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...amount of work I put in was two times as much as schoolwork," says Kanter, who adds he took a year off from college so he could focus more on his business...

Author: By Lori I. Diamond, | Title: Student STARTUPS | 3/15/1997 | See Source »

...didn't need to go to college, since he wanted to start a business instead. His father remembers watching in frustration as his son studied and studied but got nowhere with his grades. Ennis managed to enter Morehouse College in Atlanta, but he continued to struggle with his schoolwork. His mother Camille told Jet magazine in 1992, "We didn't know that Ennis was dyslexic until he went to college...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'HE WAS MY HERO' | 1/27/1997 | See Source »

Perhaps Reinhard's greatest challenge during her career was maintaining the delicate balance between her commitments to both sports, schoolwork and her social life...

Author: By Ethan G. Drogin, | Title: Two Sports, One Athlete | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

CHILDREN ACROSS THE COUNTRY MAY one day discover that their first schoolwork assignment has nothing to do with reading, writing or arithmetic. Instead, they will be asked to prove that they are not in the U.S. illegally. That, at least, is the intent of a proposed amendment to the immigration-reform bill that would give states the right to turn away undocumented children from public schools. The measure easily passed the House of Representatives last week after Speaker Newt Gingrich made a rare speech from the floor supporting it. "Offering free, tax-paid goods to illegals has increased the number...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SCHOOL'S OUT? | 4/1/1996 | See Source »

...motivational power. Grades provide a consistent system of comparison only when everyone works as hard as possible to demonstrate their capabilities. Harvard students are keenly aware that grades communicate their abilities to other people. For most, the ideal transcript entices hard work even if the student's dedication to schoolwork would be low otherwise...

Author: By Anna-marie L. Tabor, | Title: Abolish Harvard's Grading System | 2/17/1996 | See Source »

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