The Learning Network provides teaching and learning materials and ideas based on New York Times content. Teachers can use or adapt our lessons across subject areas and levels. Students aged 13 and older can respond to our opinion questions, take our quizzes and learn our Word of the Day.

“ If a tax were placed on on soda in my state, it would not get me to stop drinking soda. The change has to come from a personal desire not legislation.”

“ I think the reason the trend has stayed with us so long is just because of peer pressure. Boys all want to fit in, so they copy what they think is cool instead of thinking about how stupid they look. ”

“ When the sagging becomes to the point where there is indecent exposure, then it is perfectly acceptable to take action (a fine). Otherwise no has the right to force people what to wear and how to wear it. ”

“ If people want to look ridiculous, it is their own business, but ridiculous it looks nevertheless. If people would just have an original idea once in a while it would show me something, but it seems it is "moneky see, monkey do" and then they believe they are special. Not just their pants are sagging, but their brains, and that worries me more.”

“ Technology to biology: T he ability to pinch and zoom in much more closely than on the iphone or even the website/ H e was only half joking that this is “most prized possession in the world”/ E veryone can shop even if they are away from the computer a minutes a sale starts/ A pple is only selling iPads that connect to the Internet through Wi-FI/ P lans to sell costlier iPads with cellular data connections later this month/ P eople will be use to holding it with one hand/ L aunched into the world/ E lectronic books/ I Pad owners downloaded more than a million applications from its app store and more than 250,000 electronic books./ P lenty of people will see a nice spike in downloads today,but were more concentrated with the long-term stability of our application./ A s far as the platform goes,there is the potential for a second gold rush/ D oodle jump, needed extra attention because of its heavy use of the i Pad's touch screen and motion detector ”

“ Thanks for the terrific suggestions for inspiring interest in poetry. Love the poetry from Craigslist and the sidewalk project. A link to this article will be in the April 13 issue of Parenting News, our free weekly e-zine for parents and teachers, so that more people can put your ideas into practice. See www.WholeHeartedParenting.com for more on the newsletter. Thanks again!”

“ Been sagging my pants since I was ten....ain't no thing for me at this point...I'm gonna do what I do.... which is wake up..partake in an espresso and then head out sagging pants and all to another day of law school. ”

“ My name is Trinity. I'm a junior in HS. I have been bullied almost my entire life, and have even contemplate suicide. I have never attempted it, nor have I thought about it in over two years. I got help just in time. The only thing that kept me here was telling myself that they were just angry kids. They were hurting just as much, if not more, than me...To the adults of bullied children that have commented on here: Do something. Don't just sit back and tell yourself that it will go away, it won't. It will just get worse. So do something to put an end to it before it's too late.”

“ If school, an institution designed to educate the young, decides to discriminate the rights of a group of its students due to their identities, then they are basically teaching the rest of the student body that its OK to discriminate others. ”

“ Gay couples should be free to attend dances, but they should consider what types of people are going and be forewarned that not everyone may act maturely. ”

“ Has anyone considered that all of the mean-spirited 'reality programs' on televisions are teaching young people that the way to 'win' is to form a loose coalition and gang up on one person or another? ”

“ Thank you comment 8! Excellent post! -Love from comment 22.”

“ I like to follow several fashion, travel, and design blogs. Some of these include Gadling, The Sartorialist, Oh Joy!, Garance Dore, Jak & Jil, and The Lost Girls. Blogs are different than newspapers/magazines because it feels like they put up less of a front and are more real. There is less of a disconnect between the author and the content on blogs. In newspapers/magazines the focus is on the articles and the information.”

“ The first step is to get rid of the term "bullying" and replace it with "harassment." Bullying is an outdated term and does not carry the same legal consequences as "harassment" does. The Business world for example has zero tolerance for harassment in the work place and so should our schools. Schools need to start to replace the term "bullying" with "harassment" at all levels, in all policy manuals, educational materials, code of conduct references, etc.”

“ I almost think we have to come up with new vocabulary to discuss events like this. When people think "bullying", they associate it with "kids being kids". In poor Phoebe's case, she was not bullied. She was slandered, physically assaulted, abused physically and emotionally and driven to suicide. Maybe if we start using some harsher language to describe these events, they'll get more attention. ”

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April 07

Word of the Day | curmudgeon

This word has appeared in 21 Times articles over the past year.

April 06

Coney Island Fill-In

Fill in the blanks with the missing words from this article about the Coney Island Cyclone.

April 06

Classroom Resources on Mining Disasters

Resources for teaching and learning about the recent mining disasters and about mining in general.

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Preserve, Protect and Defend? Considering Violent Protests and American Values

Lesson Plan | Looking at acts of political violence in the context of history, media studies, social studies, math, language and fine arts, and civics.

April 06
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Should Sugary Drinks Be Taxed?

Student Opinion | If sugared drinks were taxed, would you drink less of them?