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...Soldiers on the border? That won't stop me. I'll swim the river and jump the wall. I'm going to arrive in the United States." ANTONIO AURIEL, Honduran migrant, on the Bush Administration's plan to send National Guard troops to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border...
Furthermore, a system of high school majors also mischaracterizes the central purpose of a concentration, which is to provide a deep and sophisticated understanding of a subject. Just as one must learn to swim before one begins to dive, one must master the basics of academic analysis and inquiry before majoring. High school provides this foundation of lexical, mathematical, and analytical tools necessary for sustained and intensive inquiry in almost any field. Specialization in high school, before these skills are fully acquired, would be superficial at best...
...students have not sufficiently accumulated advice that could improve their decisions. This is a particularly acute problem in public schools, which in many cases have astronomical student to adviser ratios. Without an infusion of resources and a revolution in adviser training, students will be left to sink or swim without a coach or lifeguard...
...like many other leading men in feel-good films, is rebelling against the stagnation of middle age. Recently fired, totally unable to communicate with his family, and grappling with a painful past, Frank decides to screw what everyone else thinks and pursue an absurd personal goal: he wants to swim the English Channel...
Pertile said that they had to abandon the canoe and swim...