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...Fighting the Burnout Blues" (Feature, Dec. 3), Dr. Charles Ducey of the Bureau of Study Counsel contends that "burnout...means surrendering in the face of defeat." Moreover, it is apparently reflective of a "long-term inability to adapt to rising challenges...
...adds that some pressure is stimulating, but when they face too much, students sometimes just give up. Some students' tendency to just sleep or drop out of activities when they are burned out is symptomatic of another cause of burnout: long-term inability to adapt to rising challenges...
...this type of test in eighth grade, and their low scores did not come as a great shock. The standardized frameworks for English and math, on which the test is based, were completed only a couple of years ago. Since they were distributed, teachers have been expected to adapt to these frameworks, and students have tried valiantly to mold their answers to the format that the MCAS encourages. However, the timetable has been too short, and it is the students who are being shortchanged...
That's the point. The key reference and utility programs continue to sell well for three reasons: the number of PC owners gets bigger every year; software companies are finding new ways to adapt their products to the Web; and they keep adding new bells and whistles while holding prices in check...
...other business, the Council also devoted discussion time to ongoing issues with Project Adapt, Harvard's recently installed financial management system...