Higher Learning Film Review

Advantages: Characters, Issues
Disadvantages: A little over-ambitious in places

...John Singleton?s Higher Learning deserves some serious respect for exploring a number of sensitive issues that many University students encounter at some point in their lifetime-- some of which include institutional racism, rape, and the individual desire to be accepted. While some of the characters lack emotional complexity and the story at times may feel a little "preachy", the film is still a very enjoyable and thought-provocative experience -- one that'll linger with you for quite some time afterwards. Primarily, it's a film concerned with identity, with the numerous individual struggles interlinked. Malik Williams (Omar Epps, In Too Deep) is the campus track star convinced that everyone is against him because of his skin colour ("It's no longer about what a person says but what they think," he says. "So in my mind, you've been...

andycarrington 05.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Higher Learning (DVD)

Learning Puppy

Advantages: Learns and teaches, brightly coloured, sounds and noises
Disadvantages: none

...** INTRODUCTION** I bought the learning puppy for Ethan for Christmas, he loves it. He smiles when you give it him, and gets excited when the sounds come on. He triggers the sounds off by accident as he doesn't really understand how to do it yet, but he is getting there slowly. ** ABOUT THE LEARNING PUPPY ** The puppy was something I was looking for Ethan, its fun, entertaining; it will teach and learn Ethan when he is older. The puppy is colourful, parts of the body is labelled to help with the learning process. Each part of the body makes a sound, plays learning games, and plays learning songs. Turning the puppy on is easy, there is a Orange patch on his left foot with the turn off, ABC, and the music trigger. Although when turning the puppy off any kind of interaction with the puppy will trigger it off again, and can be...

AngelEyes76 05.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of Fisher Price Laugh & Learn: Learning Puppy

Learning the world, one review at a time...

Advantages: Brilliant depiction of alien society
Disadvantages: Ho hum sunliner full of augmented humans

...Ever since H G Wells wrote War of the Worlds and described the Martians ruthlessly zapping the Home Counties, we've seen countless visions of how we might react to learning we're not alone in the universe. From government cover-ups and conspiracies to all-out interplanetary war, aliens coming to visit is a science-fiction staple. Learning the World - a novel of first contact In Ken MacLeod's Learning the World, however, humanity has a long way to go before meeting new life. MacLeod suggests a universe so vast that humans conquer space travel and colonise vast numbers of star systems before finally encountering intelligent life. In this novel, we are the invaders. And most of the ship's crew has a different opinion on how to go about things. Aboard the sunliner 'But the Sky, My Lady! The Sky!', it's clear that a lot...

Olly_Plimsoll 13.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Learning the World - Ken MacLeod

Learn and Groove

Advantages: value for money, many songs to learn, sparkly lights, many activities.
Disadvantages: a little bulky

...**INTRODUCTION** I was looking around for presents to buy Ethan for Christmas, I wanted something that would entertain him, keep him occupied, and something that would help teach him new things. I came across many things and the learning table looked just the thing, so I bought it. ** ABOUT THE TABLE** The table can be used as floor play or as a table, at the moment the table is used for floor play for Ethan as he cannot stand yet. The table as many activities and sounds for your child to learn and play. The table is also multi-language as you can switch it over to French, I guess this is a good thing if you are French or wanting your child to learn it. There are a lot of things to push, slide, spin, pull, open and close which will learn your child also when doing these things it will teach your child more things like sounds...

AngelEyes76 04.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of LeapFrog Learn & Groove Musical Table

Laugh and Learn Singing Puppy

Advantages: makes baby happy
Disadvantages: can be annoying if goes off accidently

...This is an activity teddy (puppy) for babies from around 6 months. It requires 3 AA size batteries which are included when you buy it. The batteries are enclosed in a compartment at the back of the puppy and if changing the batteries you will need a screwdriver. It is made of polyester fibres, plastic stiffener and made in China. On the puppy's left foot, which is orange is a mode button i.e. whether it plays in learning mode or music mode, it also turns it off. ************************* Learning mode ********************** If you press the puppy's right foot, left hand,nose, tummy or right ear it will be identified as foot, hand etc and there will be a little didlee de tune after it. Press the right foot again and it will say yellow foot, a third press and it makes a galloping sound. A second press to the left...

