In a letter on August 23rd to Darrell Issa, a congressman who had raised concerns about the Facebook IPO, she agreed there should be a review of the quiet period in light of recent changes to financial markets and modern communications technology.

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They are a generation inherently flexible and dynamic, coming of age steeped in reflexes naturally attuned to the unprecedented amplifying power that modern communications and computing technology now offers.

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At the moment, 14 to 16-year-olds in England have to study English, maths, science, design and technology, modern foreign languages, information and communications technology and PE.

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