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...well in his novels. Children are endowed with the mannerisms, insights, and burdens of adults. And the adults, well, they sound like children.The achievement, aside from laughs, is an emotional work that often draws deep meaning, as in the title bit, which envisions the predicament inside a child??s ant farm: “We always end up hitting glass. We lost ten men on the last tunnel: Brian, Jack, Lawrence… Why don’t we just give up? I mean seriously, what’s the point?” This is the rare...
...long after its expiration, the limp, poisoned body slavered over in many a Playboy centerfold was packed into a freezer to await a court decision over its final resting place. Her mother wanted her buried in Texas for the sake of convenience; her five-month-old child??s guardian wanted her buried in the Bahamas...
...students who are looking toward such post-graduation careers. Public education certainly cannot improve if students are allowed to give up on it. Sixteen is also an arbitrary and inappropriate age at which to make an unarguably life-altering decision. Two years can make all the difference in a child??s intellectual and moral growth and the development of his or her passions. For the same reason, 16-year-olds are restricted from drinking, gambling, or enlisting in the army—all privileges that require higher-than-average maturity. To raise the dropout age might be paternalistic...
Sadly, this case highlights the general problem with over-protecting children. Many adults fail to realize that gradual, limited exposure to the lewd and violent world is vital to a child??s mental and social growth. Protecting children too much will simply make them unprepared when they inevitably face adult issues. After all, if a ten-year-old can’t consult responsible sources that include words like “scrotum” or “menstruation,” then what are the chances of him later consulting them about sex and drugs...
...report cards: one for kindergarten through second grade, one for third through fifth grade, and one for sixth through eighth grade. The proposal, while earning the consent of some, inspired opposition from other members, who felt that the standardization compromised teachers’ abilities to more accurately depict each child??s progress and accomplishments. “Report cards should reflect what’s going on in the classroom, not the standards,” said Walser. “We have the MCAS [Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System] to test kids on standards...