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Word: pompom (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...strange way to teach, but then this is a strange school. Imagine a place where children learn math by holding jobs, paying taxes and owning * businesses that sell everything from pompom pencils to potpourri pillows. A place where students study logic and law by taking their peers to court and fining them in the school's own currency. A place where kids come to understand politics by drawing up their own constitution, drafting laws and deciding which days of the week baseball caps may be worn to class. Imagine, in short, a school where civics is not just a course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can I Copy Your Homework -- and Represent You in Court? | 9/21/1992 | See Source »

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