“But parents and schools have their priorities; making sure our kids eat right because research shows a clear connection between nutrition and student performance in school.” ShowsKidsSchoolParentClearStudentsResearchConnectionsPerformancesPrioritiesNutrition Author:Jared Polis
“Tax dollars go to projects that have little or nothing to do with the public good things like fruit fly research in Paris, France. I kid you not.” LittlesKidsTaxesProjectsResearchDollarsGood ThingsFruitFranceParisPublic GoodTax DollarsFruit Flies Author:Sarah Palin
“The [Stanford Prison Experiment] was readily approved by the Human Subjects Research committee because it seemed like college kids playing cops and robbers, it was an experiment that anyone could quit at any time and minimal safeguards were in place. You must distinguish hind sight from fore sight, knowing what you know now after the study is quite different from what most people imagined might happen before the study began.” PeopleKnowsHumansDifferentMightHappensKidsKnowingStudySubjectsCollegeResearchSightPrisonQuittingExperimentsCopCommitteesApprovedRobbersStanfordKids PlayingCops And Robbers Author:Philip Zimbardo
“We got email today from an LGF reader who was browsing the Lexis research system and discovered that anti-American, anti-capitalist icon Noam Chomsky has embarrassingly capitalist tastes; among other expensive property he owns a 36,155 square foot home near Cambridge, a 13,503 square foot vacation home, and four boats. And we won't even mention the cars. Teaching kids to hate their own country seems to pay quite well.” WellsCountryHomeSeemsKidsTodayHatePayFourFeetTeachingCarReaderTasteResearchPropertyBoatExpensiveSquaresVacationCapitalistEmailIconsCambridgeAnti-americanTeaching KidsBrowsing Author:Charles Foster Johnson
“I grew up completely overwhelmed by TV, and part of the reason why I have gone into television is as a way to justify to myself all those wasted hours of watching TV as a kid. I can now look back and say, 'Oh, that was research.'” WayLooksI CanReasonKidsHoursGoneTelevisionTvsGrewGrew UpResearchReason WhyJustifyOverwhelmedWatching Tv Author:Matt Groening
“Saving the world via medical research or going off to Gobi Desert to dust off dinosaur eggs is what I thought I might be doing when I was a kid, and Id love to bring those interests to a show like E.R. or The West Wing, or a movie like Jurassic Park.” WorldShowsMightKidsInterestResearchWingsWestMedicalDustSavingDesertParksEggsDinosaursSave The WorldMedical ResearchJurassic Park Author:Morgan Fairchild