Word: ages
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...underachievers. Even our smartest students are underachievers. But, before getting too far into this vein, I should add that there may be some room for quibbling. The age of the students varied from around 16, in Russia, to 21 in Iceland, if this makes anyone feel better. Naturally the Russians scored higher than we did in all the divisions anyway, so this caveat is not all that much of a consolation...
...other countries, and it would be a mistake to suddenly graft the educational system of the Netherlands--the highest scoring country--onto the United States. For instance, in many European countries, like France, Switzerland and Germany, students are tracked by vocational goals and projected ability at an early age. This is clearly not the right system for the United States...
...addition, the fact that the military is not a normal organization is shown by the fact that normal equal opportunity laws do not apply to it. People who are not of adequate age, height, weight or strength to perform the highly physical duties required of soldiers are automatically disqualified from military service in a way that would be patently illegal in the civilian world...
According to Rosenthal, rates of smoking have skyrocketed among people under the age of 18, especially among African-Americans...
SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EARS Parents, snuff it out already! Children under age three who breathe secondhand smoke at home are twice as likely to get persistent middle-ear infections as kids who aren't exposed...