Word: civics
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...differences, such as machetes and skin color) identical to the tribal bloodlusts at work in the Balkans. Eerily the same: the neighbors who suddenly turn a killing fury upon neighbors, the roving bands fueled round the clock on alcohol, the strange, dull light in the murderers' eyes, the sudden civic duty to exterminate the Other...
...happily read this news last week, glad to see that after a summer of teacher-bashing here in Massachusetts, the federal government is taking concrete economic steps to encourage students to go into education. Maybe this will give all those seniors preparing to schmooze at consulting receptions a more civic-minded career alternative, I thought to myself...
...Blacks graduating from elite colleges earned 70 percent to 85 percent more, and were more likely to take on civic and community leadership roles...
...four-year college education is an opportunity for students to recognize their role in the larger society and to develop into aware and conscientious human beings. And liberal arts institutions should strongly encourage their students to exploit that opportunity, instead of the current trend, which is to leave civic information almost entirely up to the individual student...