【推荐1】My teacher said to a student: “Give me your phone.”

We all looked in surprise. Kyle, a student who I never saw text in class, gave the teacher his phone.

When the teacher left, two students who I often saw text in class started boasting about how they sent text messages and never got caught. “Kyle, you don’t text in class that way!” one of them said. “I put my phone under my desk so it looks like I’m looking at my textbooks.”

“Isn’t it funny that we always text and never get caught, but the first time Kyle does it, he gets caught?” the other one laughed.

They must have thought they were smart, because they never got caught and Kyle did. But which situation is worse: getting caught, or getting away with it? Rules are there for a reason. These two students might not have got caught, but neither of them had good grades. They keep texting in class, not paying any attention. I think they will keep breaking the rules in the future.

People don’t just break the law and get thrown into jail right away. They take it one step at a time, starting with smaller rules. Kyle might have got caught, but at least he learned a good lesson. He will not break the rules in the future, so he will learn more in class and stay out of trouble. It’s smarter not to break the rules.

【推荐3】Recently, a video story has spread among people.

James Anthony has cleaned the halls of Hickerson Primary School for 15 years. Although he is deaf, he never complains. Instead, he greets every child and teacher with a smile. Teachers and children love him very much and call him Mr. James.

On the day Anthony turned 60, the school wanted to give him a very special surprise. That day when Anthony walked into a classroom a group of children start to sign and sing “Happy Birthday” to him. Anthony stated smiling as usual. Then his jaw dropped open and he laughed for joy as he realized what was going on. A few teachers sled the kids through the whole song as Anthony watched. A wide smile was on his face. As they finished, tears came out from his eyes.

Scott, secretary of the school said, “The children love and respect Mr. James. They give him high fives in the halls, and he even teaches them sign language. Today he has put smiles on faces all around the world.”

【推荐3】Acquaintance(相识) Parties

Starting a new school and making new friends can be frightening. In order to get to know classmates easier, teachers can host parties that encourage the students to become acquainted with each other. This in turn promotes a comfortable educational environment.

Theme Party

Choose a theme for the party and encourage all the students beforehand to dress up in accordance to the theme. Decorate the room in accordance to the theme. This will promote socialization between the students. Play music and offer refreshments and snacks. This laid-back atmosphere and scene will allow the students to socialize before starting class.

Common Characters

Print out a list of each student’s name onto a worksheet and distribute them to the class. The students must talk to every other classmate to determine one thing they have in common. Each student should have a common factor written for each classmate. The common factors can be anything except physical features. By the end of the class every student will have gotten acquainted with the entire class.

Baby Picture Matching

Collect a baby photo from each student before the party and display all the photos during the party. Encourage the students to inspect the baby photos and then try to decide which photo belongs to which person. This will motivate students to start conversations with more persons in the classroom. At the end of the party, award a prize for each correct guess.

Guess Who

As each student arrives, tape an index card with a character from a storybook or pop culture on his back. Do not allow the students to see their own cards. The students must then mix with each other to determine their assigned character. The students may ask questions. This will encourage socialization between the classmate in order to try and win the game.

【推荐1】Playing sports you enjoy can help you meet recommended activity levels. In a 2012 article, Dr. David Geier claimed playing sports was linked to reduced rates of obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes and other poor health conditions. A 2012 Melbourne University summary fact sheet claimed playing sports leads to the healthy growth of bones, muscles and connective tissue in children. It also suggested children who play sports tend to remain more physically active as adults and are less likely to smoke or use drugs.

The social benefits of playing sports last well beyond youth. Team sports offer adults of all ages an opportunity for social interaction. A 2009 study by Asztalos Metal, published in the “Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport” found playing sports reduced stress levels among adults while other forms of physical activity did not.

While your chances of ever making it to the professionals are slim, sports can still lead to career opportunities. You can become a coach or official, and with the right education and experience become part of the sports media. Playing sports could be your ticket to a cheaper education, too. The data-compiling website scholarshipstats.com reported that 177,000 student athletes had some or all of their education paid for in the 2021-22 academic year.

Of course, with any physical activity comes the risk of injury. but some sports are definitely more dangerous than others. In a 2011 survey, the non-profit Safe Kids Worldwide reported that over 1.35 million children sustained sports-related injuries bad enough for a trip to an emergency room. Some sports even carry the risk of potentially dangerous physical problems off the field. Most notable are the eating disorders that have developed among gymnasts and other athletes that need to cut weight for competition.

【推荐2】One of my close friends seems to be distancing himself from me now. I have tried facing him, who just pretends I’m not there, and I’ve asked for advice from other friends. I feel I’m not good enough. What am I doing wrong to make someone act in such a manner toward me?

If you also suffer from such a situation, you probably have come across a great principle of psychology: the tendency to see reality only through your own feelings and perspective. You will find a much smoother path through the social world if you recognize that not everything that happens to you is about you. In fact, many other possibilities exist. Perhaps your friend is busy with other matters or is dealing internally with problems of his own.

What’s troubling you is the double dose（剂量）of negativity about yourself—you assume you’ve done something wrong and, facing your friend’s disturbing behavior, you’re quick to call in bad feelings about yourself. As Eleanor Roosevelt said, “No one can make you feel bad without your permission.”

We humans are all imperfect creatures: if there is some aspect of your personality or behavioral style that you feel needs improvement, then you’re just like everyone else. Studies show that a large number of people at every age want to better some fundamental aspect of themselves.

The situation you’re in calls for inquiry, which is especially helpful in repairing social relationships. If you want to know what’s going on, you might approach your friend directly by saying how much you’re feeling shut out from your friendship, that you miss it, and that you’d like to know what seems to have gone off the track. You’ll get an honest response only by asking straight. And if it turns out that you did do something that wasn’t well received, you can decide whether it’s something about you that needs fixing.

【推荐3】Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a computer science based on artificial intelligence aiming at obtaining meaning from human language. NLP enables computers to communicate with human users and understand their unspoken intention. NLP-powered programs are now making their entry into other practical applications. The range of NLP applications is getting wider, and the technology is being used for a variety of purposes.

Aircraft generate large amounts of data that humans alone or traditional computers can’t handle. NLP technology is being tried for aircraft maintenance. Computers with NLP abilities can draw needed information from thick aircraft manuals written in plain human language. They also can understand the meaning of written or spoken descriptions of problems reported by the pilot or the mechanic. By being able to search and process relevant information, machines can help with predictive aircraft maintenance and smart trouble removal.

Social media monitoring is another area where NLP models are used for the sentiment analysis of users based on textual data. Sometimes called “opinion mining”, sentiment analysis is concerned with identifying users’ opinions about a company or a product. Sentiment analysis tools are mainly used for business-related purposes. Users’ opinions mined in real-time help influence business decisions which are aimed at increasing brand image. Through such an automated NLP-based process, brands can judge the receptiveness of its audience to is offerings and make data-driven decisions.

There’s another more significant application of NLP-based sentiment analysis. NLP can also come in handy in criminology, more exactly predictive policing. Using NLP for detective predictive police work is about getting the motivation of crimes from textual data. Emotionally-charged texts of potentially malicious individuals can reveal their intention and help prevent their threat before they act on their sentiments.

Besides the most common NLP applications we rely on every day, other uses like the three above also benefit the large public. These applications are all suitable for the society at large.