Word: professionalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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In part the surprise simply comes from the announcement of a personalized death; two named and photographed victims in a war automatically draw more attention than statistical casualties. Then, too, there is something about the rhythm and character of their work: the white moving line of the automobile perpendicular to...
Union leaders reacted angrily to Reagan's proposals. The N.E.A. said the President was making a "disgraceful assault" on the teaching profession. Albert Shanker, president of the 600,000-member American Federation of Teachers, lambasted the President's views on education as "embarrassing and destructive." But over a...
The apparent explanation: Tereshkova's highly touted odyssey, which seems to have been ordered by Khrushchev personally, was a technical flop. A millworker by profession, she was poorly prepared (she had done only some amateur parachute jumping) and, according to word from Soviet defectors, became severely ill during the...
Rosovsky chuckles when reminded of that quote in a recent interview, and recalls receiving a letter from the president of the American Dental Association, scolding him for giving the profession a bad name. "I discussed it with my own dentist, who didn't mind at all," the dean says.
That conclusion has helped push Elliott toward teaching and away from law school. "Behind the closed door of the classroom, a great teacher can make up for a lot of ignorance." His columns on Bremen's teacher's union, as well as his love for American history, and a desire...