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...friend describes Rice's transition from the White House to the State Department as "liberating." "She now has a department to manage. She has duties to perform," says former Secretary of State George Shultz, one of her mentors. "That's what she really enjoys and likes." Rice's forward-leaning approach leaves little space for formalities. She doesn't e-mail because it is impersonal and indelible, communicating mainly through person-to-person calls. If she has a bone to pick with a U.S. or foreign official, she will order everyone out of the room and remonstrate in private...
...their spot on the squad. And peer pressure is rising as old friends suddenly become jealous enemies or embarrassing reminders of a childhood left behind. Then there are the simmering rivalries inside the squad itself, sometimes fueled by parents with their own agendas. Finally, there's the pressure to perform in front of family and friends (yikes, there's that cute boy from homeroom!), all the while being pretty, pleasant and smiling. Cheerleading, in fact, may be the ultimate magnifying lens for the manifold pressures of being a modern 13-year...
...just being protective, create problems too. Everyone remembers the Texas cheerleading mom who killed off the competition, thereby providing the story line for two TV movies in the early '90s. "Parents really do get crazy," says Henderson cheer sponsor Washington, who sees some parents pushing girls to perform stunts they're not ready for. "I think the parents like to get involved more than the coaches," observes Breanna. "It's like they want to be a teenager again...
...rare occasion that I am only participating in one sport I get much more excited about it. I am able to focus on the sport to perform better. When I am playing more sports I often go to one sport to the next. Doing this does not allow me to get in my "zone" and I do not perform up to my potential. When playing several sports it is difficult for me to remember some parts of the game and much harder to execute. I have heard the comment from several different coaches that I seem to settle...
Hoxby—who has consistently defended school choice—lent more fuel to supporters of a voucher system with the publication of her 2000 paper. The paper concludes, among other things, that students in areas with many competing school districts perform better on tests than students from areas with fewer school districts...