Pulling middle school students' attention away from social media can be quite a difficult task. However, Ms. Underwood, our school librarian,
did just that in November with her Share-A-Book contest. The point of
the Share-A-Book contest was to divert students' attention away from
their cell phones and toward reading great books instead. In
November, over 300 students read books and then shared their reading
experience with a friend. No status updates were needed to make this
contest a huge success.

this labor, by slow prudence to make mild.   c. ability to govern well

im not quite sure what your refering to

mama's internal narrative voice reveals her to be a great deal more perceptive than her daughter, dee/wangero, believes her to be based on her external, spoken voice.   her inner voice seems to work fast while her spoken voice is slow; her inner voice is detailed while her spoken voice is economical.   for example, dee and her new boyfriend (or husband -- we are never sure) seem to pass looks between one another