Word: knowed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...steps to work with the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) before it is required to during contract negotiations. Earlier this month the University and HUCTW resolved to work together on a grievances committee. And for the past two months the two groups have been getting to know one another in a series of transition meetings...
Hirsch maintains that reading skills are limited to topics the reader has encountered, so specific information must be drilled into students' heads. He uses the example of standardized reading comprehension tests: "If a young boy knows a lot about snakes but very little about lakes, he will make a good score on a passage about snakes, but a less good score on a passage about lakes....If you know about lakes and snakes, and rakes and cakes, you will have [a high] reading ability...
...well on one about a space taxi, it's because they are more interested in space than in life sciences, not necessarily because have read extensively on the subject. Literacy provides the freedom to discover and decide our own interests, which Hirsch constrains by telling us what to know and then shoving it down our throats. He seems to forget that when he demands that certain things be read and taught, he excludes others and discourages personal exploration...
...that major newspapers would refer to without a definition. (Under that rationale, many of Hirsch's entries are extremely questionable.) The science entries, compiled by Trefil, are exempt from this qualification, since "there is little broad knowledge of science even among educated people." Granted, but does one need to know what thermal inversion is in order to function as a literate member of society? Similarly, would a science major feel a driving need to recognize that John Constable was an artist...
Reducing taunting: Players who point fingers or hands at an opponent will be charged with unsportsmanlike conduct. If you watched college football the last couple of years, then you know this rule is needed...