Word: want
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...school districts struggle with this volatile issue, they would do well to listen to what teenagers have to say about sex. Not because we necessarily feel they are capable of making adult decisions, or because we want to relinquish control over their education. But because for better or worse, they are the only ones who know what's really happening in high schools. We can speculate about their motivations and teach them about our expectations until we're blue in the face. But we're not out there in the schools every day, making tough decisions. The numbers...
...want to seem like a whiner or anything, but this isn't terribly fun; it's certainly not the paradise it's cracked up to be. Of course, there are occasions when the team does do other activities like going to the beach or going to a luau...
...want to make sure that I do not have to hear from all of my friends who do not compete in varsity athletics about how easy I get it because I'll be living it up for a week or two over winter recess...
Home-schooling is a tough issue in the field of education. On the one hand, it's possible to understand why parents--for either educational or religious reasons--might want to teach their own children, rather than sending them to a poorly-funded public school or to an institution which does not promote and may in fact ignore their personal beliefs. Home-schooling provides control in a society where parents often feel powerless. And it may seem like a logical extension of that control for those parents to send their children to a home-schoolers' college with...
...really inspirational for someone like me, who's looking to go to New York," said Sara A. Yellen '00. "I want...