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...already framed your college acceptance letter, researched the laminating options for your diploma and garnished mummy's windshield with H&R decals. But for true portability and maximum display value, the class ring is the quintessential trophy. After all, "life is good, wrap it around your finger and take it everywhere you go!"--or so claims the ArtCarved jewelry company, purveyor of quality class rings...
Perfect. Pause. "I believe," Clinton answered, reaching for his diploma, "any person who asks for forgiveness has to be prepared to give...
...more and more states now include subjective "performance questions" that ask students to craft essays and show their work on math problems. What's at stake in these new breeds of tests can be everything from a school's accreditation to teachers' bonuses to a student's high school diploma...
...Post-collegiate life does look slightly more promising. For some reason, those same zombies seem more equipped to couple off permanently once they have a diploma in hand. A friend recently relayed to me a story of two Harvard students who had dated from their first year to their senior fall. Suddenly and inexplicably, they broke up. A year later, after graduation, both met other people and, after dating their new partners for only a few months, are now engaged to them...
Furthermore, Advanced Standing is an anomaly, as it allows work done outside and before Harvard to count toward one's diploma. I was awarded no credit, for example, for a college course I took at Princeton University during high school, but my A.P. scores were happily accepted. Another reason Advanced Standing is difficult to justify academically is that the strong financial incentive to graduate in three years outweighs for some students the intellectual incentive to remain for a fourth. Finally, not all high schools offer A.P. curricula, which means that the advantages offered by Advanced Standing--saving one year...