Word: flunks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Some stellar performers are blowing into Beantown in the near future, so keep your wallet peeled and prepare to flunk that fourth course you took " 'cause it looked interesting...
...activities seem particularly dangerous: riding through rapids on a rubber raft, rock climbing and "parasailing" (hanging from a parachute while being towed by a truck). One prosaic activity-incarceration at a nearby jail or detention center-is supposed to show the students the life they can expect if they flunk out of the program. There they are given a chance to talk to inmates, who usually advise them to reform while they...
...knew I was allowed to flunk one course a year," he said. "So I picked my one course and flunked it while I was writing my books. Finally I realized I enjoyed writing a lot more than I enjoyed medical school," he said...
...both types of tests for business clients, reports that it will have administered more than 107,500 of them this year, compared with only 20,000 seven years ago. In the retail field, 35% to 38% of job applicants failed the test. People seeking work with vending machine companies flunk at the staggering rate of 75%. The testing firm claims that companies that screen applicants will end up with only 13 potential thieves out of 100 new employees. Otherwise, it says, 40% would be likely to steal...
...upset that so many cannot write and spell properly. "The kids ask me, Trau Galer, do you mark off for German spelling?' I say 'Of course I do.' But if they ask me if I count off for English spelling, I say 'Of course not; you'd all flunk.' " She criticizes the severity of her native German schools, but frets: "Next year, these kids are going to sit in lecture halls and it's going to be a big shock. Some have never even taken a semester test...