2011年夏天美国记者Suki Kim得到了一份在朝鲜首都的平壤科技大学(在这里学习的全部是男学生)教授英语的工作。 Kim出生在韩国，13岁的时候和家人搬来美国居住，Kim可以说一口流利的韩国话，在为期六个月的教学工作中她将所见偷偷记录下来，靠着这些材料撰写了《Without You, There Is No Us》一书。
A no-holds-barred assault on outdated teaching methods--withdramatic and practical proposals on how education can be maderelevant to today's world.
Silver medalists, 2010 Independent Book Publishers AssociationBen Franklin Awards “A gentle and insightful approach to parenting children with highlyintuitive abilities or sensitivities. There are pearls of wisdomhere. Recommended.” ? Library Journal Is Your Child Trying to Tell You Something? We are all sensitive, intuitive and empathic to one degree oranother. But some of us are born more so. The highly intuitivechild may pick up on unspoken issues in the home and take on theemotions of friends, absorb the mood in a classroom or in the worldat large and even anticipate dangerous situations. The acutely receptive intuition of these children is always “on,”acting as a sixth sense. Because this emotional and sensory inputis added to what they take in through the other five senses it canbe difficult to cope with, and their sensitivity can resultin ? difficulty turning “off” and falling asleep ? deep fears and anxieties that are hard to relieve ? an exaggerated sense of responsibility about heal
Fashion model, UN ambassador and courageous spirit, WarisDirie was born into a family of tribal desert nomads in Somalia.She told her story - enduring female circumcision at five yearsold; running away through the desert; being discovered by TerenceDonovan and becoming a top fashion model - in her book, theworldwide bestseller, DESERT FLOWER. In DESERT DAWN she wrote aboutbecoming a UN Special Ambassador against FGM (female genitalmutilation) and returning to her family in Somalia. DESERT CHILDRENtells us how she and the journalist Corinna Milborn haveinvestigated the practice of FGM in Europe - they estimate that upto 500,000 women and girls have undergone or are at risk of FGM. Atthe moment, France is the only European country in which offendersare convicted and no European country officially recognises thethreat of genital mutilation as a reason for asylum. Here are thevoices of women who have felt encouraged and emboldened by WarisDirie's courage. They speak out for the first time and move us toact
John Crawford joined the Florida National Guard to pay for hiscollege tuition. One weekend a month. Two weeks a year. A freeeducation. But in 2002, one semester shy of graduation and on hishoneymoon, Crawford was shipped off to the front lines in Iraq.Once there he was determined to get it all down, to chronicle thedaily life of a soldier in all its brutal, terrifying,heartbreaking honesty. The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell introduces a powerful new literary voice forged in the most intenseof circumstances.
As a parent, you face one of the most challenging—andrewarding—roles of your life. No matter how much you love yourchild, there will still be moments filled with anger, frustration,and, at times, desperation. What do you do? Over the years,millions of parents just like you have come to trust the PositiveDiscipline series for its consistent, commonsense approach to childrearing. In this completely updated edition of Positive DisciplineA–Z, you will learn how to use methods to raise a child who isresponsible, respectful, and resourceful. You’ll find practicalsolutions to such parenting challenges as: - Sibling Rivalry - Bedtime Hassles - School Problems - Getting Chores Done - ADHD ?Eating Problems - Procrastination - Whining - Tattling and Lying - Homework Battles - And Dozens More! This newly revised and expanded third edition containsup-to-the-minute information on sleeping through the night, backtalk, and lack of motivation as
