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Clinton's statement also brings up the question of what exactly the mainstream is. Judging by the last election, "the mainstream" consists of white, middle-class, heterosexual men and women who watch the Disney channel with their soccer-playing children. If this is indeed the "mainstream," does Clinton want all new immigrants to become Disney parents? Such thinking inherently downplays the contribution of minorities to American society and the value of using minority communities as models. Pushed further, such thinking takes the form of white supremacy...
...help Vernon Jordan and others gave Monica Lewinsky in finding a new job had nothing to do with her involvement in Jones' case. The Congressman laid out evidence that the help came in earnest only after Clinton learned that Lewinsky's name was on the witness list. "The question here," he said, "is not, Why did the President do a favor for an ex-intern, but, Why did he use the influence of his office to make sure it happened?" Hutchinson's answer: "To obstruct [and] impede justice...
...question for hot companies like Volcom, whose stone T shirts currently hold the honor of being the most ripped-off items from Orange County surf shops, is how to make the transition from small, sizzling firm to legitimate, stable business--and still respect the stone...
...while benefits from homework can be measured starting in junior high, the effect of home assignments on standardized test scores in the lower grades is negligible or nonexistent. "Piling on massive amounts of homework will not lead to gains," Cooper says, "and may be detrimental by leading children to question their abilities...
...question of the day, of course, is what is the right amount? Cooper recommends 10 to 20 min. nightly in first grade and an increase of 10 min. a night for each grade after that. But the point is not simply to fill up a set amount of time. For preoccupied teachers, admits Michelann Ortloff, a Portland school official and former elementary school teacher, "it's always easy to pull a few things out of the workbook, give them to students and say, 'This is your homework.'" Too many teachers send kids home with mind-numbing math worksheets that...