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...Well I grabbed the kid they called it on, and said, ‘what the hell’s going on, you know what we’re doing there,’” Murphy said. “And he says, ‘Coach, I just kept blocking the guy, blocking the guy, and finally I fell on him in the endzone.’ So we’ll have to see, but that shouldn’t be a flag in that situation...
...trouble again in 2001 for speaking at a Democratic fund-raiser in Texas, for which he later apologized. But those who know him well say he isn't driven by politics as much as his addiction to breaking news. "He takes to stories like he's still a kid and trying to prove himself," says a CBS News producer. "He loves it." Rather's contract expires in 2006, at which point he will be 75. Heyward denies any talk of asking Rather to leave early...
Dickensian tales like Sidis' may help explain why most educators mistrust the whole idea of grade skipping. We catch a whiff of litism around parents who want their kid to leapfrog others. What's called radical acceleration--finishing high school at 15 or younger--is viewed with particular skepticism, since one suspects today's striving parents may be no less aggressive in pursuit of their child's glory than Boris Sidis was. Judith Roseberry, president of the California Association for the Gifted, says several couples a year approach her seeking to have their fetus identified as gifted. "They...
Since it first appeared in 1981, David Elkind's The Hurried Child, which has sold more than 300,000 copies, has prompted educators to wonder whether parents are racing their children through childhood. "'Let kids be kids.' You hear that a lot," responds Colangelo. "But a lot of times, when you make no move, you are causing harm ... Would you rather your kid be miserable in class every day just so he can get his driver's license at the same time as everyone else...
...have to tell the jury that this kid has had a clean record and seems to be a good person,” Toobin says. “They have to do it in a way that makes his client seem humble and wise, not arrogant...