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...Shakespeare. He wrote existentialist poetry, listened to the Grateful Dead, and taught me to skateboard during our lunch hour. I managed to keep this crush in class by tutoring him before exam period and taking extra notes in math, a positive influence that only went so far: a physics teacher soon caught him shooting construction workers with a B.B. gun and his spring break became a permanent vacation. I tried to shrug it off, directing my attention to the math team and the Spanish club instead.But a hunky, post-year football player in the trainer’s room soon...
...informed voters. If carefully considered legislation is the goal, politicians need to take the reins again.Further, ballot initiatives are often poorly written, as they are designed to pass, not to be effective laws. Take, for example, Proposition 74 on Tuesday’s ballot, regarding public school teacher tenure. The Los Angeles Times calls it “sloppy work” and a “failure to write a true reform package.” A bill written by legislators, on the other hand, isn’t under pressure to pass on a single shot...
Arguing that new state curriculum guidelines on the Armenian genocide deprive students of the complete historical picture, two local teachers and a high school student have signed on as plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit against the Massachusetts Department of Education.The historical account in question is a two-year span during World War I in which anywhere from 600,000 to 1.5 million Armenians were deported by the Turkish government and killed or allowed to die. While these events are generally accepted as historical fact, the particulars are controversial.The Turkish government has argued that the deaths were a result of ethnic...
...breakthrough. Carter offers a weekly four-hour workshop that meets for eight sessions and costs $485. Commencement consists of a five-minute gig onstage at the Hollywood Improv in front of a real audience. Half of Carter's students are 50 and older. Jeff Justice, a comedian and teacher in Atlanta, charges $349 for a six-session course that meets three hours a week. His students graduate with a four-minute spot at the Punchline Comedy Club in Atlanta...
...weekend. “Being certified basically just ensures that you know the safety information; it doesn’t necessarily mean you’re a good instructor,” Murdock said. To ensure quality, each new instructor must complete a mentoring program with an experienced teacher before he or she can lead a class. Murdock and all the other instructors are employed by Town Sport International and contracted out by Harvard. “Getting paid to work out is one of the coolest things ever,” Simmons said. “It?...