Word: nonschool
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first day Instructor Galitz was blunt: "Our training methods will challenge you and make many demands upon you that you may initially consider too much." Forbidden was all nonschool material, including books, magazines, newspapers, TV and radio. The course, Galitz said, was aimed at encouraging concentration and deep thought. Each student pinned two rows of "ribbons of challenge" on the white tunic worn during the course, a ribbon to be shed only when a crucial test had been passed.When all the ribbons were gone, a student graduated...