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...chorus in favor of calendar reform grows, there is still one issue up for debate: whether Harvard should have a January term. But while such an inter-semester mini-term might be superficially appealing, we doubt that it could succeed in practice and hope the University does not try to implement a J-Term. In March 2004, the Committee on Calendar Reform, one of the curricular review committees, proposed a “4-1-4” schedule to align Harvard with most other colleges: The school year would start immediately after Labor Day and final exams would...
...Hamas accepted to offer the Israelis, with us, a possible ceasefire,” Safieh said. “We need this coalition to succeed...
...Mugabe's demonization of the West as racist. Despite worldwide calls for censure, the conference refused to condemn Mugabe's leadership and affirmed Zimbabwe's right to noninterference. Mbeki was asked to act as mediator between the government and the opposition, but Mbeki told the Financial Times, "Whether we succeed or not is up to the Zimbabwean leadership. None of us in the region has any power to force the Zimbabweans to agree." The next day Zimbabwe's ruling party, the Zanu-PF, endorsed Mugabe as its candidate for the 2008 presidential election...
...that they can’t move on to other important tasks, or they miss out on the opportunity to think deeply about the topic. Perfectionism here interferes both with meaningful learning and with successfully accomplishing one’s goals.Some students tell me that they are driven to succeed, but there is a distinction between having drive and being driven. Driven, perfectionistic students can be especially vulnerable to academic and personal difficulties such as writer’s block, performance and social anxiety, stress, compulsive behaviors, and depression. A relentless focus on the perfect end product (a grade...
...secret that urban black communities are disproportionately affected by low-performing schools and crime. The problem of underperforming schools is crucial because it handicaps many of the kids in the community by not equipping them with the necessary tools or mindset to be able to succeed beyond high school...