Word: maths
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Favorite Subjects: History, math, science...
...pearl is in the middle: a fable of courtship in seven Paris parks in a two-month span. He, the lit student, professes his ardor with erudite intensity; she, the math student, is a seductive tease. She won't go to his apartment because it "lacks poetry," yet she proposes a two-day affair in which they'll play tourists in their own town. Rohmer adds a sour twist, but the enveloping mood is genial, the body language eloquent, the two players (Serge Renko, Aurore Rauscher) expert entrancers. One wants to bottle this episode; it's the perfect little gift...
According to their findings, the students who attended private schools scored an average of three points higher on a standardized reading examination and five points higher on a math test than students from similar socioeconomic backgrounds, after three years of attendance in the private schools...
After four years, the students in the voucher program advanced to an average of five points higher on the reading and 12 points higher on the math than their peers in public schools...
...added that Logan often wears math T-shirts and plays Scrabble with his shoes off "cause that's how he's most comfortable...