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...would rather talk about other people's books. "I was brought up with the Greek and Latin classics, with the 16th and 17th century Spanish classics and the great European novelists of the 19th century. Of the 20th [century], I'm interested in Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas Mann, Stefan Zweig, Joseph Conrad and Thomas Pynchon. The rest I can do without, including my own books." The rest of us, however, are likely to be hooked on Alatriste's adventures as long as the writer keeps turning them...
Specialization in high school neglects the primary role of secondary school: molding well-rounded students with a strong and stable intellectual, practical, and civic foundation. Indeed, Horace Mann, the “father of American education,” famously said that “a human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.” This is why the core of a secondary education is comprised of a set of highly specified academically rigorous courses in math, science, history, and English. Any system of majors that encroaches on this educational core would undermine this...
...Cloud to devote herself to rigorous technical training at Ruth Williams Dance Studio in Harlem, where she took lessons in ballet, tap, and body percussion from teachers who had danced with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Dance Theater of Harlem.While the academic rigor of her high school, Horace Mann, didn’t allow her time to continue her technical training, Cloud became very involved with her school’s language program, which enabled her to perform in diverse cultural shows. Cloud says that she experimented with “every dance style, from Irish step, to traditional...
...FOLDERS Merlin Mann's program, ostensibly about personal productivity, is entertaining and informative. Listen first to the episode titled "How to Leave a Voice Mail Message...
...here what he wants to do when he grows up, and he'll say he wants to sail on Shosholoza. "They've proved that they have the passion and the inspiration to take on such a tough challenge," says Alinghi's helmsman and sports director Jochen Schümann, who was in Cape Town recently to attend a Shosholoza charity auction. "It's an open question how far they will get." For many of South Africa's young sailors, blazing a trail for the next multiracial generation of sailors is victory in itself...