Word: homework
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...Cornell Daily Sun asks students a "Burning Question": "What are you doing for Fall Break?" A typical response: "I'm going to go home and visit some friends, but I'm mostly going to relax and do some CS 211 homework...
...Moeliker, who documented the first scientifically recorded case of homosexual necrophilia in the mallard duck, was on hand along with Lisa R. Danielson and William L. Sefanov who were married at the 2001 complexity-themed Ig Nobels. With annual traditions like the launching of paper airplanes constructed from science homework and ceremony programs, the Ig Nobels work to emphasize the lighter side of science. While they may not command the clout of the real Nobel Prizes, they have come to play an important role in the scientific community. “I think the Ig Nobels are a really...
Here's how the typical American family is being portrayed. Most kids are coddled by helicopter parents who overprotect their child. All moms have misgivings over their choice to work at fabulous jobs. Every child is pushed with too much homework, and every teenager is spoiled with too many luxuries. Teens have to apply to 12 colleges because they're competing against all the other overachieving youngsters. Once they graduate, you would think all young adults move home to mooch, unwilling to grow...
...pushing and overachieving--but it's not the public menace it's supposed to be. The media need a reality check. American high school students think their parents are doing less to help them in school, not more (in such things as attending PTA meetings and helping out with homework). Nor is every teenager spoiled or lazy; nearly a third of 16-year-olds have jobs while in school, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nearly a third of them volunteer, about one hour a week. Meanwhile, the odds of getting into college are far better than the panic...
...make sure you know what you're getting--even if you have used a particular product before. Manufacturers of many familiar nonprescription brands have quietly switched to phenylephrine so that their packages can stay on drugstore shelves. Allergies may be hard to avoid, but if you do your homework and follow the rules, you can still get the relief you need...