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...recent work, Mitchell writes trite stories of unconvincing relationships and reserves her passion to bemoan the corruption of society. All this isn't so much unpleasant as just plain flimsy. The best she can muster, for example, to explain societal degradation is to insist simplistically that "lawyers and loan sharks/are laying America to waste." There are small pleasures to be had on Taming the Tiger, like Mitchell's confidently unconventional melodies, her dark and smoke-ravaged voice and the occasional appearances of deft saxophonist Wayne Shorter. Still, one can't help but wonder what happened to Joni Mitchell since...
Finally, to go along with the moral, social and personally satisfying advantages of the job, students have financial incentive to teach. One of the best initiatives included in the recently-passed Higher Education Act is one which forgives loan debt for students who go into teaching careers. Under the new legislation, after three years one's debt is partially reduced, and after six it is erased completely. I happily read this news last week, glad to see that after a summer of teacher-bashing here in Massachusetts, the federal government is taking concrete economic steps to encourage students...
...student increase in aid will allow students to decrease either their loan or work obligation. Knowles said the money will allow students to commit more time to extracurricular activities or to pursue unpaid internships and research during the summer...
Under the bill, which the President is expected to sign, students who choose a career in teaching will begin to have student loan debts forgiven after three years; after six years, such debts will be forgiven completely...
Moreover, interest rates on every new student loan will be slashed down from 8.25 percent to 7.46 percent, saving an average student about $700 over 10 years...