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...time Charles R. Melvoin ’10 comes to Harvard in the fall, he will have eaten dog in Vietnam, climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, ridden a camel in India and an ostrich in New Zealand, and gone shark-cage diving in South Africa. Melvoin has already cruised through 19 countries, with three more to go before coming back to the States. But those not lucky enough to take such a jet-set gap year can get in on the fun vicariously through www.whereischarlie.com, a professional-looking website that boasts hundreds of blog posts and photo galleries tracking...
...silverback ape and Jon Stewart a sneaky hyena, Flight of the Conchords are tiny fawns. Their whimsical acoustic-guitar songs and gentle banter totter out on spindly legs to nibble at funny bones. The duo, who claim to be the "fourth most popular folk parodists in New Zealand," sing about the usual stuff--mistaken identity, killer robots, racist dragons--but with an earnest, blinking naiveté. It's a hemisphere away from the witty social commentary that reigns on America's comedy circuit. "I guess we're kind of nerdy hipsters," says Bret McKenzie (except he pronounces it "nurdy hupstas"). Jemaine...
...taking the easy option. By rejecting school, they commit to a plan that will diminish their earning power and personal freedom for years to come. "There's nothing more artificial in the whole world than a classroom," says Craig Smith, a homeschooling father of eight in Palmerston North, New Zealand. His and wife Barbara's experience mirrors that of many families: having spent the first year or two of home education trying to duplicate the classroom scene, the Smiths nowadays largely eschew anything resembling lessons. Their view is that children need intensive one-on-one tuition to master the three...
...homeschooled kids turn out? Pretty well, it seems. They're ineligible to sit for exams such as the N.S.W. Higher School Certificate or New Zealand's 7th Form Bursary, which would indicate how they stack up academically against their traditionally schooled peers. However, numerous studies, mainly American, have given homeschooled children a glowing report card: better abstract thinking and language skills, above average in all the main subjects. While much of this research was commissioned by homeschooling organizations, few experts argue against the practice on academic grounds. "Homeschooling can often produce very smart kids," says psychologist Bob Murray - largely because...
...against China. The U.S. has tightened its military bonds with Japan (which now has the world's third largest surface navy); it is forging an alliance with India; and it is expanding its economic presence in Vietnam, its former enemy, while strengthening its traditional ties to Australia and New Zealand...