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...taught the Koran or the Bible, Druze religious authorities have forbidden the circulation of the Book of Wisdom, and only a pious Druze (known as a “sheikh”) has the privilege of reading the holy book alongside “sheikhs” who understand it. This has led to widespread acceptance of the ignorance of the faith...
Looking beyond the implementation of the president’s policies, however, several troubling occurrences within the world of education this year have roused far too little attention. In Utah, for instance, a senator faced with the understandably daunting task of closing Utah’s large budget gap proposed making 12th grade optional in order to save the state around $60 million. Although we understand the magnitude of the financial pressures confronting Utah and other states, making the final year of high school nonobligatory sends the wrong message. It further devalues schooling in an age when public opinion...
...while playing on the freshman soccer team in September of 1956. They both played defense, although Harbison mostly sat on the bench. “It took time to understand his genius. It was through the course of freshman year and beyond that I realized that,” Gleason said...
...You’ve got to understand what Cambridge was like then. It was really decayed, basically like Pittsburgh,” he said, adding that Harvard Square was a haven in bleak, industrial Cambridge...
...speaks with an animated directness that makes it easy to understand why he is known as such an effective courtroom operator. He answers questions with an analytic bent. (“Let me separate my answer into two parts...