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...family?'" Parents would be aghast, he says, yet it wouldn't occur to them that their own questions might be insulting. It's these same parents, schools say, who think nothing of demanding one-on-one interviews at 7 a.m. or after dark, whatever suits them. Their tone at these meetings can be accusatory - if my child is struggling or misbehaving, it must be your fault. "The crux of the issue is that teachers are nice people," says Anne, a Sydney Year 1 teacher. "We're nurturers. We like children. We respond to courtesy, not cutthroat corporate behavior." Fionie Stavert...
...cheap alternative to having a car, quickly takes a Bostonian from place to place, and allows a rider to enjoy the guitar stylings of tone-deaf singers, but the real reason I ride the T is that my cell phone cant ring. While sitting on the T, Ia Harvard student with papers to write, activities to activitate, and roommates to gossip withhave license to do absolutely nothing...
...last haven of ring tone-free peace is gone. The Massachusetts Bay Transport Authority (MBTA) has announced that it will install a wireless communication network inside the tunnels of the MBTAs subway system. According to the MBTAs press release, [T]he project, to be introduced in phases, begins at the subway platforms at Park Street, Downtown Crossing, Government Center, and State Street, and includes the tunnels connecting those stations. Once the wires are in place, a transportation system that made the world a little smaller will be made a lot louder. While Amtrak trains have solved this problem by designating...
...dismayed by TIME'S decision to legitimize Coulter and the venom she spews by stating that "she helps set the nation's tone." Without fail, she lowers the level of discourse on whatever issue she targets for her latest bilious tirade against liberalism and Democrats. If Coulter's screeching caricature of political commentary is setting the tone, the nation is the worse...
...What you do as an actor,” he says at one point, in the trance-like tone of voice that actors can’t help but adopt when talking about their craft, “even the very best of it, even in films, is over immediately. I can name ten things I did in the 1970s, and I was really proud of them, but you know what?” He pauses and laughs. “I bet you haven’t heard of a single one of them...