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...right, Harvard is getting defensive about an A- by mentioning that no one got an A. Also, two of the three grades that dragged Harvard's grade down were for Student Involvement (a B) and Endowment Transparency (a C). Surprised...
When one tour group approached, led by an admissions office student tourguide, a neo dressed in all black explained that no picture-taking was allowed, because Ben Affleck was filming in the Square, and because President Obama would be in town soon. “We can’t have any clumping here,” the neo told the crowd...
...school “regardless of possessor’s intent.” Although many have claimed that, in Christie’s case, intent should have been taken into account, the district’s injunction is an essential one in creating a secure school environment. When students bring knives or any other implements that can be used as weapons into school, they are engaging in inherently unsafe actions. Even if, as in Christie’s case, the weapon is innocently brought in out of excitement or pride, dangerous situations can result. Christie could have taken...
...only six years old, and he brought the knife in because he wanted to show off his new Cub Scout tool at lunch. The rationale behind suspending him and potentially sentencing him to a month and a half in reform school seems highly questionable: Christie is not a student with violent or disruptive tendencies, so the question remains as to which aspects of his behavior need to be “reformed...
Despite the fact that the district spends $25,000 on each student, more than almost any other district in Massachusetts, Cambridge students performed below the state average. The district scored 4.3 points below the state average in Math, with a composite performance index of 74.2, and 3.1 points below the state average in English Language Arts, with a composite performance index...