Biggest Mindfulness experiment to-date produces impressive results

In the biggest experiment ever undertaken on the effects of Mindfulness meditation on   school children strong evidence was produced that it increases attention, empathy and participation after only 4 hours of instruction.

The study looked at the effects of only four hours of mindfulness mediation on 915 children and 47 teachers in 3 Oakland schools in the USA.  The Mindful Schools curriculum was shown to produce significant improvements in behaviour versus the control group after only four hours instruction.  The results were impressive showing a significant improvement in many important areas.


In addition to the impressive results, the notable thing about this study is that the pupils were in an intercity school where crime and deprivation were high and in fact Oakland has the fifth highest rate of violent crime in America and 85% of the pupils where on free-school meals and 69% were EAL students.

The  results expressed as a bar chart were as follows:

Biggest Mindfulness experiment to-date produces impressive results

In the biggest experiment ever undertaken on the effects of Mindfulness meditation on   school children strong evidence was produced that it increases attention, empathy and participation after only 4 hours of instruction.

The study looked at the effects of only four hours of mindfulness mediation on 915 children and 47 teachers in 3 Oakland schools in the USA.  The Mindful Schools curriculum was shown to produce significant improvements in behaviour versus the control group after only four hours instruction.  The results were impressive showing a significant improvement in many important areas.


In addition to the impressive results, the notable thing about this study is that the pupils were in an intercity school where crime and deprivation were high and in fact Oakland has the fifth highest rate of violent crime in America and 85% of the pupils where on free-school meals and 69% were EAL students.

The  results expressed as a bar chart were as follows:

How Overconfidence and Paranoia Become Self-Fulfilling Prophecies

In the article, it examined various experiments that set out to discover why overconfident people – regardless of their abilities – seem to rise to the top (which may explain why sometimes seemingly ineffective people get promoted!) and whether we can in fact manifest our fears to actually occur.
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How Overconfidence and Paranoia Become Self-Fulfilling Prophecies

In the article, it examined various experiments that set out to discover why overconfident people – regardless of their abilities – seem to rise to the top (which may explain why sometimes seemingly ineffective people get promoted!) and whether we can in fact manifest our fears to actually occur.
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Sweet Idioms

Sweet Idioms

 a piece of cake- very easy. It's a piece of cake. 
as easy as pie- very easy. It was as easy as pie. 
like giving candy to a baby- very easy, especially when you do something wrong. It was like giving candy to a baby. (Of course the baby will accept it.) 
a fruitcake- really strange crazy, a kind of serious word. She's a fruitcake. 
going bananas- becoming crazy, especially with too much to do. I'm going bananas. 
nut/ nutty- funny kind of crazy, usually makes you laugh. He's a nut. or He's nutty. 
a tough cookie- a tough or strong person, or doesn't show his emotions easily. That man is a tough cookie. 
sugar and spice- very sweet, nice, or kind, feminine, (used for girls.) Her daughter is sugar and spice. 

Questions and AnswersFind the correct answer on the right. Write the letter in the box.

a. nutty  b. fruitcake c. bananas d. cake e. candy  f. cookie g. pie h. sugar

1. That test wasn't difficult at all. It was as easy as .

2. The soldier didn't cry when his friend died. He's a tough .

3. My uncle Joe is so funny when he visits. He's really .

4. I have so much work to do today, I think I'm going .

5. That sweet little girl Teresa is full of  and spice.

6. That old lady really thinks a mouse is her son. She's a .

7. Lying to the teacher was like giving  to a baby. He accepted my lie easily.

8. My interview was great and so easy. It was a piece of .

Sweet Idioms

Sweet Idioms

 a piece of cake- very easy. It's a piece of cake. 
as easy as pie- very easy. It was as easy as pie. 
like giving candy to a baby- very easy, especially when you do something wrong. It was like giving candy to a baby. (Of course the baby will accept it.) 
a fruitcake- really strange crazy, a kind of serious word. She's a fruitcake. 
going bananas- becoming crazy, especially with too much to do. I'm going bananas. 
nut/ nutty- funny kind of crazy, usually makes you laugh. He's a nut. or He's nutty. 
a tough cookie- a tough or strong person, or doesn't show his emotions easily. That man is a tough cookie. 
sugar and spice- very sweet, nice, or kind, feminine, (used for girls.) Her daughter is sugar and spice. 

Questions and AnswersFind the correct answer on the right. Write the letter in the box.

a. nutty  b. fruitcake c. bananas d. cake e. candy  f. cookie g. pie h. sugar

1. That test wasn't difficult at all. It was as easy as .

2. The soldier didn't cry when his friend died. He's a tough .

3. My uncle Joe is so funny when he visits. He's really .

4. I have so much work to do today, I think I'm going .

5. That sweet little girl Teresa is full of  and spice.

6. That old lady really thinks a mouse is her son. She's a .

7. Lying to the teacher was like giving  to a baby. He accepted my lie easily.

8. My interview was great and so easy. It was a piece of .

Sweet Idioms. Answers

1g, 2f, 3a, 4c, 5h, 6b, 7e, 8d