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...much for the broken part. The fixing proved contentious. Most of the Governors were at pains to distinguish this summit from the gathering of state leaders assembled by President George Bush in 1989. That conclave, in which Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton played an influential role, wound up endorsing the formulation of federally developed national standards by which student competence would be judged. This decision not only ran counter to the nation's long tradition of local control (thanks to local funding) of public schools; it also proved embarrassingly hard to implement. A blue-ribbon panel dithered over a national history...
...fact, the current antidivorce rhetoric slanders millions of perfectly wonderful, high-functioning young people, my own children and most of their friends included. Studies that attempt to distinguish between the effects of divorce and those of the income decline so often experienced by divorced mothers have found no lasting psychological damage attributable to divorce per se. Check out a typical college dorm, and you'll find people enthusiastically achieving and forming attachments until late into the night. Ask about family, and you'll hear about Mom and Dad...and Stepmom and Stepdad...
...thesis should think carefully. If you expect to proceed to graduate studies, then the thesis may be a prime way of testing your enthusiasm and showing your talents to potential schools. But if you are only looking for a line on the resume, remember that few potential employers can distinguish between the almost-gratuitous Cum Laude and an honors degree in your concentration...
...like receiving one's diploma and heading for private or corporate practice; it should be reserved for those who have performed superbly, not merely well. If 70 percent of students are receiving honors, then the distinction an honors degree confers becomes meaningless, especially to employers who are trying to distinguish among candidates for jobs...
...staff claims that grade inflation hampers "employers who are trying to distinguish among candidates," ignoring obvious measures such as interviews. Their argument is even more ridiculous considering the overwhelming advantages that most Harvard students already have when they decide to enter the workplace or pursue post-graduate studies. Is grade inflation really preventing more Harvard graduates from seizing the best jobs on Wall Street...