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...Davidson Academy, all the kids are skipping ahead quickly--in some cases they completed more than two years of material last year. There's no sixth grade or ninth grade or any grade at the academy, just three tracks ("core," "college prep" and "college prep with research"). The curriculums are individualized and fluid--some students take college-prep English but core-level math. I sat in on the Algebra II class one day, but it wasn't so much a traditional class as a study session guided by the teacher, Darren Ripley. Kids worked from different parts of the textbook...
...story. Love stories are old. They're universal. Nearly everyone has one. Which makes them nearly impossible to write well. This summer has brought us License to Wed, in which a couple is nearly driven apart by their wacky priest's marriage-prep course; I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, in which Adam Sandler pretends to marry his firefighter buddy for health-insurance reasons; No Reservations, in which two competitive chefs fall in love; and Becoming Jane, in which Jane Austen has to choose between love and proper behavior. Coming in September is Good Luck Chuck, in which every girl...
...teenage years wore on however, math became more difficult, my tankini remained topographically uninspired, and summers got rapidly less awesome. PSAT prep books replaced those salty Judy Blume novels from the local library, and lemonade stands, once plentiful on my block, were suddenly in short supply...
...thing that we've talked about a lot is the professionalizing of the work…the broader community has made high demands of this industry, and workers want training and prep to meet those demands and also level of skill," she said...
...finally went to prep school in Ohio, did a great job academically, and after three years, he’s coming to Harvard,” Murphy said. “That’s persistence...