Sunday, June 24, 2012

Summer reading - What should they read?

For enlightening summer reading, students should pick up nonfiction that tells them about the world as it actually is. Here is a NYT article on this:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/opinion/sunday/how-to-choose-summer-reading-for-students.html?smid=pl-share

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Where does 'misfits' fit?

Why business needs people with Asperger’s syndrome, attention-deficit disorder and dyslexia?

Recruiters have noticed that the mental qualities that make a good computer programmer resemble those that might get you diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome: an obsessive interest in narrow subjects; a passion for numbers, patterns and machines; an addiction to repetitive tasks; and a lack of sensitivity to social cues.

Read on this interesting article:

http://www.economist.com/node/21556230?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/ar/inpraiseofmisfits