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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...about how she does her job but says it has made her even more driven. "Now I refuse to let kids fail," she says. "I'm going to bulldoze whatever the problem is and solve it." The bonus money is simply a just reward. "I'm not a money grubber. Most teachers aren't. But people in other professions get raises," she says. "Why shouldn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Make Great Teachers | 2/13/2008 | See Source »

...Often such interactions would uncover a networker red-handed, as I watched their interest wane with satisfaction as I divulged my concentration (“Physics?! What do you do with that?”). I’d be damned if any palm-greasing, name-dropping, yarn-grubber would squeeze even the time of day out of me, and as a result I seldom initiated any conversations with fellow students...

Author: By B.j. Greenleaf, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Network Aversion | 12/5/2001 | See Source »

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