Word: teacher
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...would do pesky, bothersome things to kids, like touching their hair or their sweaters. It was as if, since she couldn't make friends, she was saying, 'I'm going to get you to relate to me.'" In class she was not able to stay focused, even though the teacher-to-student ratio...
...very personal ones they confront when they see or hear that their child is struggling. Will Ritalin help? Will it change her personality? Is it fair for me to make this choice for him? Does it send the signal that she is not responsible for her behavior? Is the teacher suggesting it just to make her own day easier? Will he have to take it forever? What if all children would be a little happier, perform a little better if they took their pills like vitamins every morning? Do we have a problem with that...
...started off her speech by saying that "educational reform is the number one issue of my career," especially the state of America's public school system. One expects such a comment to be followed by talk of school funding, vouchers, busing, bilingual education, the condition of inner city schools, teacher testing, charter schools and other components of the national debate on this subject. Many of these issues did arise in Paglia's speech, though most of them could have just whizzed by your ears thanks to her whirlwind speaking style...
...school swim team. "I get my studying done at school during study hall," he says. "When I get home, I can do other things, like play sports or hang out." Nathan, who wants someday to be an aeronautical engineer, formed good study habits in fourth grade when a teacher, as he remembers, "used to pile on the work. I started to get stuff done then...
...holidays are brutal," says Flo Mondanaro, a third-grade teacher in Wappingers Falls, N.Y., who is trying to curb an expensive Beanie Baby craze in her classroom. "But the issue of kids' understanding the value of a dollar comes up year round...