Word: prepped
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...Being Mormon made the family unusual in tony Bloomfield Hills, though Mitt doesn't remember anything that felt like ostracism at his élite prep school, Cranbrook. (Then again, he was the Governor's son.) "My faith was not a burden to me. I didn't smoke and I didn't drink, and that was about it" in distinguishing him from his classmates socially, he says. "I think it's a helpful thing for the development of the character of a young person to be different from their peers. It's a blessing to be different and stand...
...task is monumental, as Gates could see. She and Allan Golston, the foundation's president of U.S. programs, visited two large public high schools, one with a high graduation rate and the other with a long history as a dropout factory. But even at John Hope College Prep, the stronger of the two, only 27% of students passed state exams last year. Neither school was meeting federal requirements for progress under the No Child Left Behind Act. Arne Duncan, CEO of Chicago public schools, was on hand to show some the district's biggest benefactors his efforts to change that...
...perfect suit for your first day? No worries—there are still plenty of opportunities for those willing to go the extra mile. If cooking is your thing, the Laramie River Dude Ranch in scenic “North Central Colorado” is looking for campfire prep cooks. Refine your skills over an open flame by preparing food for pampered city folk on their overnight rides. Don’t want to lose all the fun facts you learned in Life Sciences this year? Join the crew at Barnacle Busters of South Florida and perfect your marine biology...
...freshmen to have started every matchup this year for the Crimson, Murphy entered the fall preseason without having played a game for an entire year. Surgery kept her from softball for her whole senior season at the Westridge School in Pasadena, California, where she was a First-team All-Prep League selection for the previous three years in a row.But that year off did not prevent her from making an immediate impression on the Harvard squad. In fact, there was one aspect of her game that almost certainly improved because of the respite from catching—her hitting...
Blogs suck up news the way an Arizona lawn sucks up water. And it's not just blogs. The Internet has given power to everybody. My e-mail brings news that students at Andover, the prep school, are "launching a breakthrough website ... the first-ever student-run publication focused exclusively on the presidential race...