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ABC News Nightline Building Brains: The Sooner, The Better
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Is it ever too early to begin educating you children? During the first few years of a baby's life, 100 billion neurons are being connected to one another by literally trillions of synapses. If those synapses remain unused, they could be eliminated. Use them and they're there for life. But if they remain unstimulated by sight or sound or touch, then, in the extreme, the brain of an infant will literally shrink. Nightline looks at an educational program in Brattleboro Vermont that teaches parents to focus on their children's developmental years and speaks with a leading expert on the brain and how it develops - Dr. Stanley Greenspan from George Washington University.
ABC News Primetime Freedom Writers
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Total reviews: 1
Average rating: 5.0 of 5
perfect for the classroom 5 out of 5 stars.
10 of 11 people found this review helpful.
I use the movie in my classroom of 10th graders and we do a major writing project after we watch it. THis edition shows the real teacher and the real kids when they were doing the action and it even inspires my kids more. Great information too.
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A teacher, Erin Gruwell, finds a unique way to inspire her students to learn and who dramatically changed their lives, from hopelessness and despair to a future of limitless possibilities. This "Primetime" show also contains the following additional story: Buyer BewareThis product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
ABC News 20/20 Homeless to Harvard
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Meet a young woman who dared to dream beyond a wretched life that might have destined her for failure. Born to a mother and father addicted to drugs, neglected, raised in unbelievable squalor. She lived in the streets, dropped out of school until her mother's pitiful death triggered something deep inside. How high could she rise on her own? A diploma? College? Higher? ABC News speaks with a former homeless woman who was able to turn her life around and gain admission to Harvard University.This "20/20" show contains the following additional story:
Correction to Public Schools
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ABC News Nightline Spirituality and the Brain
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The intersection of God and science is often a treacherous place. Witness the running battle over evolution. But some scientists who study the human brain are determined to discover if religious experience can be observed or measured. To put it another way, they are asking, `Is the brain wired for God?' Their experiments involve taking images of the brain from those who are deep in prayer or meditation. The idea is to find out which brain circuits open and close during those moments, and then to ask, `Is there a physical pattern to prayer?' Other scientists attempt to induce a sense of spirituality by stimulating the brain, and some research even examines the concept so central to all religions, spiritual life after death. Whether scientists should even study these things is the subject of raging debate. Many religions stipulate that matters of faith are a mystery beyond the realm of human understanding. And then there is the chicken and egg question: If, indeed, scientists could prove the human brain is wired for religion, then who, or what, wired it that way?This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
ABC News Primetime Deaf Kids
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Despite being profoundly hearing impaired, students at the Tucker-Maxon Oral School in Portland, Oregon learned to speak, thanks in part to a peculiar teacher in their school. He has no hair, no ears, and never calls in sick. The kids love him. His name is Baldi. Baldi is a revolutionary tutor; an animated guide for learning how to speak. His lip, tongue and jaw movements are a near-perfect copy of a human's. By mimicking Baldi, the children learn how to actually form their words.This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
ABC News Nightline Ryan White Interview
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Total reviews: 1
Average rating: 1.0 of 5
Two copies, neither worked 1 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.
I purchased one copy and it didn't work so I returned it and got another. The second copy didn't work either. Both played for about 7 minutes and then played a black screen.
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There is the patent unfairness of a child, already suffering from hemophilia, having to bear the additional burden of AIDS which Ryan White apparently contracted through medical pro-ducts that were supposed to help his blood clotting. There is the fury that any parent would feel, witnessing the disgraceful treatment that Ryan received from some people, and the understanding that many parents would feel the concern, "Are my children endangered by contact with Ryan?" In a rare interview, Ryan and his mother show Nightline what it's like to live with HIV while dealing with the trials of growing up.This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
ABC News Specials The "In Crowd" and Social Cruelty
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What does it take to be popular? John Stossel discovers why kids dish it out, why they take it and what schools can do to make it better. Guests include psychologist Michael Thompson, author of 'Best Friends, Worst Enemies'. Stossel also visits schools with successful anti-bullying programs.This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
ABC News 20/20 Bullies
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Total reviews: 2
Average rating: 3.5 of 5
A "must see" for parents/teachers!! 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.
Very important information for parents/teachers alike - very well presented - we need to address this problem early on - great for college classroom, too!
Not worth the money 2 out of 5 stars.
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I am a K-8 School Counselor and purchased this thinking the entire DVD was about Bullies. It actually is only a 10 min. segment which is somewhat outdated (didn't even mention the impact of the internet). I also purchased 20/20 DVD The 'In Crowd' and Social Cruelty which is better.
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ABC News looks at the lasting and tragic consequences of being bullied and the daily torture that bullied children suffer. School violence specialist Glenn Stutzky tells us that the consequences of school bullying today may even include revenge killings and an epidemic of suicides. This "20/20" show contains the following additional stories:Product Warnings Smoking
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ABC News UpClose David Letterman
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Average rating: 5.0 of 5
Very interesting 5 out of 5 stars.
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I find it very interesting and entertaining watching and hearing what two amazing people have to say. David Letterman is in a class by himself and I enjoy everything he does.
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ABC News' Ted Koppel interviews late-night talk-show host David Letterman on his success and his decision to not bring his show over to ABC.This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
ABC News Nightline Stolen Childhood
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The prevalence of child labor in the world is the subject of a documentary film by Len Morris and Robin Romano called, "Stolen Childhoods." The filmmakers traveled to eight countries to document the stories of child laborers around the world: 12-year-old girls working in gravel quarries in India's 120-degree heat; 8- and 10-year-old boys who make $5 for three months of fishing the tides on the sea of Sumatra; children picking coffee beans in Kenya -- a country where as many as 4 million children are estimated to be working. Sound like the far-off realities of third-world countries? Maybe, but the United States was one of those eight countries that the filmmakers visited. And work is not such a distant reality for the estimated 300,000 to 800,000 children who toil on America's farms. Federal law offers less protection for those children than you might think. It all might make you think twice before you buy that cup of coffee. Anchor: Ted Koppel.This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.