Word: pupil
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Business Schools, said he hoped the event would help break down Harvard’s “culture of mutual avoidance.” Seated casually on sofas in the Barker Center, professors shared comical anecdotes about students who came to office hours, recalling one pupil whom Professor of the Practice of Molecular and Cellular Biology Robert A. Lue nicknamed “The Ocean” for his relentless stream of questions. 300th Anniversary University Professor Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, hastened to add that students don’t need to come in with...
...addressing how much of the system’s money reaches the classroom, committee member Joseph G. Grassi said that 82 percent of all funds are spent on instruction. And when asked whether the schools are making good use of their $23,000 in per pupil expenditures—more than double the state average—Grassi boasted that the district chooses to make free many programs that other districts do not, such as all-day kindergarten, busing, and sports...
...stark choices humans faced during the 1994 Rwandan genocide still rivet us. In this raw retelling, a priest (John Hurt) and a teacher (Hugh Dancy) must decide whether to stay and share the fate of 2,500 Tutsis, including a favorite pupil (Claire-Hope Ashley), who take refuge from Hutu thugs at their school. The tense action and graceful performances allay compassion fatigue...
Annalisee should be the star pupil at a school in her hometown of Longview, Texas. While it would be too much to ask for a smart kid to be popular too, Annalisee is witty and pretty, and it's easy to imagine she would get along well at school. But until last year, Annalisee's parents--Angi, a 53-year-old university assistant, and Marcelo, 63, who recently retired from his job at a Caterpillar dealership--couldn't find a school willing to take their daughter unless she enrolled with her age-mates. None of the schools in Longview...
...both teacher and pupil at the same time. I can learn, but still be a valuable resource. I always thought that being a proctor would end up being a pretty good deal (except for the Annenberg food, which I realized I never got used to eating), but it’s ending up paying dividends in ways that I never foresaw...