The Family Foundation School recently celebrated the accomplishments of its Forensics Team (debate) which was recognized by the National Forensics Association (NFL). (The analogy of debate to an NFL football game would not be lost on some of the participants).
This brings to the fore the importance of extra-curricular activities that meet a wide variety of student interests. Sports always stand out and for good reason. It’s clear from a research that an active body contributes to a healthy mind. The kinesthetic arts provide this benefit as well.
It’s equally important to provide the quieter introspective extra curricular activities as well. To that end, a creativity gathering has been initiated for students on the weekend. amazingly popular amongst the student body, this activity has already split into two sections to meet the student demand.
Here’s an interesting thought from Shrink Rap:
“If alcohol were invented today, it would be classified as a drug and restricted.”
(Included in the post is an video clip which explains the effects of alcohol on the brain. )
Also of interest is that The World Health Organization is launching the first global war against alcohol abuse.
Another fascinating post over at Shrink Rap explores how learning sculpts the brains connections.
“Recent studies have shown that in the absence of any overt behavior, and even during sleep or anesthesia, the brain’s spontaneous activity is not random, but organized in patterns of correlated activity that occur in anatomically and functionally connected regions,” says senior author Maurizio Corbetta, M.D., Norman J. Stupp Professor of Neurology. “The reasons behind the spontaneous activity patterns remain mysterious, but we have now shown that learning causes small changes in those patterns, and that these changes are behaviorally important.” See the entire post at Shrink Rap.
Teen smoking linked to drinking and drug use is reported on Shrink Rap:
“If a teenager feels smoking is socially acceptable and widely practiced, they are much more likely not only to smoke, but to also drink and possibly use marijuana,” says lead author Dr. Jennifer A. Epstein, assistant professor of public health in the Division of Prevention and Health Behavior at Weill Cornell Medical College. “While the differences between how boys and girls are influenced by these social factors are subtle, they could help us develop new gender-specific educational tactics for preventing these behaviors.”…more at Shrink Rap
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