Word: maths
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...unknown common room with a court summons for public urination in his pants pocket and the word “douchebag” written in pink permanent marker across his forehead.I can divide the events of my life into those two distinct categories. I know that I won a math bee in fifth grade. I remember hitting the first and only home run of my Little League career against St. Joseph’s at Juniper Park in Middle Village, N.Y. in April of that same year. I remember how it felt to finally hit a ball on the sweet...
...Liviu Librescu, 76, was an Israeli engineering and math lecturer, was known for his research, but his son said he will be remembered as a hero for protecting students as the gunman tried to enter his classroom...
...truly believe that this is a meaningful addition, particularly in that it focuses on promoting the success of African-Americans within math and science—concentrations which have historically not been home to many in Harvard’s black community,” Hamilton said of the scholarship...
...Zanzini's human-resources director, Leandro Mangili. "They have finished secondary school, but they can't add without a calculator." The most recent study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development found that exactly half the country's 15-year-olds failed even the most basic level of math proficiency. In reading, 74% of Brazilian students could not demonstrate detailed understanding of texts, and a quarter to a third could not read even simple sentences...
...leave the industry with less funny money. But lenders claim such a move could force them out of the market. "We make less than half a percent on a guaranteed loan," says Tom Joyce, spokesman for Sallie Mae, the nation's largest student-loan company. "You do the math." And there is a renewed effort to get more schools into direct lending, which costs taxpayers an estimated $7.50 less for every $100 disbursed, compared with private loans. Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy is pushing a bill that rewards colleges for switching to the cheaper of the two lending systems by giving...