--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Brigante" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > In a message dated 3/26/05 6:20:24 P.M. Central Standard Time, > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > . The > > > Supreme Court upheld the initial decision in a 1979 ruling. > After > > > several years of steady growth, this same time frame marks the > > > beginning of a decline in the number of new initiates to the > > meditation > > > program. > > > > > > > > > Two things that make people here hopping mad: > > 1. A non-meditating judge in Missouri is sentancing offenders to > TM. > > 2. TM is legally taught as a general school policy in some public > > schools with great success, and with public funds. > > *********** > > I'm definitely on the side of kids' learning TM, but because their > meditating parents got them to start, not because they had to as a > school assignment, which I don't see working as a strategy in the U.S. > >>>
Yes I agree, but at least for some time in their lives they experience this. It can make a difference to them. """"We have found that children who practice T.M. for at least three months period duration have better self-esteem, show higher affect, positive affect, show decreased negative feelings about themselves and are more adaptable in how they think about problems and situations," said Dr. Rita Benn, Ph.D. the University of Michigan researcher . Students who do it, like Charlie and his younger brother Evan, say homework doesn't stress them out so much any more. They can concentrate better. "I've been focusing much better, more easily," said Evan. And they get better grades.""" http://cbs2chicago.com/health/local_story_071005948.html > Nevertheless, if the two charter schools do survive, it will be good > for the TM movement, and for the kids involved. However, many charter > schools are having problems, and they can disappear in a hurry: > > http://www.tft250.org/Ohio's_charter_schools.html >> Yes. My only point is that it is legal to teach TM in public schools. It is not illegal. However, I do think that someone should gather up all the related information published in peer-reviewed scientific journals (and because of behavioural and addh problems , even one's like the journal of recidivism last year, and testimony from Judge Mason, plus academic performance research etc.), and compare it to the use of pharmaceuticals used to sedate millions of school students - which doesn't work and is REALLY dangerous, and other approaches, and then sue the state for NOT giving TM to the children. It is almost a crime by neglect (or prejudice against a so called religion). My point is not a personal one. If we as a society value peer- reviewed published research as an indicator of facts, then we actually have no choice at this stage. The research is far more extensive than any drug , faith based program, or pedagogical approach. Of course if these others ever have as much positive peer-reviewed evidence (without the terrible side effects of drugs for example), then they should be instated in schools by law also. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
