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...what looked to be a medium rare filet mignon 45 seconds later. I’m jealous that you’re even allowed to use the microwave, a device that my parents have banned me from operating ever since the firemen had to visit my house in 9th grade...

Author: By Eric A. Kester | Title: First Annual HUDSIE Awards | 12/4/2006 | See Source »

...same. Saddam Hussein was a violent despot who engaged in genocide. He was unwilling to cooperate with U.N. resolutions that support long-term peace in the region. He previously waged an unprovoked war. If Saddam were in power today, how would he respond to the development of high-grade nuclear materials by Iran? How did diplomacy affect Nazi Germany, North Korea, Iraq and Iran? Do not blame American conservatives for the failures in Iran and North Korea. Blame the world. It will be 50 or 100 years before we know the real effect of our efforts in the Middle East...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 11, 2006 | 12/3/2006 | See Source »

...details: the tests you failed, the dreams you pursued or abandoned, the jobs and loves you lost. Not only that - your reactions would be shown on television in your home country and in movie theaters around the world. Think of it. Indentured for life, because your first- or second-grade teacher pushed you in front of a camera...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keeping Up With the Seven Up | 12/1/2006 | See Source »

...Boston public school system, eighth graders can choose to apply to high schools outside their district, a process that often requires a great deal of guidance, according to Schanfield. In order to address the challenges of the high school application process, Citizen Schools devised a special track called 8th Grade Academy (8GA) in 2001, according to Director Tony R. Dugas.8GA engages students in hands-on learning and motivates them to apply to top-tier, college-track high schools in the area to increase their chances for future success, says Dugas. “We help them navigate the system...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Citizen Schools Livens Up Learning | 11/30/2006 | See Source »

...have any assessments aligned to our standards prior to No Child Left Behind, so we we've had to build our tests from scratch," said Joe Lamson, communications director for the Montana Office of Public Instruction. Because 2006 was the first testing year that required assessments for every grade from third through eighth, Montana set a generous mid-January deadline to process its results. In 2005, only students in fourth, eighth and 10th were tested, so the state easily got its scores in by late August. "We wanted to give ourselves extra time this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Some Children Left Behind | 11/29/2006 | See Source »

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