Word: kidded
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...Build Better Standards The drive toward common national standards should begin, I think, with math and reading. Algebra should be the same for a kid in Albany, N.Y., as it is for one in Albuquerque, N.M., or for that matter in Beijing or Bangalore. (We can save for later the debate over whether that should be true for more subjective subjects like history.) These standards should define precisely what students are expected to know by the time they complete each grade and should be accompanied by tests to assess their level of proficiency. The process should be quasi-voluntary: states...
TIME: Tell me about the title of your book. Gifford: Well, it's funny, because a young kid named Daniel interviewed me a couple of days ago. "Explain the title of this to me," he said. I said, "Daniel, forgive me, but I'm assuming you're a man. Is that correct?" He said yes. I said, "Tell me how old you are." He goes, "Twenty-three." I said, "You're not exactly my target audience." It's all about a woman's reproductive cycle and how we become fertile in terms of bearing children at a young...
...line is, what you're talking about in law school is "What is justice?" That's what I'm writing about, too. What is right and wrong? What I like about this book is that it has an emotional quandary at its center. What should she do? If this kid on this card turns out to be her child, does she want to know the truth? ... A lot of books have a child in jeopardy, but this is a different kind of book. It's really about motherhood in jeopardy...
...outs - Captain Harry Douglas goes down swinging. Harvard's going to have to pray that Dennhardt makes a mistake, cuz this kid is nasty...
Granted, there are pictures of naked people. And not just any naked people. Naked Harvard people. Like that kid who sits next to you in section. Yeah, him. But really, during a period in which everyone lacks financial stability, that $10 could go toward a lot of more, well, substantial things. Like a trip to Wellesley and back! Could be more or less satisfying, depending on personal taste...