Word: absurdities
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...view the most important—features of the Task Force’s report was allowing well-qualified students to break out of the straightjacket imposed by the Core by substituting departmental classes for Core requirements. In place of the Core’s often absurd criteria for classes—for instance, it requires a final exam—the Task Force recommended a more flexible set of guidelines for vetting general education courses. The draft legislation, written by a three-member committee of professors, proposes the creation of a Standing Committee on General Education, which will oversee...
...Other industrialized cultures, like Japan, don't even have words for adolescence... Your position also flies in the face of the ultimate test: common sense. Teens are still completely isolated from adults in this country; their role models are more absurd than ever; more young people than ever are being raised outside the nuclear family; they're living more than ever under the thumb of the fashion and media industries; the "war on drugs" failed miserably, and drugs are still as available as ever. And you honestly think that teen turmoil is the U.S. is declining...
...think teens' forming their own culture is healthy. I don't think all their role models are absurd (c'mon, how hot is Justin Timberlake?). I am not sure the nuclear family is a necessary condition for health. I happen to think the "media industry" is not a bad thing (we are both part of it). I think the failure of the war on drugs is a good thing...
...truly think sport is a matter of life and death, but despite the fact they know it's not. When fanaticism starts hurting people, killing them, even, that contradiction vanishes and so does all the joy. It's OK to live for sport, but to die for it is absurd...
...Quakers struggled to a 12-27 record last season but finished second in the Gehrig Division. They have some talented players, including outfielder Joey Boaen and catcher Josh Corn, but desperately need starting pitching on a staff that had an absurd 8.26 combined ERA in 2006. Both Boaen and Corn batted above .345, and the pair combined for seven home runs...