Word: dreadfulness
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...many families, report cards are an occasion of dread and distress. But for the Greens in the suburbs of Baltimore, Md., they're an invitation to celebrate. Of course, that's partly because Erica, 12, and Monica, 16, usually bring home A's and B's. But it's also because their parents look beyond the grades. What's most important, says their mother Brenda, is that Monica and Erica "have learned as much as they can and have done the best job they're capable of doing." To honor their learning and hard work, Brenda and her husband Gregory...
...University of Virginia, says many teens have become desensitized. Oral sex "might mean what a French kiss meant to us when we were kids," he says. Teens often shrug and say that oral sex never made anyone pregnant. Parents need to remind them, though, that it can transmit dread diseases, including HIV and the papilloma virus, against which even condoms offer little protection...
...timing of this Tuesday bash is unusual, but the scene isn't. Student parties are a weekend staple in Webster Groves, and along with them come the vices all parents dread. Only a fraction of the students experiment with Ecstasy or LSD, but they do drink. "Basically, a lot of people think there's nothing else to do but drink," says senior Adam Wise...
...this absolute dread? Haven't students had about 22 years to prepare for their eventual profession? After all, graduation isn't a surprise. Upon entering the College, we learn the date that we will eventually (Ad Board permitting) leave. Yet when that expected date rolls around, few people have decided what career they wish to pursue...
...career week culminates today at the Career Forum, I have resigned myself to a future of unemployment. I might as well start collecting the checks. When the glossy, black Introduction to Career Week landed in our mailboxes last weekend, I already began to feel the dread...