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...self-conscious quirkiness of a career cleaning up corpses could present a trap, but Jeffs (best known for the Plath biopic Sylvia) does her best to steer around it. Rose and Norah have one nose-holding, cringing, slapstick-filled scene in a dead woman's house, but a sense of respect for the departed pervades the movie. "Do you think they loved each other?" Norah asks, surveying the bathroom where a murder-suicide took place. "Yes," Rose says with certainty. The more we learn about Rose and Norah's childhood - their mother died in what Norah dryly terms...
...They might look to an irresponsible Crimson penalty for having too many players on the ice that set up the power play in which RPI scored the game-ending goal. They might credit Engineer goalie Sonja van der Bliek for playing the game of her life, registering a career-high 48 saves to lead her team to the tourney’s final round...
...largely based on their seniority. After teachers gain tenure at a school, their salary steadily increases over time, and they become nearly impossible for administrators to dismiss. This system discourages teacher effort by removing the financial incentive to work harder. Furthermore, college graduates who might otherwise pursue a career in education are discouraged by the fact that greater effort does not result in a commensurate reward. This accommodation pleases teachers’ unions and their members, but at the expense of the students they teach...
...long way toward correcting this imbalance. Under the system President Obama has proposed, teachers whose students show significant improvement would be eligible for performance-based bonuses. This is only fair: A higher quality of work should be rewarded with greater pay, just as it is in nearly every other career. Merit pay incentivizes greater teacher effort, encourages high-achieving college graduates to become teachers, and makes it easier to identify the worst teachers and fire them. This improves overall teacher quality and benefits students...
While the poor state of the economy may be drying up job opportunities all over the nation, there is one potential career path that is less subject to the perils of the job market: entrepreneurship. Starting one’s own venture is becoming a more and more popular career choice among Harvard students, a trend that is likely aided by the fact that entrepreneurs are in complete control of their own employment. But while post-college entrepreneurs are able to concentrate on their ventures as their primary occupation, Harvard students face a completely different experience because of the role...