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...film still recedes into asort of sameness that saps our enthusiasm. Itdoesn't help that Ronnie Bostock is not nearly asinteresting and seductive as Giles' preoccupationshould demand. Priestley plays his roleadequately, but he doesn't exactly ooze superhumansexuality or personality. In short, Ronnie is notmuch more absorbing than the dumb roles he playsin the movies and on television. Ronnie evennaively asks Giles, "Are you saying, that ifShakespeare were alive today, he'd be doing thingslike Hotpants College...
...have an afro or a sport cornrows (they're kind of like braids for those who don't know). I cannot count the number of times people I do not know come up to me and touch my hair, saying something dumb like...
...will books, skeptics say. Little evidence suggests that computers--or educational software, or the Internet--demonstrably enhance student learning. Says Stanford University Professor Larry Cuban, an authority on the history of technology in American education: "Anyone who tells you computers are more effective than anything else is either dumb or lying." Better technology doesn't necessarily make kids better students; good teachers and smart curriculums do. "Laptops are like the new electronic tablet notebook--they have good potential as a writing tool and a place to store information," says Allen Glenn, dean of the University of Washington's education school...
...while waiting for the teacher to arrive, it begins to dawn on you that 98 percent of the other people in the room are making jokes in which the punchline has something to do with the topology of a bagel. The thought enters your mind: "Perhaps I am too dumb for this class...
...needed was a good study group or a friend to read over your paper, and you were well on your way to academic delight, or at least a B. But this semester, that sinking feeling from high school physics has churned through my stomach again. I was dumb enough to sign up for two courses listed as "Primarily for Graduates...