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...part, Ferguson said that he does not agree with “the rationalizations of other economists.” Instead of relying upon mathematical models like most economists, Ferguson said he used the field of history to better predict economic trends...
...that encourages critical thinking is the main reason that I decided to further pursue my education abroad. The liberal education environment that universities in the U.S. offer is truly unmatched. Flexibility among courses and tracks of study cultivate a stronger and healthier environment for the student regardless of the field he or she decides to practice. At a university in the U.S., I am able to widen my intellectual horizons, to follow my true passions, and most importantly, I am able to work alongside my fellow students to achieve my full potential. As a student of Harvard I have gained...
...countries is the difference between their respective college entrance systems. In China, a student has only one shot at entering college every year through the Gaokao, a college entrance examination held annually in June. My teachers used to tell us, “One point, one soccer field,” meaning that if you dropped one point of the Gaokao, you would drop back as many places in the rankings as the number of people you could fit on a soccer field. Imagine the SATs being 10 times as hard as they are now (especially the math part), having...
...mandatory gender testing began in the 1960s), sex ambiguity hit the headlines again last year when South African runner Caster Semenya won the women's 800-m world championship in Berlin by an astonishing two-second margin. Fellow competitors raised concerns about Semenya's masculine appearance, prompting track and field's governing body to order sex testing. The results have yet to be released, but the case focused attention on the challenges in balancing competition with an athlete's right to privacy. (See pictures of Caster Semenya...
...School of Medicine, points out that there is tremendous variation in hormone levels even in typical females, which makes determining a baseline virtually impossible. More important, Vilain says, is the ethical question of whether physicians should artificially alter hormone levels in athletes with the disorder to "level the playing field." (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...