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...extent that Harvard students forget about the rewards that come from basic human interaction, not money or fame, they will have lost something of greater value than their Harvard diploma can earn them. The census conclusions should remind us to step back and reconsider our life goals. The seniors who will soon be graduating will enter a world where not every achievement can (or should) be listed on a resume...
...tests have been used for decades to measure students across school districts and state boundaries, only recently have schools and governments begun to attach significant consequences to the results. In many states, a high school student who passes courses and fulfills the graduation requirements may still be denied a diploma on the basis of a single standardized test. This practice places far too much weight on a few hours of a student's entire academic career. And the recent news that companies designing and grading these tests have experienced unprecedented error rates makes high-stakes testing even more...
...people who come to see Dr. Tieraona Low Dog don't care that she never graduated from high school. She went back for an equivalency degree, after all, then an undergraduate degree, then a medical degree. More important, her treatments make her patients well. After that, a high school diploma is a small matter...
...people who come to see Dr. Tieraona Low Dog don't care that she never graduated from high school. She went back for an equivalency degree, after all, then an undergraduate degree, then a medical degree. More important, her treatments make her patients well. After that, a high school diploma is a small matter...
With all our reform in the name of diversity and progressivism, Harvard has lost the characteristic alumni-student back-scratching that made this place so special from the first. Sure, students will always be able to expect a solid education and an impressive diploma from Harvard. But 50, 40, even 30 years ago, they could also expect a wink and a nudge when it came to employment as well...