learning my lines. . .
Worth pondering. . . .
By Walt Mueller, Posted 8/18/2008
Lot's of new announcements coming from us here at CPYU in the next few weeks. Fasten your seat belt! One of the projects Derek Melleby has been working on is a new blog called "CPYU Bookshelf." It will debut in a few weeks as a new resource that's sure to be a hit. In the meantime, Derek has been working on some material prior to the launch, including an interview with Tim Clydesdale, author of The First Year Out: Understanding American Teens After High School...
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College Mindset List for the class of 2012 - annual Beloit College mindset list
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National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse XIII - Teens and Parents, survey results from CASA
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Preaching the U2 catalog - Author interview on The Kindlings Muse
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Prevent and reduce underage drinking - A Guide to action for families, from the Surgeon General
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2008 Summer Olympics - U.S. teen views on the Olympic games
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Perfect parenting? - Dream on parents!
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"I was really thinking ‘I’m not going to be portrayed as a brat, I’m not like that.’ But you don’t even remember that cameras are around, and then you throw a fit and they catch it. When I saw the show, I freaked. They showed a lot of the negative stuff."
- MTV’s ‘My Super Sweet 16’ Audrey Reyes, Entertainment Weekly, August 8, 2008, pg. 37
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