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...personal questioning, in hurt pride, in a sense of the uselessness of daily routine. "When you're jobless," Hesford says, "the rigamarole you have to go through for your thesis after it's finished and the whole Commencement thing seem a little sour. You start thinking, 'What's the diploma worth...
Such warehouses have been a major concern in Texas, where until recently, licenses to run child-care facilities were granted to some unqualified operators possessing no better credentials than a high school diploma. Many were attracted to the field mainly by the $800 to $1,100 monthly stipends that the home states give to institutions for each retarded or delinquent youngster they care for. Senate and Justice Department investigators believe that public facilities in New York, California, Louisiana and other states have actually helped to keep the Texas child-care mills going by shipping them children whom they find...
...fallen into bad company. Born along the Pamlico River in rural Beaufort County, she was the oldest of nine children; her parents were divorced while she was young. She attended high school in South Orange, N.J., and Philadelphia, where she had relatives. She returned to Washington to get her diploma, but quit when school officials insisted that she repeat a year. She worked as a sheet-rock finisher, making up to $275 a week, but was arrested twice in 1973 on charges that included shoplifting and carrying a concealed rifle in her car. She drew a suspended sentence for shoplifting...
...hours of duty time each month to some kind of formal education. Observes Sergeant Dale McLaughlin at Camp Casey, headquarters of the 2nd Division: "A man here is almost forced to get educated. You're hounded until you take something." Courses include high school subjects leading to a diploma and college-level studies...
Graduating seniors who object to Moynihan attempted last month to arrange to conduct an alternative graduation ceremony, but Stanford refused to allow them to have a separate diploma-awarding ceremony, Fiduccia said...