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...share this world for but a brief moment in time. The question is whether we spend that time focused on what pushes us apart, or whether we commit ourselves to an effort - a sustained effort - to find common ground, to focus on the future we seek for our children, and to respect the dignity of all human beings...
...range of opportunities for talented workers, and improve public management. He also suggested that the government provide more financial motivation to join the public sector, such as through the implementation of programs like the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, where students can receive educational benefits if they commit to working in government after graduation. Ellwood stressed the importance of making these changes now, during what he called a “once-in-a-generation opportunity.” “I think this is an amazingly important, exciting, but also troubling moment,” he said...
...scientist is to commit to a life of confusion punctuated by rare moments of clarity. When I leave the office at night, the confusion comes with me. Ruminating over these equations, seeking patterns, looking for hidden relationships, trying to make contact with measured data—it’s all uncertainty and possibility engaged in an endless chaotic dance. Every so often the blur resolves, but the respite is short-lived; the next puzzle demands focus. This, really, is the joy of being a scientist. Established truths are comforting, but it is the mysteries that make the soul ache...
...tell anyone what it is. Just send out a Facebook invitation to everyone you know, including that girl from freshman year in Lionel who you never talked to after puking while hooking up. 9. Live every week like it’s shark week for one week. 10. Commit a crime, and then watch cops, and then watch yourself on cops. Meta. 11. Walk around to your classes all day wearing a Batman suit. When asked why you are wearing it, simply respond by saying, “I’m doing thesis research.” 12. When...
...misconduct with students, according to a recent investigation by the Orlando Sentinel, which noted the problem is rising in the state "among female educators in particular." Florida, of course, is hardly the only state where female teachers have been nabbed for preying on boys. And nationwide, male teachers still commit far more acts of sexual misconduct than females. A 2004 Education Department study found that about 10% of the nation's 50 million public-school students had experienced some kind of improper sexual attention from teachers and other school employees, and a 2007 Associated Press report indicated that men were...