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...students at the Walcott School, located near the New Mexico border in the Texas panhandle, hunch over their desks and busily scribble on their work sheets. There is absolute silence. Keith Meiwes, a fourth-grader who was once intimidated by math, is now doing seventh- and eighth-grade classwork. Melissa Meyer and Amy Perrin also credit Kumon with their new success in math. "This program has helped to give them self- confidence, a better self-image and motivation," says principal Bill McLaughlin. Nonetheless, Walcott teacher Cathy Fury finds most students still need aid: "It has helped the poorer students most...
...French. He began his study the fall of 1987, when Slack tested him and enrolled him in French F. Occasionally the work has been too much for his schedule; this fall he began French Hb, but had to stop because he did not have the time to do the classwork...
...class won't be as insightful if everyone is unprepared, but that's a risk representative of the business world," says first-year student Eric-Vincent Guichard. This risk looms largest during the corporate recruiting season, says Guichard, when preparation for job interviews tends to take priority over classwork...
Even when tangible academic goals prove out of reach, however, the confidence and self-esteem gained from the classes often proves as rewarding as the classwork...
Although five machines had already been repaired two days after the incident, MIT officials said they still were concerned that students who need the computers for classwork would suffer. UMASS...