli of Stanford University and colleagues did brain scans on 15 people while they looked at fearful and happy faces. The response to fear was uniform, but the brains of extroverted people responded much more to happy faces than did the brains of introverted people.>>

To: epicure who wrote (51826)	6/24/2002 10:48:14 AM
From: maried.	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 82486

X, I found this article very disturbing. As a teacher, I'm sure that you find that children respond more positively to a positive, uplifting message than to a serious, scolding approach. When they feel good about themselves, feel loved and appreciated, they then respond in kind to the adult, to their peers and to property. IMO, this man's approach of using, fear, damnation and the 'you are evil' comments will obviously result in negative behaviors by his students. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy... I expect you to behave badly and see, how you do. It looks like an unpleasant summer for them all and no one will come out feeling good about themselves. Hopefully, they get some positive feedback before September or these behaviors will be taken back into their classrooms.