Word: sevenths
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Although I was dissatisfied with the Core throughout my time at Harvard because of its sporadic approach to a well-rounded education (much like throwing darts in the dark), I have never been so unhappy with it as now. As I prepared this summer to teach seventh grade, I sadly remembered that the only world history I learned at Harvard was the century or so around the time of Augustus. A critical period, certainly; an interesting class, yes; but not enough to give me perspective on even the emperors who followed, let alone the far-reaching effects of the entire...
...this time things were different. The Dow fell Wednesday. And the next day. And the next day, losing ground for the seventh trading day out of the previous eight and posting a 411-point, or 5%, setback for the week. Despite the release last week of fresh reports chronicling persistent low unemployment and rising orders for factory goods, anxiety spread from the stock market to the "real" economy of jobs and paychecks. The market drop served as a reminder--one about as subtle as a poke in the eye--that in today's global economy, not even a healthy...
...designer, whose reputation was built on clothes of spare Germanic coolness splashed with a kinky technotwist, moved to New York City from Vienna in March. It wasn't long before he had unzipped a few ideas that had the Seventh Avenue establishment agog. First, he showed his entire fall collection in teensy pictures on the Internet, where (the horror!) anyone, not just an elite corps of editors, buyers and fashion insiders, could have a look at them. Now he's moved his spring show, which takes place in the fall, to September rather than waiting (the nerve!) until November after...
...would be all sorts of extra help for him," sighs Mary. Brian is mired in the middle, and even his teachers admit that's a bad place to be. "The high end and the low end of the class can take up all your energies," says Lori Milligan, his seventh-grade science teacher. Casting an eye toward Brian, she adds, "Then there are the rest--the quiet kids who aren't disruptive, who don't need your undivided attention. Where do they...
...room for supplies; for a few moments, all order broke down. "It's overwhelming," says Clapp, who has taught for 39 years. "Dealing with this many kids and this many different needs wears you out. And by a long shot, the average student loses out." In Buffalo, N.Y., seventh-grade teacher Rebecca Heim confronts similar frustrations. Eight of her 24 students last year had special needs. "They end up holding back the class because of the constant disruption to the classroom," Heim says. "That's a disservice to the regular-ed students...