Word: mattering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Only recently have scientists realized that most of the universe is neither gaseous, liquid or solid. It is plasma, a lively, tricky, often dangerous state of matter whose distinctive characteristic is that its particles are electrically charged. Scientists call it "the fourth state of matter,'' because plasma follows its own peculiar laws, responding to electrical forces and creating them. The sun and stars are mostly plasma; so are many loose particles moving in space between them. In fact, cosmologically speaking, only in a few exceptional places does matter settle down and become electrically neutral. But since the human...
...average classroom teacher's salary in Mississippi was $3,070; in only 13 states was it above $5,000. One out of every ten teachers quits yearly. There is no problem in wealthy Scarsdale, N.Y., which can spend $865 a year per student. But Georgia ($208) is another matter. And who will pay for a master teacher in Ekalaka, Mont...
...most potent prescriptions was the "academic inventory." a yearly comparison between bright students' capacities and the elective courses they actually choose. Like a stockholder's report, it sums up a school's income and outgo. And it goes straight to the heart of the matter: guidance...
...used to think they could). They do determine "developed ability," a blend of innate talents and outer influences, which can be changed by home and school. With his wiggly blocks and foolish questions. the guidance man strikes some parents as a dangerous bore: George will go to Harvard no matter his score. Let George do it-if he can. Guidance counselors are after bigger game: the brainy boy from a culture-poor family who always thought he was "dumb," the bright laggard who needs to be prodded. To Conant. guidance is "the keystone of the arch of public education...
...This is a genuine religion with no hypocrisy about it.'' said Harbans Singh. "Once you become a Sikh you are one of them.*no matter what color you are or what you were before-something few other religions can claim to practice...