Word: peering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...need for peer advice arose because many proctors were "either out of touch with freshman problems or too busy with their own work," Offutt said. "For a variety of reasons, good advice was not available...
After a trial period last spring, the prefect program was fully implemented for the first time this year. The program's high visibility, increased by the media attention it has received, may be partially responsible for the large number of applicants to the peer advisory job for next year, Offutt said...
...less worthy than the British kind. Their lordships were created by the Sovereign, ours by Sam Goldwyn. Theirs try to be seen with the Queen, ours with Joan Rivers. What our crowd lacks in gravitas, it makes up in laughs. Nor has it produced a noticeably poorer class of peer. Both seem equally to enjoy the company of Koo Stark...
...great boon of this proposal. Henceforth, as in Britain, only commoners will be allowed to sit in the lower houses, in this case meaning the House of Representatives and the Senate. No celebrities permitted. As soon as a person achieved that rank, he would, like a commoner become a peer in Britain, be sentenced to life in the upper chamber and oblivion...
...section unanimously wishes to meet in the shantytown, it may, of course, do so. But given the difficulties of ascertaining unanimity in the face of teacher and peer pressures, it takes a brave person to dissent. As a matter of educational policy, courtesy to one's peers, and respect for the views of others, it would seem to me appropriate to participate in the shantytown after, rather than during, class...