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Word: staling (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Though it is not billed as an adventure or endurance test, Sea Semester tends to attract students who are tinged with wanderlust. Says Greg Montgomery, 20, a University of Virginia junior: "At school I have a 3.5 average, and I take academics very seriously, but I was getting stale." "Most kids this age are dying for a way to prove themselves," says Cramer. "The Peace Corps appealed to that. How many other ways are there today for a 20-year-old to exercise real responsibility and show that he's good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Going to School at Sea | 1/28/1980 | See Source »

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