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...tore around the yard climbing trees and building G.I. Joe forts. He carried a Cabbage Patch doll named Sylvester, dressed in matching camo, under his arm. In school, teachers had trouble channeling his enthusiasm into classwork. "He could look at something and fix it. He didn't need a book," says Tomson. "In the military, it's hands on. He was in his element...
...economics at school if they still go home and spend $200 on sneakers or $2,000 on a stereo they can't afford with interest payments of 28%?" asks Charles Dershimer, a faculty member. "It's crucial for 21st century education that kids are able to see how classwork relates to what's going on around them...
...about it,” says Alison E. Occhialini ’10. “Plus, easy money makes me happy.” But even with the $50 compensation, many students are still uninterested in participating. They claim they’re too bogged down with actual classwork or that they just aren’t motivated to leave their rooms. “I would have done it if the test was offered online or had been delivered to my door,” says Koning Shen ’10. So even after emails from both...
Sarah Miller, 28, was victim of those old ways. An intelligent but rebellious teenager with a turbulent home life, Sarah began falling behind in attendance and classwork her freshman year. Like many other 15-year-olds, she had a talent for making poor decisions. She and her friends would often skip out of school after lunch and cruise up and down Broadway. Teachers rarely stopped them, but school authorities knew what she and her friends were up to. One morning Sarah went to the school office to discuss getting back on track but got a surprise. One of the administrators...
...With classwork like this, who needs to play? Undergraduates taking Cyberporn and Society at the State University of New York at Buffalo survey Internet porn sites. At New York University, assignments for Anthropology of the Unconscious include discussing X-rated Japanese comic books. And in Cinema and the Sex Act at the University of California, Berkeley, undergrads are required to view clips from Hollywood NC-17 releases like Showgirls and underground stag reels...