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BelowisaselectionaboutsomeGuinness WorldRecords．Fastest100runningonallThe2008GuinnessWorldRecordsDaywas,Guinness．AccordingtoGWR,theirbiggestdayofrecord-Breakingner,withmorethan290,000peopleTakingpartinrecordattemtpsin15differentCountries．KenichiIto’srecordattemptwaspartofthisspecialday．HeisjustanotherexampleofJapanesewith“superpowers”His“superpowers”istorunwithgreatspeedonallfours,KenichiItoran100monallfoursin18.58seconds.TheJapanesesetthisrecordatSetagayaKunitsuSogoUndojyo,Tokyo,in2008MostlivingDidyoueverwonderwhatistheWorldRecordforlivinggenerationsinonefamily?SevenistheThesultimateauthorityonrecord-breakingmentionsonthewebsitethattheyoungestgreat-great-great-greatgrandparentofthisfamilywasAngustaBuing“aged109years97days,followedbyherdaughteraged89,

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overinhighschoolsacrossthecountry．Infact, toanofficialreporton ,"Inourcountrythegreatestthreattothelivesofchildrenandadolescentsisnotdiseaseorstarvationorabandonment,buttheterriblerealityof "．Giventhatthisistheease,whyaren'tstudentstaughttomanage thewaytheyaretaughttosolvemathproblems,driveears,orstayphysicallyfit?Firstofall,studentsneedtorealize unavoidable．A on amongmiddleschoolandhighschoolstudentsindicatesthatmostviolentincidentsbetweenstudentsbeginwitharelativelyminorinsult ．Forexample,afightcouldstartoverthefactthatonestudenteatsapeanutbuttersandwicheachlunchtime．Laughteroverthesandwichcanleadtoinsults,whichinturncanleadto ．Theproblemisn‘tinthesandwich,butinthewaystudentsdealwiththe

Oncestudentsrecognizethat isunavoidable,theycanpracticethegoldenruleof staycalm．Oncethestudentfeelscalmer,heorsheshouldchoosewordsthatwillcalmtheother downaswellRudewords,name-calling,andaccusationsonlyaddfueltotheemotionalfire．Ontheotherhand,softwordsspokenatanormalsoundlevelcanputoutthefirebeforeitexplodesoutofcontrol.Afterbothsideshavecalmeddown,theycananotherkeystrategy(策略)for :listening．Listeningallowsthetwosidestounderstandeachother．Oneshoulddescribehisorherside,andtheothershouldlistenwithoutinterrupting．Afterward,thelistenercanasknon-threateningquestionstoclarifythespeaker'sposition．Thenthetwopeopleshouldchangeroles.

Finally,studentsneedtoconsiderwhattheyare．Tiffsdoesn'tmeantryingtofigureoutwhat'swrongwiththeother ．Itmeansunderstandingwhattherealissueisandwhatbothsidesaretryingto plish．Forexample,ashoutingmatchoverapeanutbuttersandwi ighthappenbecauseone thinkstheother isunwillingtotrynewthings．Studentsneedtoaskthemselvesquestionssuchasthese:Howdidthisstart?What reallywant?WhatamIafraidof?Astheissue esclearer,the essmaller．Evenifitdoesn't,carefulthoughthelsbothsidesfiureoutamutualTherewillalwaysbe inschools,butthatdoesn'tmeanthereneedstobe ．AfterstudentsinAtlantastarteda resolutionprogram,accordingtoEducatorsforSocialResponsibility,"64percentoftheteachersreportedlessphysical intheclassroom;75percentoftheteachersreportedanincreaseinstudentco-operation;and92percentofthestudentsfeltbetteraboutthemselves'．Learningtoresolve scanhelpstudentsdealwithfriends,teachers,parents,bosses,andcoworkers．Inthat resolutionisabasiclifeskillthatshouldbetauhtinschoolsacrossthecountr

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Whenyouconcentrateononetask,youfindyouhaveenergythatyoudidn'tevenknowyouhad．Justimagine:youareatafairandyouhavetocarrytwoheavypigsover100yards．Ifyoukeepgrabbingoneandthentheother,itwilltakeforever,becauseoneofthemwillkeepslip outfromunderyourarmandrunningoff．Butifyoutieonepiginaplace,pickuptheother,gatherallyourstrengthandmakeadashforthefinishline,pauseforamoment,runbackandgettheotherone,andwithgreatdetermination,carrythesecondpigtothefinishline,thenyoucanbesureofsuccess. ThepressureatworkisontheincreaseinalloccupationsInthemodernnuclearfamily,theexpectationsthatformerlywouldhavebeensharedamongalltherelativesarenowconcentratedontheindividualpartner.Ifyouhavethefeelingthat24hoursperdayarenotenoughforallthethingsyouneedtodo,thenit'snotbecausethedayhastoofewhours,butbecauseyouhavetoomanyactivities．Asimplefactthatoverloadedpeopleoftentendtoforget．Thesolutionisequallysimple:refusetoacceptsomanworkassignmentsinyourpriva ifeoryourworkinglife.

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