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...school and actually flipped a coin to decide which to do. And the coin came out for literature.LD: I don’t’ believe the Almighty would approve of that. DD: I should have rather thought in retrospect that the person who would have decided by that means should have gone to Divinity school! THC: What do you both do when you’re not writing epic books or teaching? Any zany hobbies?DD: Do we do anything else? I do a lot of windsurfing. LD: When I was young, I played all possible sports, and it?...
...credit cards among college students has risen to an all-time high, according to a report released Monday by student loan company Sallie Mae. According to the report, college students own an average of 4.6 credit cards, and the mean credit card debt has increased from $2,169 in 2004 to $3,173 last year. But students who discussed credit card use with their parents were less likely to overspend, according to the report. “Students indicated that they wanted more information about smart money management and they wanted it earlier than even college,” said...
...basically stumbled into the job after responding to a newspaper ad, but kept at it for 12 years. Does that mean you enjoyed it? (See the 10 valuable tips for tax season...
...volumes, multiply whole numbers, represent data on a graph, estimate computations and relate fractions to decimals. Specific common standards would allow textbook and curriculum developers to spend their research dollars achieving clear goals rather than producing various versions for different states. Just because the standards are national does not mean, thank goodness, that they need to be written by the Federal Government. Indeed, it's hard to imagine a more frightening sight than that of all 535 members of Congress grappling with a congregation of bureaucrats and voting on whether high school graduates should or should not be required...
Some of the new rules are "obvious," Lokshina says, but it is "still important to have them laid out on paper. The code demonstrates that law enforcement and the state acknowledge that there are problems. At the same time, the new code won't mean anything unless it is effectively enforced. If there is a strong will, some very complicated changes could be introduced quickly and effectively...