Teachers don't know about world of work, claims Vince Cable | Mail Online: "There has been an argument in Government about how to get the right careers advice in schools and successive governments have frankly messed this up,’ Mr Cable said.
‘But the underlying problem is of course that most teachers, particularly in the secondary sector, are graduates."
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Experiencing Teen Drama Overload? Blame Biology : NPR
Experiencing Teen Drama Overload? Blame Biology : NPR: " it feels like a loss when our teens become less eager to be around us, and we need to be on the lookout for the true isolation and withdrawal that signals a clinical problem."
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Monday, March 10, 2014
Ned Vizzini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ned Vizzini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "In 2013, House of Secrets, the first novel in a middle grade fantasy series by Vizzini and filmmaker Chris Columbus, was published. It debuted on the New York Times bestseller list, where it remained for four weeks. Entertainment Weekly gave House of Secrets an "A-" review.[12]
His essays and criticism appeared in The New York Times,[13] The Los Angeles Review of Books,[14] and Salon.[15]
Vizzini had spoken at schools and libraries around the world about mental health, writing, and how students can use writing as a medicine for mental health. He has spoken at UCLA; The Dalton School; the Brooklyn, New York, and Chicago Public Libraries; Murray State University; NYU; The National Council of Teachers of English; and at a Master's Tea at Yale.[16]"
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His essays and criticism appeared in The New York Times,[13] The Los Angeles Review of Books,[14] and Salon.[15]
Vizzini had spoken at schools and libraries around the world about mental health, writing, and how students can use writing as a medicine for mental health. He has spoken at UCLA; The Dalton School; the Brooklyn, New York, and Chicago Public Libraries; Murray State University; NYU; The National Council of Teachers of English; and at a Master's Tea at Yale.[16]"
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Ned Vizzini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ned Vizzini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: " The book recounts fifteen-year-old Craig Gilner's battle with suicidal depression as a result of a taxing school year at Manhattan's Executive Pre-Professional High School that exacerbates his feeling of social inadequacy.[7] In 2012 Vizzini's third novel The Other Normals was published. The Other Normals is an "Alternative Fantasy"[10] about a teenager who falls into a fantasy world that is the basis of his favorite role-playing game."
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27 Club - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
27 Club - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Brian Jones, Alan Wilson, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison died between 1969 and 1971, although a possible connection between their same death-age was not reported in the public press. Although some relations were occasionally noticed,[5][6] those rather remained a side note. It was not until the death of Kurt Cobain, about two and a half decades after the last occurred, that the first idea of a "27 Club" was spread in the public perception.[3]"
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Ned Vizzini, 32, Dies - Wrote Teenage Novels - NYTimes.com
Ned Vizzini, 32, Dies - Wrote Teenage Novels - NYTimes.com: "“Be More Chill,” about an insecure high school student who becomes more confident after ingesting a pill-sized supercomputer. The success of “Be More Chill” brought him a contract to write two more books, but his initial excitement faded as he began to struggle with the writing and fell into despair.
Medication for depression helped, but only when he took it."
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Medication for depression helped, but only when he took it."
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