In my full-time job, I often appear at people's homes unexpectedly and have the opportunity to view their homes from top to bottom. That means I get to see a slice of life as it exists for those people, at that moment. I also get to see the full-price spectrum - from the wealthy through to the poor. And what I hate most about the poor is the way they talk to their kids. As a generalization, they have no qualms about using me, a total stranger to leverage their kid into some type of beh...

As some of you know, I work with kids who have learing disabilities, including ADD/ADHD. We exercise their brains, by working on core cognitive functions. I provide a licensed program (PACE) which does a pretty good job at improving cognitive functioning. However, I'm always on the look-out for potential break-throughs and improvements. So, I recently went to an on-line data-basis, which provides the theses of any Canadian student between 1995 and 2002. So I searched for "learning disabili...