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<div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT color=black face=arial></FONT><FONT color=black face=arial></FONT><SPAN style="DISPLAY: inline-block" contentEditable=false><FONT size=5 face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"></FONT></SPAN><FONT size=5 face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Friends:</FONT></div>
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<div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><FONT size=5>I've recently discovered Diana Senechal (<A href="http://www.dianasenechal.com/"><FONT size=4>http://www.dianasenechal.com/</FONT></A>) a forward-thinking academic and educator in New York, and she has an intriguing-looking book, published this year, <EM><STRONG>Republic of Noise: The Loss of Solitude in Schools and Culture.</STRONG></EM></FONT></FONT></div>
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<div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=5 face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Has anyone on the list read the book? My thinking is that solitude and quiet broadly benefit learning, of course, and gifted learning more specifically.</FONT></div>
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<div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=5 face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Thanks for any input here.</FONT></div>
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<div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=5 face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">--Art Snyder<br>
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