Word: grader
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...right, of course, about the third alternative, and a very sensible one it is--working out some system of fooling the grader; although I think I should prefer the word "impressing." We admit to being impressionable, but not to being hypercredulous simps. His first two tactics for system beating, his Vague Generalities and Artful Equivocations, seem to presume the latter, and are only going to convince Crimson-reading graders (there are a few and we tell our friends) that the time has come to tighten the screws just a bit more...
...schools amount to debilitating racial isolation. Stan Conner, whose grandchild attends Dumas, concedes, "You don't know whites on a personal basis. You grow up more isolated." Sociologist Coleman believes integrated summer camps could help offset the classroom separation. Students themselves are unconcerned. "We're not prejudiced," shrugs eighth-grader Keith Harris, 12. "White kids are welcome here...
...sixth-grader Michael Gaudiello wants is his independence. Using a wheelchair because of muscular dystrophy, he does not care to rely on others to open the doors, carry his books or help him get to the bathroom. Last spring freedom came in the form of a collie named Ashley, specially trained to help Michael through his day. When school officials in Delaware County, Pa., banned the dog from classes at his special school, Michael appealed to state officials. "It was my choice to fight for this," Gaudiello says. "I thought I was right and they were wrong...
...fifth-grader, Elizabeth said she often goes to her friend Alicia Bertrand's house to watch the band's videos. Freckle-faced with straight auburn hair, Elizabeth said she now has some doubts about the New Kids...
...this point our assumption expert proceeds to discuss anything which strikes his fancy at the moment. If he can sneak the first assumption past the grader, then the rest is clear sailing. If he fails, he still gets a fair amount of credit for his irrelevant but fact-filled discussion of scientific progress in the 18th century. And it is amazing what some graders will swallow in the name of intellectual freedom. This piece first ran on June...