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...Founded in 1995, the government-funded Institute for Tourism Studies is grooming the next generation of workers to man the front desks, kitchens and boardrooms of this former Portuguese colony's booming leisure sector. But learning isn't restricted to the classroom: students also help run the Pousada de Mong-Há, www.ift.edu.mo, a 20-room hotel housed in old Portuguese army barracks. If you've had your fill of casino hotels, the Pousada-situated on a hill near the scenic ruins of a 19th century fort-is one of Macau's better-kept secrets. It's also affordable (spacious...
...Congressman George Miller, Kennedy's counterpart in the House, are sorting through a mind-numbing number of proposals to address AYP's shortcomings, lackluster state standards, curriculum narrowing and remedies for failing schools as well as issues concerning the law's requirement for a "qualified teacher" in every classroom and other concerns...
...become hypercompetitive when taking such a class is unavoidable. The situation would escalate into an arms race, with students trying constantly to outdo each other in quality and quantity for the few coveted top grades. While academics are one of Harvard’s many strengths, life outside the classroom is often more rewarding and educational, not to mention a welcome change of pace. Furthermore, enforcing grade deflation would undermine the autonomy of professors to dole out grades in accordance with the peculiarities of the classes and students they teach. Classes are not created equal: They have different expectations, difficulty...
...There is a great Mark Twain quote—‘I never let schooling get in the way of my education.’ There’s more you can learn besides what is in the classroom,” Melvoin says. “Even from traveling in the summer—I liked the person I was when I came back, it gave me perspective that complemented what I was learning in the classroom...
...truest form of self-sacrificing heroism was demonstrated by a man whose career choice promised him safety and security. As a schoolboy, Liviu Librescu survived the Holocaust; but as a professor more than six decades later, he died blocking a classroom door to save his imperiled students. Perhaps the horrors he experienced as a youth created in him a bravery so profound that as soon as he heard gunshots, he knew what he had to do. It's impossible to say how God's hand plays into such things, but no matter how miraculous Librescu's survival during World...