A happy child would also be receptive to learning as, it was argued, "research showed that children who are engaged and impassioned are most likely to learn".
There may not be much hope for Congo if we only look to its current leaders to provide it, but hope is endless if we look to the engaged and impassioned people who voted peacefully under such conditions.
US journalists, politicians and public intellectuals are engaged in impassioned debates about the balance between inviolable liberties and social obligations, diversity claims and national unity.
E-mail messages show, however, that Mr. Headley stayed in regular contact with classmates from the military high school he attended in Pakistan, often engaging in impassioned debates about politics and Islam.
Indeed, the reluctance of today's students to engage in impassioned debate can be seen as a byproduct of a philosophical relativism, fostered by theories that gained ascendance in academia in the last two decades and that have seeped into the broader culture.
This enables teachers to construct pedagogies that engage the impassioned spirit of students in ways that moves them to learn what they don't know and to identify what they want to know" [6: 19-20].
After many years of engaging in impassioned discussion and debate about Israel-Palestine with Jews and non-Jews alike, I recognize how hard it can be to listen -- to really listen -- to the opinions of people with whom I disagree.
While smart and thoughtful people on all sides of this issue will no doubt engage in impassioned debates on the implications, I hope that the majority of Americans who have no dog in the hunt will side with Dr. Shah and his team.
There's some really beautiful, impassioned, engaged music writing from some talented writers talking about some equally talented artists.
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