Word: misse
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...unreasonable burden” on Harvard or the professor in question. Nor should moving an examination or providing a makeup. We do not dispute that the onus should be on students to alert professors of religious absences as early as possible and to make up the work that they miss. Nevertheless, professors and teaching fellows must be flexible. This means that if it’s at all possible to tape lectures, move or offer makeups of exams, or let students attend alternate section times, professors should...
...these rural high schools, these non-feeder schools,” Mueller said. “We’re really easy about giving fee waivers.” Another student spoke about the psychological benefit of receiving early admission to the College, saying he thought students would miss that perk under the new policy. But Avery said that much of the perceived psychological effect is just an “urban myth.” “If you’re smart, you realize that nothing you do between November and December will have any effect...
...What did you miss most about life on the outside...
...violence has infected other parts of Sri Lankan society. The country has high rates of domestic violence and alcoholism. The suicide rate, especially among Sri Lanka's young, is one of the worst in Asia. The fighting and threat of suicide bombings means many children miss long periods of school. Cell phones have turbocharged Sri Lanka's rumor mill and kids are yanked from classes at even the whiff of potential trouble. Many of those who do well in school end up leaving the country for opportunities abroad...
...even where there's no official support, men can improvise ways of boosting the time they spend with their kids. While living in Singapore several years ago, Prasenjit Basu found that his ferocious working hours as Credit Suisse First Boston's chief economist in Asia were causing him to miss out on seeing his two young children. "What I began to do was come home for lunch at the time they came home from school," he says. As his children grew older, their school days lengthened. "I'd be eating my lunch at 3 p.m. or 3:45 p.m.," Basu...