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...months late with a credit card payment or failing to show up for jury duty. But when you are asking for money, sometimes it pays to start off with a warm salutation. I mean, does my "refusal to participate" in an entirely voluntary charity drive really deserve such a harsh tone...
...Harsh sentencing acts as a deterrent to kids who are considering committing crimes. Trying children as adults has coincided with lower rates of juvenile crimes. Light sentences don?t teach kids the lesson they need to learn: If you commit a terrible crime, you will spend a considerable part of your life in jail...
...However, we do not see what would be gained by dealing the protesters an unnecessarily harsh punishment, especially after the University gave them food and supplies for 21 days. Given the nature of this sit-in, the punishment of the protesters, if any, should not require them to withdraw from the College for any period of time. Now is a time for reconciliation rather than division, and for moving forward on the issue of a living wage...
...bullies, jocks, do-gooders and former victims. It was over in seconds, Benito limping off, his shirt ripped, his nose bloodied and - the ultimate humiliation for the bully among bullies - tears streaming down his meaty cheeks. And with that, the old equilibrium was restored. Benito was forced by a harsh lesson to respect the traditional hierarchies within which each of us knew our place...
...research papers because they don't help him prepare students for state-mandated tests. The town's educators say they don't oppose accountability. Many of them prefer the method adopted by states such as Vermont, in which independent reviewers assess portfolios of student work. Many educators also oppose harsh consequences for schools that fail to meet state targets. But Mike Ward, state superintendent of public instruction, responds that "without consequences, there aren't assurances that the curriculum has been delivered...