Word: dropout
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...ZARQAWI IS NO RELIGIOUS SCHOLAR. A high school dropout, he memorized the Koran while in prison and acquired his religious ideas from extremist preachers and thinkers in Afghanistan and Jordan. To devout Muslims, emulation of the Prophet is considered desirable, and most believers concentrate on Muhammad's well-documented attributes, like frugality, modesty, charity and respect for elders. But al-Zarqawi, like others who subscribe to extremist schools of Islam, takes emulation literally. Among the examples Bakr cites is al-Zarqawi's tendency, modeled on the Prophet's, to "do everything from right to left: he puts on his right...
...have a B.A. in History and am in the process of obtaining my teaching credentials. I am also a high school dropout. There was some encouragement for me to leave, but I made the decision. I was too smart for my own good--and too angry. After 10 years of lousy jobs, I dropped back in. My goal now is to help students avoid the foolish mistake I made 17 years ago. Like Sarah Miller in your story, I was worried that I would "look stupid," but I finally worked up the courage to go back. To Sarah I offer...
...very core of the dropout epidemic is the staggering reality that the vast majority of students who drop out of school have not learned to read above the most basic level. As you point out, early-literacy programs play an important role in preventing reading problems; however, it is never too late to teach students to read. In thousands of middle and high school classrooms across the country, teachers have made a commitment to raising the achievement of older struggling readers. The students lucky enough to have access to these intervention programs are learning to read, regaining their self-confidence...
Many parents think it is the job of educators to fix the problem. Do they really think teachers wave their knowledge wands and--poof!--the student is the next Stephen Hawking? Students who want to drop out should get parental permission first and then attend a dropout seminar. They should be allowed a grace period to find a job, to work and experience the consequences. Many students feel embarrassed about leaving and don't want to come back to school shamed or disgraced. To curb the embarrassment of returning to school, dropouts should be required to make another decision...
CLAIM TO FAME "In the organic market, in personal care at least, most of what's available is in hippie packaging," says Onysko, founder and CEO of Pangea Organics Ecocentric Bodycare. Onysko can spot a hippie from a hundred paces, considering that his life as a junior high dropout and global drifter has put him in contact with more than a few of them...