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...tall and broad-shouldered Immelt was a natural leader even from his high-school days...
Members of the Harvard community also presented a $500 check to high-school senior Lindsay G. Thornquit of Boston Latin School, who will be attending the University of Massachusetts in the fall...
...pressure's telling. Only 10 or 20 years ago, Australia's biggest problem with teachers was recruiting them - encouraging enough brainy high-school graduates to study for a career in front of a blackboard. Today there's no shortage of trainees - high demand for places in education courses at universities has forced up entry scores to record levels. The concern for policymakers is retaining teachers, who are leaving the profession in droves. University of Sydney researcher Robyn Ewing says younger teachers are leading the charge: having studied for four years or more, at least 30% quit in their first three...
...principal, it would reach the point, says P.P.A. president Pryor, where he'd say to a parent: "Do you really believe that this teacher, when he's showering in the morning, thinks to himself, 'Today I'm going to make life as tough as possible for your child?'" A high-school teacher in Wollongong chided a boy who'd been ducking classes. The boy's mother complained to the principal that the teacher had acted out of racial prejudice - the boy's family are Pacific Islanders. To the teacher's delight - many teachers feel their bosses cave in to parental...
...through her house on changeover days looking for one of his children - and her new husband likes it even less. But for the greater good she bites her tongue. "They are his daughters and I have to be loyal to him in front of them," says Crossman, 45, a high-school teacher in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney...