Word: giftedness
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Disputes over alleged mistreatment of athletes are nothing new in South Korea. Gifted children are drafted into the country's sporting machine and subjected to harsh training regimes and a boot-camp culture whose simple ethic, critics say, is that sticks are better than carrots. Still, many Koreans were shocked...
For Boston fans, this is more than just an overdue triumph. The graveyards of New England are filled with men and women who gifted the curse to their children like a family heirloom. Maybe there were fights over money and you argued over music and politics, but everyone shared in...
To be sure, many AP programs are first rate. Calculus, especially in the hands of a gifted teacher like Wasmuth, is widely considered to be one of the best-thought-out AP programs, as is AP English Language and Composition, which teaches students how to critically analyze literary works. Two...
“He comes to work every day, punches in, punches out, doesn’t ask any questions,” freshman Jon Pelle says. “He plays a different style than some of the other guys on the team, but he’s one...
Everybody saw pitcher Curt Schilling. He's the kind of guy--smart, tough, gifted, spitting self-confidence--who sees a curse as a challenge. Schilling, brought to Boston last November specifically to beat the Yankees, amassed 21 victories but came up lame for the first game of the ALCS. New...