Word: pupil
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...only state in the Union that has no autonomous local districts-and thus treats all pupils the same-is Hawaii. Money for education is raised principally through income and excise taxes and portioned out at roughly $930 per student. The schools' physical facilities are of equal quality, they have about the same pupil-teacher ratio (26 to 1) and even the same menus at the cafeterias. Slightly more money is spent in low-income areas because of federal programs intended to help the poor...
...Russian origins, Salome was educated at home in Saint Petersburg and at the University of Zurich. In the course of her many travels she became a friend of Nietzsche, a companion, guide and confessor to Rilke (it was she who first introduced him to Russia), and a favorite pupil of Freud. She knew Wedekind, Hofmannsthal, Schnitzler, and Hauptman. She met Stringberg and the great stage director Max Reinhardt, and Martin Buber encouraged her writing...
...willing disciples. In the face of so little reception, of the glaring silences with which most of Salome's efforts to communicate her observations and ideas are met, her exuberance and unkillable gratitude to Freud are hard to understand. And yet Freud does evince genuine affection for his eager pupil, perhaps because, refusing to take her seriously intellectually, Freud can in no way interpret her as a threat...
...March issue ranges from an article on new gains by teachers' unions to a progress report on the education of the handicapped. One teacher, Wanda Gray, explains how she encourages self-expression and understanding by assigning the pupil to interview his parents. What was school like when they were eleven? The children then make taped or written documentaries of their home and neighborhood. What is bedtime like? How does it sound when you get up in the morning...
...satirical postures and caricature voices, "Carruthers" plays bishop to "Bradshaw's" priest, pukka sahib to his native, officer to his enlisted man, and schoolmaster to his pupil. The bantering wit of this role playing does not entirely disguise its hidden psychological vengeance. In these games, it is Perew who dominates and Lacey who is dependent and vulnerable...