Word: schoolwork
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...With the schoolwork, it’s easy to get exhausted,” said Harvard assistant coach Terry London. “As long as [the players] stay rested, the outlook is good...
What gifted means hasn't always been clear. Older definitions, for instance, wrongly exclude the artistically talented. But most experts define the term as the top 3% to 5% of scorers on IQ and other standardized tests. For the smartest of these kids, those who quickly overpower schoolwork that flummoxes peers, skipping a grade isn't about showing off. Rather, according to a new report from the University of Iowa, it can mean the difference between staying in school and dropping out from sheer tedium. "If the work is not challenging for these high-ability kids, they will become invisible...
Though offering no excuses, Cromwell suggested that the timing of finals and commitments to schoolwork may have slowed many of the swimmers’ times from their targets...
...only 3 when she announced that she wanted an agent. Her parents persuaded her to wait a bit. But when their daughter's desire resurfaced a few years later, they reluctantly allowed her to act in television and commercials but not onstage, fearing that evening curtains would ruin her schoolwork. They also refused to give her a lick of formal training. Other than a recent Christmas gift from her father--a book on acting for the stage--her parents have been steadfast in their conviction that she should find...
...thing, this summer is my opportunity to improve my physical fitness. In high school, I ran cross country and track and field, grueling sports that demand top physical form. I confess that I’ve let that slip a bit while in Cambridge, where there is too much schoolwork and too few trails and rolling hills to entice me to go on daily 90-minute runs like I used to. Now the hills are once more in my backyard, so it’s time to lace up the shoes again...