Word: grades
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...perspective, struggles to maintain a balance between reliability and believability, and, in satisfying the former, sometimes compromises the latter. Genie is a precocious preteen with a high IQ and a whole host of anger issues. He was held back a year after he punched his fifth grade art teacher. He has no friends. In truth, it’s hard for him to communicate with people at all. When vandalism strikes the local retirement home, Genie’s grandmother hires him for his first paying detective case. The plot is the stuff of a children’s chapter...
...most middle and high schools around the country, sex education is handled by an athletic coach doubling as a health teacher or by a science instructor who drew the short straw. Kristen Jordan is not one of those teachers. Walk past her classroom on the first day of sixth grade and you'll hear her leading the students in an enthusiastic chorus of "Penis! Penis! Penis! Vagina! Vagina! Vagina!" "Until they can use the real names for their body parts without giggling," she explains, "you can't talk to them about anything serious." The attractive 27-year-old with straight...
...district stayed steady, with 19 births to girls ages 10 to 19 in 2006. But in 2007 that number dropped to four and then last year dropped again, to two. School officials have been so pleased that they've talked about adding a sex-education requirement in 11th grade (most students take health during their freshman year). Other school districts in Anderson County that initially balked at the comprehensive approach now want Impact to go into their schools and replicate the program. The only thing stopping them is money. "For $2 million," says United Way's Burdette, "we could...
...antibodies are there to begin with" - introduced via vaccine, for example - "they can prevent the infection," says Nussenzweig. "I think they could provide high-grade immunity if they were present in high-enough quantities before infection - but they'd have to be there beforehand...
...boons underappreciated. That said, if the location and rooming doesn't get you down, the mere fact that you will get so much crap for being in Dunster may very well make living here unfortunate. Also, the upswing in House culture may be pushing Dunster towards investment-grade, so fear not, moose children...