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Youth and Psychotic Meds

The reality Guru — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:09:02 +0000

We are all familiar with the use of psychotic medications for persons with mental disorders or defect. But what about people being prescribed these medications that have no mental disorder or defect? What about when it’s done to children only to restrain them? At what point do you say the justice system has gone too [...]

In The News: First Lady, Cabinet Members, to Speak at Mentoring Summit

The reality Guru — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 08:30:10 +0000

January 21, 2011: First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama will provide the keynote address at the first National Mentoring Summit January 25 at The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. The Summit, titled “Achieving Academic and Social Success: Supporting Youth through Mentoring,” brings together leading mentoring organizations, as well as federal and state [...]

MENTOR Minute: New MP Course Helps Youth Reach Goals

The reality Guru — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:59:28 +0000

New Mentoring Partnership Course Helps Youth Reach Goals

November 3, 2010: The Mentoring Partnership of Long Island (MPLI), a MENTOR affiliate, recently launched a new online curriculum for mentors and mentees to guide them in connecting the dots between a young person’s aspirational goals and the steps necessary to reach those goals.

The curriculum, called [...]

A&E Classroom: Intervention: Huffing

The reality Guru — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:20:17 +0000

Wednesday, October 6th at 4am/3c

The potentially deadly consequences of using illegal narcotics, also known as “hard drugs,” are well-known today. Yet far fewer people are aware of the extreme risks involved with abusing everyday inhalants such as cleaning products, gasoline, and common substances in aerosol cans. Intervention: Huffing tells the gripping stories of several [...]

Whats Wrong With The New College Expansion?

The reality Guru — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:30:10 +0000

The Trouble with Going Global American universities are eagerly recruiting foreign students and setting up outposts overseas. What’s wrong with the new expansionism.

Perhaps it was inevitable. Just as American businesses and banks have looked overseas for new markets, so our universities are globalizing in a quest for revenue and growth. The numbers behind [...]