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...these tidbits that make this book absorbing reading. But Lyndon: An Oral Biographycan only be viewed as a montage of unconnected remembrances of the president. It offers no interpretation and much bias: it falls far short of the label biography
...October 17 article discussing "exam bias" is both confusing and lacking basis. Whether this is a result of irresponsible reporting or the irresponsible nature of Klitgaard's assertions, or a combination thereof, is open to question. For example, his primary assertion is "...that women and minorities at top universities often do not perform as well academically as their high academic aptitude test scores would predict." This is later rendered unclear by his claim that "...the tests themselves are not biased as far as predicting academic success. A math score of 400 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test, for instance, predicts college...
Even before a baby comes, start checking for bias. "Describe a day in the life of your child at age five, age twenty-five. Does gender affect your imaginings?" Later, beware of furniture that talks. Television's lesson that Mother is to blame for the ring around Father's collar may overwhelm the example of a real-life father's dutiful diaper changing. To find out how your children perceive you, ask them to role-play being you. Watching your children act out "the living room is a mess and company is coming-what happens?" can provide...
...writes, "I was an inauthentic social reformer if I hadn't even managed to set things right in my own life with my own children." She began attending seminars and teacher-training courses and observing children; she served as a member of a commission charged with eliminating sex bias from the New York City schools; and along the way she worked with Marlo Thomas on the TV special and accompanying LP Free...
...Caroline Hodges Persell of New York University states that "most ... scholastic aptitude tests used in schools are nationally standardized on white middle-class populations" and, therefore, cannot be said to be without bias so far as Blacks or people of other class positions are concerned...