Word: esteemed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...down a street or enjoy a meal in peace, many of us continue to claim that our society has achieved equality of the sexes. Legally, women may enjoy the same rights and protections as men. Professionally, women are beginning to rise to leadership positions. Even in their own self-esteem, many women now view themselves on a par with...
...filled with wealthy whites, and the only other person of color he saw was a black street cleaner. The opening track, Human Beings, also deals with a weighty theme: partly inspired by the murders of rappers Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G., the song ruminates on death, self-esteem and fame...
Success in school is student driven? It depends on the individual student's desire to learn? No, no, no! Everybody knows that success in school comes from megamillion-dollar tax levies, self-esteem classes, antidrug programs, smaller class sizes and more school psychologists and counselors. Persistence and hard work indeed! BEVERLEY SEITER Redmond, Wash...
...Gardner's case, that students have different aptitudes and learning styles--and manipulate it into the absurd, so that students build boats instead of reading and writing about European settlers. These education theorists have replaced knowledge with process, phonics with whole language, merit with relevance and rigor with self-esteem. As a teacher who plans to retire soon, I shudder to think what the future holds for our youth if these college-of-education charlatans continue to reign. JOHANNA HAVER Phoenix, Ariz...
...serious trouble, says Pollack, including many who appear at first glance to be doing just fine. Writes Pollack: "New research shows that boys are faring less well in school than they did in the past and in comparison to girls, that many boys have remarkably fragile self-esteem, and that the rates of both depression and suicide in boys are frighteningly on the rise...