Word: grades
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dislike to my two friends. He would call them "sister," openly disparage what they said in class, and gave one of them a D. Knowing of Mr. Kemp's reputation, the Radcliffe dean allowed my friend to take a fifth course the following term to make up her failing grade. I don't know whether the Radcliffe administration, headed by President Wilbur K. Jordan, a Harvard professor, ever confronted the Harvard administration for tolerating such blatant sexism, but I never heard that Mr. Kemp was reprimanded, nor that he changed his classroom style...
...managed to receive a passing grade in his class, thanks to sixth-grade geography, where I learned about convection currents. Whenever Mr. Kemp called on me, which, thankfully, was rarely, I answered "convection currents." It always seemed to be the right answer...
...were sort of oblivious to the real risks he took," says son Peter S. Gill '78, who was unfazed upon noticing that his sixth-grade anthology of short stories contained works by James Thurber, Ogden Nash and Richard Gill. "We always thought this was typical...
...blown deal, accusing Bankers Trust of misleading it on the risks. The bank agreed to a costly settlement. Now it may face other nasty surprises from Asia. According to SEC filings, the bank has some $5 billion of gross-credit exposure in derivatives to clients that aren't investment grade...
...adult teacher does not notice a student's talents in the second grade and have a love affair with him in the sixth grade. How can we talk rationally about such "reasons" for Letourneau's behavior as her husband's having a dead-end job or her father's dying of cancer or her having "bipolar disorder"? America is suffering from the Death of Common Sense. STEVEN M. WALK Great Neck...