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...floor. Together—some students making calculations on the boards, others measuring lengths on the paper—the students transform the strip into a line of numbers and their squares. They will have to raise points on the number line to their third and fourth powers for homework...
...afternoon winds down with an “explorations” class—during which students pursue one of several non-academic offerings, such as public speaking or visual art—and a 50-minute “homework hut,” where they begin their two hours of nightly homework under their teachers’ supervision, allowing them pose questions lingering from the day’s classes...
Edward (Jim) Herrgott was not an ideal student. In high school, he would skip class sometimes and rarely did his homework. But he was good-natured and kind, so his parents never worried. And Herrgott did owe some gratitude to the classroom: he met his future fiance Sara McWilliams, with him at right, at summer school. Given his penchant for mischief, Herrgott surprised his family when he announced in his senior year that he wanted to be a police officer. To earn money for his training, he joined the Army, just as his cousin T.J. Kewatt had done a year...
Many hands have been wrung about the plight of overextended kids. In their attempts to become well rounded as individuals and well liked by college admissions officers, youngsters from grammar school to high school barely have time for play, let alone relaxation. But between homework and music lessons, soccer practice and SAT prep, some parents and their kids are scheduling a new set of appointments. These commitments, however, are less likely to be monitored by coaches and instructors than by the aestheticians, masseurs and nutritionists at the growing number of day spas and resorts that cater to young people. "Kids...
...birth defects firsthand when her grandchild Emily, 8, was born with one arm shorter than the other. "In addition to giving to nonprofits that have important meaning to me," says Neese, who sits on the local board of March of Dimes in Oklahoma City, Okla., "I've done my homework to make sure these groups were getting the job done...