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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Jarrod Infante

Jarrod Infante

Bystander Psychology: Why Some Witnesses to Crime Do Nothing | Healthland | TIME.com - 18 views

  • The rest of us would like to believe that no matter how small or scared we were, if we saw a child being raped, we’d step in and stop it, or at the very least call 911 immediately.
  • McQueary, who is now a wide receivers coach at Penn State, did tell his superior, Paterno, about the attack he witnessed eight years ago, but he did not call the police or get help for the boy at the time. (Now reportedly the focus of death threats, McQueary won’t be coaching Saturday’s game against Nebraska.)
Jarrod Infante

Teaching Kids How to Break Up Nicely - NYTimes.com - 23 views

  • Late last month, 200 teenagers from Boston-area schools gathered to discuss the minutia of Facebook breakup etiquette.
  • “Roberto, you’re really going to run all the way to your house after school to change your status?” a 16-year-old named Lazangie asked, shaking her head
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      These children's lives are based on Facebook. To me they seemed quite obsessed, maybe it's a disorder.  
  • “Who needs the drama?”
Jarrod Infante

The Power of Birth Order - TIME - 29 views

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  • Birth-order scholars often observe that some of history's great satirists—Voltaire, Jonathan Swift, Mark Twain—were among the youngest members of large families, a pattern that continues today
    • Jarrod Infante
       
      I think that this shows even if your the youngest sibling you always will have hope.
Jarrod Infante

Mark Moffett Ants | The 'Jane Goodall of ants' - Los Angeles Times - 45 views

  • For ants, as individuals, it's a rough life. As a society, it isn't so bad.
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