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...room. "That's my cue to leave," he explained. And as with any audience, some patients just refuse to see the humor. Christensen once paid a call on a teenage boy who was sitting by a window with his head lowered. He kept it down as Stubs conducted his exam. "I asked, 'Have you ever had your funny bone examined?' " Christensen recalls. "He said nothing. 'Does your nose ever turn red?' No answer. 'Are you ticklish?' And then, with his head still down, the boy asked, 'Are you retarded?' I said no. 'Then why don't you act like...
...numbers grow, the battle now is over how much regulation is required. Often precious little: 32 states, from New York to California, demand only a high school diploma from parents who teach at home. Others, like South Carolina, require a college degree or passing grades on an entrance- / teaching exam. "You can be a fine home-school teacher with a high school diploma, compassion and motivation," argues Robert Ruthazer, a Navy commander whose wife Diane teaches their two children at home in Topsham, Me. Issues like teaching qualifications have led to more than 100 court cases across the country...
Keeney and Viggiani cited the College's hope to discourage students who are not really ill from using a medical excuse to avoid taking an exam for which they feel unprepared...
Many students who are unprepared during the regular exam period often remain unprepared for their make-up exam four or five months later, Viggiani said. "Sicking out often just postpones an inevitable disappointment...
...want students lining up to get a form signed so they can get out of an exam," said Lowell House Senior Tutor Alexandra L. Barcus...