Word: notionalism
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...children. I hate the fact that these teachers receive the support of a union that makes the Teamsters look like wimps. I hate the fact that teachers apparently wish to claim all the credit for good students but blame parents for bad students. And I hate the mere notion that teachers are even asked what they hate about parents...
...bosom enhancement--where the rich and famous strive for their own metallic solidity and sheen--Robots has an old-fashioned message: "You can shine no matter what you're made of." In other words: Why be new when you can be the very best you? That's a notion even humans can profit from. --By Richard Corliss
...typical new home was 1,500 sq. ft. Today the McMansion has pushed the figure to 2,300. A small but growing group of architects and homeowners, however, is rejecting the notion that bigger homes mean better lives and for economic, environmental and aesthetic reasons is embracing mini houses, which are often under 1,000 sq. ft. Books like Alejandro Bahamn's Mini House, Michelle Kodis' Blueprint Small, Azby Brown's The Very Small Home and Ricorico's Mini House Style explore how small spaces can be put to ingenious uses. --By Lisa McLaughlin...
...least, the Gen Ed Committee must reexamine the notion that Harvard should encourage its students to leave for a semester or even a year. Requiring students to have some kind of international experience, a proposal currently on the table, is not necessarily a bad idea as long as the College is cautious—more cautious than it is now, certainly—about which courses of study at which universities abroad translate into Harvard credit. If the Curricular Review institutionalizes such a requirement, it should focus on getting students abroad during a possible J-term, over the summer...
...motivations for killing the bill vary, one of the major arguments for not considering the bill was the belief that the U.C. would be “damned if it passes, damned if it doesn’t.” Council members were preoccupied with the notion that the press would misrepresent the legislation as an endorsement of Summers. Perhaps had the U.C. voted to consider the bill, the legislation could have been amended to address these concerns. Many council members who voted against the bill feared ruffling the feathers of the administration and faculty...