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...also become a very different place. The kids are better readers, mathematicians and test takers. But while Democratic presidential candidates have been lambasting the law's funding levels, Franklin's teachers talk of other things. They bemoan a loss of spontaneity, breadth and play--problems money won't fix. The trade-off may be worth it, but it is important to acknowledge the costs. This is the story of an elementary school--once an uneven patchwork of lessons and projects--that has been rationalized...
...there are students here who actually do date—though I can assure you they are not the ones who wait for a dating service from the UC to help them find a good time. Year after year, our poor school has suffered a bad name as students bemoan Harvard’s romantic shortcomings, but do little to improve their own situation. Harvard’s love-deprived ought to take the initiative this Valentine’s Day to stop blaming the system, get off their lonely single butts and do something about it themselves. They might...
...characters bemoan the loss of values among contemporary youth—Rémy’s former history students come to visit him in the hospital, but only because Sébastien pays them to—and a devaluation of the past which they blame upon the uncivilized and barbaric influences of a changing world...
...fact that such care is available to Harvard students is incredible. And such top of the line service is available to all students—regardless of their economic status. While students at other universities all over the country bemoan their health services, here in the ivory tower we have found something about our school that truly sets us apart...
Harvard rarely inspires such public rhapsodies. What’s the difference? Just like Harvard, Yale’s residential system is based on that of Oxford and Cambridge Universities. Here, students bemoan the lottery system that rewards some with sweet river housing and punishes others with concrete Quad cell blocks. At Yale, however, students effusively praise the residential house system...