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...born than about what you have learned and what you do as part of a group. Nature and nurture intertwine, but nurture is much more important in the modern world than the heroic paradigm gives it credit for. Rather than think of your fellow graduates in terms of a particular type of heroic individual—male or female—look instead for indications that they (and you) have developed the judgment to broaden your bandwidth and cope with the wide range of new situations you are bound to encounter. That contextual intelligence will be the key to effective...
...passage of a national energy policy resolution and the school’s selection of U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu for Commence speaker demonstrated the campus’s genuine commitment to greener living.In general, incorporation of student input led to positive results. HUDS in particular, went out of its way to solicit student feedback on many changes that it implemented this year. The modified reinstatement of calorie cards in the dining halls and the creation of a comprehensive website and Harvard dining blog demonstrated HUDS’s admirable responsiveness to student opinion. The Office of Career Services...
...took third at 184, justifying the trio’s season-long ranking in the top 10. With solid competitors at the squad’s helm, the Crimson also promoted the development of its rookies, many of whom faced immediate pressure filling in for injured teammates. In particular, freshman Walter Peppelman (149) excelled in his first season, going 21-13 with a seven-bout win streak in the dual season. The rookie standout led the team with eight technical falls, more than the rest of the squad combined. Still, Weiss lauded his rookies even more for their resilience than...
...been booked for the same crime this year - and scores of others have been arrested or disciplined in the past few years for sexual misconduct with students, according to a recent investigation by the Orlando Sentinel, which noted the problem is rising in the state "among female educators in particular." Florida, of course, is hardly the only state where female teachers have been nabbed for preying on boys. And nationwide, male teachers still commit far more acts of sexual misconduct than females. A 2004 Education Department study found that about 10% of the nation's 50 million public-school students...
...your previous two attempts, you turned around at 28,000 ft. Did you get nervous at that height this time? This particular year I've come around to my [second] wife Louise's way of thinking. It's being patient and monitoring your body and going slowly, which is not my natural way. When I got to that height, I wasn't exhausted, because I had been not competing. I wasn't thinking, "I must get up there. I must make a certain turnaround time. I must get there before that other...