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...right, of course, about the third alternative, and a very sensible one it is??working out some system of fooling the grader, although I think I should prefer the world “impressing.” We admit to being impressionable, but not to being hypercredulous simps. His first two tactics for system being, his Vague Generalities and Artful Equivocation, seem to presume the latter, and are only going to convince Crimson-reading graders (there are a few and we tell our friends) that the time has come to tighten the screws just a bit more...
...friends in Eliot House who have been collectively humming “There She Is?? for two days straight...
MCAS and the “standards-based” reform movement simply support the status quo: high standards represented by thought-provoking curriculum for the advantaged, low standards represented by the mindless memorization of soon-to-be forgotten facts for the disadvantaged. For us, that is??to borrow President Bush’s phrase—the real soft bigotry of low expectations...
...done is earn the starting middle linebacker job with the Seattle Seahawks. All-Pro center Matt Birk ’98 has squashed those stereotypes, too. Sooner or later, you’d think that coming out of Harvard—hotbed of overachievers that it is??might actually be considered a selling point. But Soriano says questions about his commitment to football keep coming up in interviews...
...alternative to the soft drink contracts in public schools is worse. Financial support for American public education is??and seems likely to remain—severely lacking. Exclusive contracts with soft drink companies provide school districts with urgently needed funding to pay for vital educational programs—programs that might otherwise be cut. The amount of money at stake is not negligible. Last month, for example, Florida’s Hillsborough County Public School District negotiated a 12-year contract with The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. for $50 million. Until governments fund public education appropriately, schools should...