Word: meritable
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Klein, in his Newsweek column, wrote that he had signed his novel Primary Colors as Anonymous because he wished the novel to be evaluated on its own merit, not as the novel of a political columnist well-known the media. Klein had to evade an elaborate and concentrated media assault intent upon determining the identity of Anonymous. We take our anonymity for granted and even complain about...
Then, when that anonymity and merit-based criticism are such ideals, why are Harvard students not happy? Would we want our professors to know that we never liked the subject matter of his or her class in high school? Do we want to prejudice our teachers, or do we want them to regard us on our own merit...
...democratization of the university is not innocent or even progressive, but thoroughly political. Diversity is in vogue wherever the many rule or wherever power belongs to the mediocre. The mediocre many have an interest in denigrating wisdom, virtue and even merit--all severe, undemocratic notions--and in elevating sheer experience, which even the meanest can contribute to and appreciate. While wisdom, virtue and merit are hard to achieve and discern, experience is easy to assert and acquire. Yet because of the superficiality of plain experience, one needs it in great quantity and variety to appear impressive and interesting. So like...
...group designed a merit system which would reduce violations by licensees in the past five years based on service and membership on the task force. They also requested the Cambridge Licensing Commission ticket underage drinkers and revoke their licenses and offered to work closely with the District Attorney to prosecute underage drinkers more stringently...
Certainly, the N.E.A. and the A.F.T. have a history of resisting changes, from curriculum reform to teacher certification to merit pay. But as unionized teachers see it, the fierce struggles to protect their jobs, their raises and their work rules are part of a bigger war to save the very institution of public education in a climate of budget cutbacks and ideological polarization. "Blaming teachers for problems in education is like blaming doctors for aids,'' says Susan Moore Johnson, a dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. "The problem with public education in this country has to do with...