Word: ages
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When I tell relatives and friends that teaching high school biology is one of my career aspirations after my four years at Harvard, I inevitably receive the universal response, "That's great," almost immediately followed by, "We need better teachers, we need more teachers." Regardless of educational background, age or relation, people always follow initial words of encouragement with the same short-winded critical recommendations for the American educational system. Are these laconic deprecations simply jabs at a long history of failed schooling or a growing cynicism about a class of teachers and administrators that may be perpetuating a teaching...
...know the slap in the face of being reminded that a black person in this country can never just exist as a person: his humanity is always conditioned by race in exactly the same way that the humanity of a slave was denied by race. At least since the age of seven, my experiences with racism, as trifling as they may be, have kept me from passing a day without thinking consciously or subconsciously about my skin pigmentation. Even with the "little" things, the incidents that may or may not be racially motivated, the fact that the question even...
...State Attorney General Bill Pryor, who started the grand jury investigation, said the work is "designed to elicit a sexual response" and therefore cannot be considered art. The indictment involves 15 counts over the sale of "The Age of Innocence" by French photographer David Hamilton and 17 counts over the sale of "Radiant Identities" by San Francisco photographer Jock Sturges. Barnes & Noble faces $10,000 fines on each of the 32 counts."We must protect children from those who would exploit their innocence for financial gain under the guise of so-called 'art,'" Pryor said Wednesday. The children exploited...
...differences about Europe is the age. There are old things here, really old and really impressive. In the U.S., Boston is considered a cradle of history, but as you wander the city you are unlikely to find anything much older than Harvard, dating all the way back...
...advance, freeze them and use the microwave to heat them. I know many machines can be harmful to the environment, but they make raising a child and working for a living much easier. They save money and make me happy. We can't go back to the Stone Age. MARY ROSE SKRINGER Munich...