Word: affective
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...addition to the social consequences that low enrollments have for students, they also affect teachers’ experiences. Fowler-Finn said that some middle schools are so small that there are sometimes not enough students to warrant a full-time staff member for a specific subject, discouraging some of those part-time teachers from staying for long...
...they made the decision they made. That’s the most scary part for people going through the process.”James and Wong are also targeting issues on a community-wide—and even global—level.“We are trying to affect not just what happens in the Harvard bubble but also Cambridge, Boston, and the world,” James says.In so doing, the pair hopes to foster in students a sense of social consciousness and community involvement.“Our student body has never gotten together to say anything...
...well as a few fencers returning from a year off. With four rookie fencers for the women and two for the men, inexperience looked to play an integral role in the young season. But the freshmen showed early and often the transition to college won’t affect them. And with fencers like sophomore foilist Hao Meng—recovering from a broken foot—Ungar, and numerous others having nearly three months off to recover, the Crimson may become a force to be reckoned with come spring and the Ivy season. “Our season...
...California to escape discrimination and becomes inspired by Milk and his cause. After finally being elected, Milk’s main struggle is against Proposition 6, which stated that gays and their supporters were to be fired as teachers or educators because of the ways they could negatively affect the development of their students. This proposition, which was heavily favored by singer and then-celebrity Anita Bryant, had been passed in many other states around the country, but ultimately failed in California. As Milk says to his supporters, “A message of hope has been sent. There...
...Hebron events are unlikely to affect the outcome of Israel's election in February. Polls show conservative Likud Party candidate and former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holding a solid lead over acting Prime Minister Tzipi Livni, with Defense Minister Ehud Barak - who ordered the Hebron raid on the same day his Labor Party held its primary election - running a very distant third. But their impact on other players in the West Bank may be profound: the actions of the Hilltop Youth were condemned and strongly discouraged by the long-established settler leadership of the Yesha Council, who recognized that young...