THAT COULD TURN AN F INTO AN F+

"When Kids are Full, They're Focused!"
from http://www.mini-wheats.com/index.shtml

"Clinically shown to improve kids' attentiveness by nearly 20%*!

*Based upon independent clinical research, kids who ate Kellogg's® Frosted Mini-Wheats® cereal for breakfast had up to 18% better attentiveness three hours after breakfast THAN KIDS WHO ATE NO BREAKFAST!!!"

• I wonder how the experimental group would fare vs. a control group who actually had breakfast?

• For kids who didn't get breakfast, I wonder if they controlled for extraneous and confounding variables such as, uh, neglect?

• I wonder how the Kellogg's® Frosted Mini-Wheats® cereal for breakfast group fared against children who had milk/juice, toast, eggs, bacon, and fruit for breakfast?

Dear KOG Editor,
   "Crazy" is such an impolite word.  I expected more than that from you.  I only use polite professional terms, such as disturbed, retarded, disordered, and disabled.  I guess I'm just disappointed in you.
               Signed, "A True Professional"

Dear True Professional,
   Yeah, I see what you're saying.
               Signed, KOG Editor

Dear KOG Editor,
   None of this issue has anything to do with school psychology... what does music, 4000 dead in Iraq, and a good healthy breakfast have to do with the education and mental health of students?
               Signed, "Get Real"

Dear Get Real,
   Ummm.
               Signed, KOG Editor

This issue of the KOG dedicated to 
 

Dear Concerned Citzen,
   Maybe Americans should start considering reducing their dependence on so many "magic pills."
               Signed, KOG Editor

Dear KOG Editor,
   My school district ran out of money due to the budget deficit and I've been pink-slipped.  What do I do now?
               Signed, "Worried"

Dear Worried,
   CASP has a great resource for you or any school psychologist who has been pink-slipped. Click here to see it.
               Signed, KOG Editor

Dear KOG Editor,
   I read last month's KOG.  Are you blaming all the problems males have on females?  I'm offended.
               Signed, "An Offended Female"

Dear Offended Female,
   No.  I'm just saying there seems to exist a few environmental factors that should be considered as many or most American males find themselves deeply entrenched in a matriarchal system (as per the famous anthropologist, Margaret Mead). 
               Signed, KOG Editor

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     ...everything is.
 

See you next month!  KOG Editor!