MIT Offers Awesome Classes to Give Nerds Social Skills

Nerds may be able to let their freak flags fly in the protected confines of the MIT campus, but the same can't necessarily be said for the real world. That's why the school has wisely been offering something called "Charm School" for its students. CBS Sunday Morning went inside this elective day of classes that covers…

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Charm School-ers Bond Over Shared Pasts Of Sexual Abuse

Last night's Charm School actually did what it purports: Helping women grow beyond their difficult pasts in order to better their lives. During an exercise about fear, one woman revealed that she'd been molested. And she wasn't the only one.

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VH1's Stance On "Retarded" Is Inconsistent

On tonight's episode of Charm School, Ashley insults another girl by calling her a "retarded child." The word "retarded" has long been used colloquially in ways that aren't as closely connected with mental disability, but, in recent years, has been considered so politically incorrect that some networks will bleep it.

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