Word: classwork
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...look at him sitting in the front seat, wearing a scruffy, dark sweater, glancing in the rearview mirror. As you give directions and he begins to weave through traffic, a conversation soon evolves. You talk politics, discuss the weather, or tell him a bit about your classwork. The exchange is natural and familiar. Pavlov would have had a field day with this...
...seems as though there are infinite options for the new semester. Before I was always a part of it: postering in the early morning cold, sending countless e-mails to potential volunteers, thanking God that the student-group rush comes at the beginning of the term when no classwork is necessary. I saw my friends race back into daily athletic practices and return to their rooms with barely enough energy to crash. A brand new semester and everybody already seemed so tired...
...Although Bennett no longer takes lessons, he practices three hours daily, usually in the Pforzheimer Holmes Living Room. "Practicing comes before classwork and attending class. It comes before social time, extracurriculars, whatever. I enjoy it so much, it's never burdensome...
...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...
...parent's expectations, rejected by medical schools, Queen's is the only alternative for her. There, in a small community of desperate students, over the course of a long first year of heat and studying, Jane begins to change. She becomes detached from herself, mechanically enduring the labors of classwork while her personality (finally freed from her parents' over-whelming influence) plays with the primitive imagery of the island. This section of the book almost resembles Apocalypse Now--it depicts a slow, insane voyage punctuated by the methodical expulsion of students around her, picked...