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This may come as a surprise, but I and many of my teacher colleagues don't believe in compulsory education. We'd much rather spend our precious time and resources on students who want to be in the classroom. We cannot afford to be surrogate parents to the wayward. I observed that the parent factor was noticeably absent from your article. When parents start acting like grownups and force their children to be accountable, perhaps then things will change...
...haven from a weak dollar, which many (including Warren Buffett) are betting on. Dollar pessimists point to the massive U.S. budget deficit, which if uncorrected should weaken the buck over time. With that in mind, insurers and pension funds have begun allocating 2% to 5% of their portfolios to precious metals and other commodities...
...GOLD FUNDS 1 YR. 3 YR. 5 YR. Gamco Gold 68.9 34.5 40.4 Fidelity Select Gold 68.8 32 34 Tocqueville Gold 64 37.5 41.3 American Century Global Gold 62.5 62.5 37.8 iShares Comex Gold* 35.6 -- -- StreetTracks Gold* 25.5 -- -- Precious-metals average...
...that no training or preparation could have prevented. The race starter called for the start before Harvard had settled in at the line, as the windy conditions made it impossible for both boats to remain aligned at the start for more than a few seconds.The minor setback lasted for precious few strokes. Harvard built a two-seat lead after the first 25 strokes, and the Crimson would never relinquish the lead again.“The plan was that the harder we attacked it, the better our boat would set up,” Kitovitz said...
With less than two weeks of classes left, one would naturally expect Harvard students to be overwhelmed by looming due dates for papers, projects, and other final assignments. While for some, there is indeed precious little time left until they are expected to turn in their culminating work for the semester, many others find themselves with three and sometimes four weeks until final assignments must be submitted. This University-endorsed procrastination is made possible by the most misleadingly named feature of the Harvard calendar, the so-called “reading period.” This two-week period, arguably...