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Books for Boys

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Books-for-Boys.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 9/12/2000 Books for Boys Transcript There has been a wave of books and public discussions in recent years about the importance of raising less aggressive, more emotionally-centered boys. Boys whose values and actions will make us proud, as parents and as a society. One […]

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Enough is Enough

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Enough-is-Enough.mp3 Author Koren Stembridge Air Date 5/18/2000 Enough is Enough Transcript For the record, there were no computers when I was in elementary or middle school. In high school, my graphic arts teacher, Mr. Steinmetz, introduced us to the magic of the TRS 80. My father was the proud owner […]

Dr. Spock

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Dr-Spock.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/2/2000 Dr. Spock Transcript Dr. Benjamin Spock was born today in 1903, in New Haven, Connectict, into a solidly conservative New England family. An ironic beginning, perhaps, for a man who would be demonized during the 1960s and 70s, and blamed for having popularized […]

Getting Connected

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Getting-Connected.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 11/4/1999 Getting Connected Transcript At the public library where I work, some of the most challenging questions I answer are from students who are doing school research projects. And more often than not, it seems, teachers are actually requiring students to use the Internet […]