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...teach teens respect for a paycheck, real-world work experience is invaluable. "When you're making 5 pounds [$7.80] an hour, you come to realize that money isn't easy to come by," says British university student Harry Elgood, the son of successful Oxfordshire entrepreneurs, who started working as a bartender when he was 18. While some parents might be eager to bring their offspring into the family business, the Gallos recommend that teens be encouraged to take jobs elsewhere, at least initially, so they won't get special treatment from co-workers. "To have a boss, to be part...
...don’t go by who’s the most touted,” Amaker says, when asked about the freshmen impact. “They all have to earn their stripes. They’re all trying to do that—gain the respect, earn their stripes by being teammates, having a good work ethic, and not expecting anything. I love that about them.”College could prove to be a tough transition even for players who played on the highest level in high school. At a school where academic—not athletic?...
...Harvard from Midland, Texas, home of the Bush family. He was staunchly conservative—no easy task in the People’s Republic of Cambridge. But he was so convincing and so likeable, everyone kept telling me, that even his most right-wing beliefs were received with respect. When a flame-war broke out over the Currier House e-mail list about students receiving rebates from UHS over the cost of abortions, Caleb told participants to come down to the dining hall and talk to him. About 12 people showed up. These were all admirable qualities...
...have no plans to change it,” she says in respect to financial aid. Furthermore, and luckily, “We will continue to respond...
...tribute to our soldiers. But it should be clear that to combine this holiday’s solemn, sometimes effusive remembrance with active, objective consideration of war—and the hope for the future reduction of its dire consequences—does not in any way diminish the respect that is due to the veteran. If anything, it assigns greater importance to the historical and political significance of war and the military...