Word: belief
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After four years, and oh-so-many dollars, what many of us leave with is a richer desire to engage the world, and the belief that we can overcome those challenges...
...Gloria Steinem Leadership Institute. But Schnebel insists that she is not interested in a political career. She plans to pursue a master's degree in special education and hopes to work eventually with children who have cerebral palsy or autism. Her campaign, she says, was spurred by the belief that "you can't ignore students when we attend a public university. We are the university. Our voices will be heard...
...touch with their inner misogynist. "As a life-long golfer, I can attest that being AWAY from women is part of the attraction," an emailer to the conservative magazine, National Review, explained. "Furthermore, a local sports station held a survey recently and discovered that contrary to popular belief, men don't want their women interested in sports at all. It's an escape for most men. It offers a chance for men to reconnect with their manliness (or boyishness) with other men, and cast off the domestic shackles for a short time, and to have the women come along...
...believe that an action or belief is immoral does not immediately imply fear, anger or discrimination against those who believe otherwise, as those well acquainted with The Salient’s members are aware. In this case, the fear and anger seems to rest with those like Weaver, who jump to poorly-reasoned conclusions based on limited knowledge and an unwillingness to respect others’ agency to decide for themselves what is and is not moral...
...would set out the requirements of a class, and if they demonstrate that they’ve mastered them, then they get an A. But I’m not allowed to use that sort of grading system here.” Most students share Vaux’s belief that grades should be absolute, not relative. If I do well enough to get an A, I shouldn’t be denied one because somebody else did relatively better than...