Word: classness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bush's SAT scores, while not topping the charts, were better than his grades. (Out of a possible top score of 800, Bush got 566 on the verbal part of the test, 640 on the math.) It turns out Bush was an underachiever. He didn't do well in class not because he couldn't, but because he couldn't be bothered. The fear that continues to fester about Bush--as we read about his periodic foreign-policy gaffes and then hear him blithely assert that what he doesn't know he can learn from his advisers--is that...
...Ever since George W. left Houston to follow in his father's footsteps at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., he has viewed with deep suspicion and disdain the world of elite Northeastern academia and the people who populate it. Bush was one of the most popular students in his class at Yale. He mixed easily with the rich and the well bred, but, according to classmates, he developed an intense dislike for the class of Yalie he deemed "intellectual snobs." To Bush, the epitome of the type was Strobe Talbott, the current Deputy Secretary of State. Talbott (a distant relative...
...Webster High represents the American high school, and I sincerely hope it does not, we are in deep trouble. This school is about everything except education. The pictures of students either sleeping or comatose in class speak volumes. If this is typical, there is no hope. It sounds as if the teachers are caretakers rather than educators. By declaring that Webster is typical, TIME does a disservice to schools across the country that are educating students. GEORGE CONKLIN Riverhead, N.Y. In the post-Littleton era, teachers and administrators no longer look the other way. Students begin to realize that cruelty...
...teacher reading this article, I wasn't surprised by the diversity of the student body. Rather, it was the message that came across from the administration and staff: little or no homework because few do it anyway. "They can learn in class even if they aren't doing homework"--what educational philosophy is this? College preparation or adolescent latchkey? Just keep the kids in school (especially the blacks). They're money in the bank. Cha-ching. Typical high school. What a joke! JAMES R. DE LUCA St. Louis...
...rare occasion when Erica or Monica flounders? "If they have trouble, I'm there to help them; their father's there to help them; they can go to a coaching class; we can get them a tutor," says Brenda. "They know they're responsible for their grades and their classwork and their homework, but they also know we're here for them." With parents who support them in their struggles and celebrate their successes, Erica and Monica face the challenges of school with confidence and curiosity. Says Brenda: "They'll make comments like, 'This class is a lot of work...