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WHAT KIDS HAVE long suspected and grownups won't admit is true: Parents hate homework too. While all parents want their children to excel, many fret over how much time homework takes up--and what kids are missing out on as a result. For working parents, homework is the third shift, after the office and after cooking and cleanup chores. Is it worthwhile? Should first-graders really spend an hour a night on work sheets? How much should Mom help? Some answers from experts...
...don’t even use the mouse in Excel anymore. It’s a waste of my time. I know all the keystroke shortcuts, anyway, and to take my hands off the keyboard and my eyes off the screen would be unthinkable. Those valuable seconds could make the difference between a winning and a losing transaction. You think that’s a joke? This is a place for the big boys. The floor is for adults. This is Wall Street. This is what...
...dominated by Japan, which introduced the world to the sport at the 1964 Tokyo Games. Inoue, who is the captain of Japan's Olympic team, and Ryoko Tani?a ruthless martial-arts master who wears pink hair-ties?will lead the way. Meanwhile, South Korea is favored to excel in Taekwondo, although Taiwan and the rest of the world have been gaining ground since the sport debuted as a medal event in 2000. Olympic boxing can always count on a contingent of tiny tough guys from Thailand; 2003 world champ Somjit Jongjohor is looking to strike gold...
...have a very different focus,” Barrett said. “We are a much larger public university...We do things where we excel, where Harvard does...
...boys and girls were decked out in crisp red blazers and power ties, many of them dying to show off their skills in "extreme leadership events," such as running faux business meetings and going through mock job interviews as prospective employees. Bottom line: you can excel at home ec these days without preheating an oven...