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...HOMESCHOOLERS AND THE NEXT FRONTIERWhile Norberg’s unconventional upbringing presented hardships in the classroom, it helped foster the individuality that friends say defines him. His friends say the true “Stephen Norberg” is the person writing his final exam essay in crayon or doing the butterfly in a speedo in three feet of snow, they say. They estimate 60 percent of his college diet consisted of root beer and cookie dough and 75 percent of his wardrobe is made up of flip-flops and Hawaiian shirts. But how much of this is homeschooling responsible...
...said, “I’m totally okay with Wikipedia.” But not everyone is singing Wikipedia’s praises. Earlier this month, Middlebury College’s history department banned the use of Wikipedia as a source for papers and exams after a number of students referenced the same inaccurate Wikipedia article in an exam. “Wikipedia is good for providing overviews of noncontroversial and broad topics, but not good for news, commentary, or anything with polarized opinions,” wrote Harvard teaching fellow Abdur-Rahim Syed in an e-mail...
...changed by poor grades or a bad decision. For Suzzy, it was a cement shortage. Unable to afford college, she drifted for a few years. At one point she tried to join the police force in Accra and passed the initial selection process easily. But after acing her exams, the senior officer refused to let her start training, apparently because she didn't have the money for a bribe. "If I had been there in Accra, I could have contacted the big man," says Kwame, who was traveling a lot at the time. "These days, when you pass the exam...
...like it,” he said. “The biggest concern is that people who are taking Cores are getting screwed. But at least they are trying to do something about it.” Students in Core classes are required to take final exams, which means OCS cannot issue certification letters for seniors enrolled in those courses until the end of the final exam period, which falls in late May. One student asked Gross if under such circumstances, and with the small number of seniors that are affected, the policy could be suspended...
...with this presentation who were dead a day later from bleeding around the brain, heart or abdominal organs. There are also some real cases of what's commonly called whiplash that look like this too. Fine after the accident and bed-bound a week later. But Charlene's exam seemed too much an act, her vocabulary was laced with too much plaintiffese and she showed far too much interest in the notes that the nurses, the secretaries and I were making about her. She leaned over to peer at my chart, gave me time to write and volunteered many more...