rojm 11.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of Fisher Price Laugh & Learn: Learning Puppy

Learning is fun

Advantages: Educational
Disadvantages: none

...Christmas is on its way once again, and as we all know it children want presents and lots of them. Dolls, teddies, train sets, bikes the list goes on. Which they usually get if they are good. I myself when buying presents for children like to include an educational present, children find learning so much easier if they are having fun whilst doing it. Children also like to imitate their parents, they see them using a laptop and they want one. So thanks to companies such as Vtech their prayer has been answered. Vtech was founded in Hong Kong in 1976 and the company has gone from strength to strength in developing products aimed at children from birth upwards. Good news is prices start as low as £12 One product of theirs is a called a Gemini 2-in-1 hand held laptop, suitable for 4- 7 year olds. With its bright blue base...

gill1960 17.10.2003 · Read review
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Review of VTech Learning Laptop

learning fun

Advantages: great fun and teaches
Disadvantages: none

...for the books to go, these just sit in they dont need to be cliped in like the baby version so is easy for a child to do on there own. The on off button is the only button on the machine so isnt confusing, the cartridges clip easily into the side of the machine, they are a little stiff to remove at first but get easier with time The voice tells you what book you have in when you turn it on and reminds you to always press the green go circle with the stylus each time you change page. The stylus is attached with a piece of wire and is a god size and shape for little fingers, it had rubber bits at the end making it easier to grip and is an ideal way for young children to learn to hold a pencil When you run the stylus over the words on the page it tells you the word helping to learn with reading, some of the words in the books are in bold...

danniell 30.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of LeapFrog Leap Pad Learning System

Easy learning, for her anyway!

Advantages: Sets sums for my much cleverer daughter!
Disadvantages: None.

...Well thank goodness the half term holiday is over, well until the easter break anyway! I am truly sick and tired of writing out reams of sums and doing spelling tests for my daughter. I know I shouldn't complain but I am not academic myself, so encouraging my children to be interested in something I hated at school is not the easiest of tasks, this is where the product I will now review comes into play. The product I will now review is "Collins easy learning handwriting practise" . On a trip to my local Asda and after daring to venture down the toy aisle to see the sale rail that is always situated opposite, I found a selection of books aimed at children of all ages, this was one of the books there. If you are at all familiar with school curriculum you will already be aware of this fact, your child spends time and effort to...

sarahbarrow 24.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Collins Easy Learning Handwriting Practice

Victoria Beckham Learns To Fly!

Advantages: Fantastic read, bite sized, gives an insight in to her life
Disadvantages: None

...This is an autobiography by Victoria Beckham which talks you through the early years of her life as well as the first years of her relationship with David Beckham and the birth of their first child, Brooklyn. It follows the success of the Spice Girls and the start of Victoria's solo career when she released an album of her own work and a single with Dane Bowers (from Another Level). The book is supposed to show you the real Victoria Beckham and I really feel that this is the case. You learn all about her insecurities and her issues with eating and trusting people in her life as well as the truth about the kidnap plots again her & Brooklyn when he was first born and all the emotions that she felt because of this. It also talks about what it was like for her when she was growing up and knew that she wanted to be a star but she really...

katyeverett 24.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Learning to Fly - Victoria Beckham

Sing It Baby!!! (Leapfrog Learn & Groove )

Advantages: Keeps baby safe, happy & in one place, portable, wipe clean & washable
Disadvantages: It is a large item / toy

...We bought the Leap Frog Learn & Groove Activity Station as an early Christmas present for our almost 4 month old son quite recently and I have to say it is our most valued item for him the house! The station itself looks a bit like a traditional sit-in baby walker but it's not. It is a stationery activity centre in which the baby sits/stands in the middle and is surrounded by an array of things to play with. It has five items/toys for your baby to play with: - Big colorful "Piano" keys - Sparkling disco ball - Record Player - Microphone - Song Book Baby can get at all of these because the seat in the middle rotates 360 degrees. The station has two modes of play so when you flip the song book over it changes from music to learning. So for example the piano keys either say the numbers and colours when you press them or play...

Angelpybs 25.10.2006 · Read review
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