Word: drop-out
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...real question, of course, is where I go from here. Will this imaginary entry be an ironic prelude to future greatness like that of Wordsworth, or that drop-out in my father’s freshman facebook, William Gates? Or is this entry representative of a trend? Will I be a Proust or a Prufrock...
...this is the most surprising thing about the show. With virtually every other current sitcom set in a white suburban household, “Undergrads” should be able to capitalize on the essentially untapped comic potential its college setting provides. Its creator, a 22-year-old NYU drop-out, should be able to give the show the youthful wit and energy that won him the MTV Character Screen Test competition halfway through his freshman year of college. Yet despite its billing as “irreverent” and, even more inaccurately, “humorous...
...comprehensive report--detailing test scores, drop-out and suspension rates, and other indicators of academic success--showed that black students in fourth grade are half as likely as white students to be considered proficient readers. It also showed that nearly half of black students at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS) failed at least one class last year...
Sosa, who plans to return to Texas at the end of the semester, views his fellowship here as more than a simple discussion. Texas has the biggest challenge in terms of minority education, since the state will be two-thirds minority by 2020, and the drop-out rate for Hispanic high school students continues to climb up above 50 percent...
...copious. Hard to criticize Iggy performing one of his great songs, and performing it pretty well. And there's the problem, I think. When Iggy was in the Stooges--before they became VH-1 "Behind the Music" material--the Stooges meant something. Sure they were a buncha high school drop-out glue-sniffing losers who made a hellacious garage noise with instruments they could barely play, but they had something to say. Basically: "screw you, I am human and alive and can hurt myself more than you can ever hurt me so do what you want." Which is pretty much...