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...harsh reaction to poor grades is a symptom of deeper problems. "The cards may be an emotional lightning rod," explains child psychologist David Elkind of Tufts University, who notes that "grades are a concrete embodiment of many issues." For one thing, bad grades can unleash parents' anxieties about their social status and their children's prospects. To the poor, success in school offers a way for children to escape impoverished lives. Middle-class parents push their offspring to surpass their own accomplishments. And wealthy, well-educated people routinely expect stellar performances from youngsters...
...suffer from symptom number one, you should see a doctor real fast. Something is seriously wrong...
...experience in baseball. To sit down with him and talk about the inside functioning of a baseball organization and how to deal with owners and general managers has been enormously helpful. The problem is in baseball. The problem isn't Campanis. Al Campanis is merely an all-but- irrelevant symptom of the problem. To allow him to be turning out there in the wind makes him a scapegoat and ultimately impedes any progress in dealing with the issues in a constructive...
These lotteries became the focus of student discontent, but they are merely a symptom of the problem. While there is no feasible way to eliminate lotteries, a longer shopping period would clearly reduce their disruptive power...
...Apartheid is merely a symptom," said Ramphele. "We need to be focusing on the fundamentals of power in that society...