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...nerdy bastards again!” The crowd of 30 let out a cheer: a cathartic mixture of gratitude, self-satisfaction, and relief. Yes, handing in your senior thesis is certainly an emotional roller-coaster. Braddock continued, “Now, have I got an oral exam for you all. I want you all to get up here and show me the best damn keg-stand you’ve got.” His guests, meek and submissive after months of self-imposed solitary confinement, readily formed a line. And who were they to refuse? Thanks to their benevolence...
Some will quip that I’m bitter. But, personally, I think the gene pool worked out for me! After all, I can take my Medieval History exam in comfort in cramped Science Center desks, while the DHA-clad giants can’t even squeeze in the aisle past...
...champions sit in first place in February, the Ancient Eight title is theirs to lose. The 2007 Ivy champs dropped a road contest to Yale in late January before running the table in its remaining league slate a year ago. Lack of focus or rustiness after the three-week exam layoff, you might say, or maybe just underestimation of a Bulldogs team unexpected to contend in the league that season. At the time, it could have seemed as though Harvard’s two-win pre-Ivy record was rearing its ugly head—maybe this young Crimson team...
...students are required to take the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) tests and pass both sections—English Language Arts and Mathematics—in order to graduate. The flaw in the MCAS system, according to Fowler-Finn, lies in the retest for students who initially fail the exam. Tenth-graders who score below the passing level of 220 points on the MCAS when it is first administered can retake the test twice a year until they graduate. A score of at least 240 points is required for a grade of proficient. The federal No Child Left Behind...
...educators who opened doors and altered the course of our lives. I was lucky enough to encounter two such teachers my senior year in a public high school in Connecticut. Dr. Cappel told us from the outset that his goal was not to prepare us for the AP biology exam; it was to teach us how to think like scientists, which he proceeded to do with a quiet passion, mainly in the laboratory. Mrs. Hastings, my stern, Radcliffe-trained English teacher, was as devoted to her subject as the gentle Doc Cappel was to his: a tough taskmaster...