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Here in Brazil I believe there is a deficiency—we lack a period of time in which students can develop the maturity necessary for adult life. This contrasts with the U.S., where students have an undergraduate program centered on that objective. However, I believe that the American educational system should invest more in technically-oriented student activities like the ones we have in Brazil. Such work tends to develop industry-specific skills that are essential for a professional who wants to differentiate himself nowadays...
...arts, and culture that our educators allow to pass by unnoticed. We definitely lose a lot from this. In spite of this deficiency, I believe we develop stronger professionals with practical and theoretical skills that are above average. However, I also believe that although students in the U.S. may lack this focus in college, they are more mature and well-prepared to make important life decisions like choosing a major and a profession to pursue once they graduate. All in all, I believe both education systems have their advantages and disadvantages, and a lot to learn from each other...
...lack of trying. Female ski jumpers have petitioned to join every Winter Olympics since Nagano in 1998, and each time they have been denied by the International Olympics Committee (IOC). In fact, ski jumping is the only Olympic discipline to remain men-only. (Technically, Nordic combined is also limited to males, but that's because it includes ski jumping.) In 1991 the IOC announced that all future Olympic sports must be open to both genders, but the rule didn't apply to sports that already existed - and as one of the 16 original events in the inaugural Winter Games...
...Other findings in the 2007 Bath report mentioned in the Australian include failure to regularly monitor the children placed in care, poor assessment of carers, and lack of support services for at-risk children in the Northern Territory. "It's a system that's been in crisis for some time and is getting worse," says Jodeen Carney, Shadow Minister for children and families. Carney, based in Alice Springs, is enraged at the "cover-up culture" that has surrounded the report, whose full contents have yet to be disclosed. The Northern Territory's Child Protection Minister, Kon Vatskalis, issued a statement...
...remains to be seen whether the strong message of support will have the intended effect. The euro rallied early in the day but then fell 0.9%, to below $1.36, as traders criticized the lack of details in the rescue package. E.U. officials insist that although the specifics still need to be worked out, the agreement should end the speculation against the euro...