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...Take the Heigl character, Alison. In her mid-20s, she is smart, pretty and nice. She has a good job, that's getting better, at the E! Channel. And where does this independent achiever live? Why, in the home of her married sister Debbie (Leslie Mann), with Debbie's husband Pete (Paul Rudd) and their two kids. Apatow imagines that, in Los Angeles 2007, there's some time-warp housing-shortage like the one in World War II-era Washington, D.C. - the premise for the 1943 comedy The More the Merrier...
...Smart money was against India in 1947. Independence celebrations were quickly marred by communal violence, fierce territorial disputes with new neighbor Pakistan over the control of Kashmir, and the death of the country's founding father, Mahatma Gandhi, in January 1948. But, as Guha points out, the fledgling state was blessed with a generation of gifted leaders who had fought with Gandhi against the British, believed in his liberal values, and were determined to keep his nation in one piece. Some of these early leaders, like Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister, became world celebrities, but readers will discover other...
...great job identifying steps to improve the supply side of education, but what about the demand side? In how many schools is being smart seen as uncool? In how many schools are the real heroes those who excel in sports rather than academics? How many parents are not involved enough in their children's education? If we can inspire a greater love of learning--not for test results but just for a high regard for achievement--there would be no need for the NCLB legislation...
...cannot be willed upon a group of young men and women. Ethics courses and elegant speeches about the value of integrity are not enough to curb academic dishonesty. Thompson seems to think honest students are hurt by the expression of mistrust implicit in using Turnitin. Those students are smart enough to know that they are hurt much more if the authenticity of their good work is questioned and their achievements are undermined because their peers are able to earn the same marks for papers obtained with a credit card instead of a work ethic...
...felt a little like Rip Van Winkle awakening. I was older, but at first glance Harvard seemed exactly the same: Derek C. Bok was President; Professor Michael J. Sandel, the Bass Professor of Government, was teaching Moral Reasoning 22, “Justice” to capacity crowds; the smart, serious students still wore heavy backpacks, waterproof boots, and puffy down “Michelin Man” coats. There were even disgruntled protesters in Harvard Yard—it all seemed in order and profoundly familiar. Over the course of the semester, however, I discovered that the Harvard...