3. Encourage them to really try things.Bill Gates said of his teenage computer addiction, “It was hard to tear myself away from a machine at which I could so unambiguously demonstrate success.” Math club and the yearbook committee can be helpful, but professional opportunities are even bett...
many co-op programs offer field trips to educational sites, such as planetariums, as well as group journeys to fun locations like indoor rock-climbing gyms and parks. Some co-ops also offer social events like high school dances and family picnics or club activities, such as a yearbook produ...
from a world that when there wasn’t enough demand to a world where there wasn’t enough supply. Supply became inflexible. And we see that in the labour market. We see that in energy. We see that in supply chains that broke down. We see it all around. And when supply is the proble...
1958 Before graduation, as we gathered in the old gym in back of Central Jr. High and across the street from Gail Prather’s house to have our Royal Palm yearbook signing party … we had our whole lives ahead of us and we would all live forever—even Bruce Bell and Anne Walker. I ...
It is, thus, pertinent to ask what death online brings and denies in terms of experience to Romanian internet users. Some preliminary findings from our fieldwork are discussed. So far, on Romanian Facebook, three clusters of experience emerged widely: 1. A realm of belief where faith, ...
“I caution my students," he says. "The information for my assignments in my regular math and science classes has to come from a book source." Parents should ask not only what schools are teaching, but what standards teachers are using and how officials know the lessons are effective, expe...
In the days that followed, police discovered an answering machine tape that included a message from Debbie Gioia-Hasick, his social worker at UCLA’s Aftercare Clinic. “Hi, Tony. It’s Debbie,” she began, “Even later today, (if) you’re just feeling really bad, go over to UCLA and...
Haven’t we already acknowledged that kids don’t have a ton of real life skills when they graduate from high school and that in general they forget most of what they “learn”? Don’t we already recognize that school is more or less a game kids play to see how many As they can col...
The data constitutes “directory information.”You don’t need signed consent to disclose the kind of identifying data you’d find in a yearbook.According to the law, “directory information” in this context may include “the student’s name; address; telephone listing; electronic mail address...
thought he might be asked to repeat a year. He did face some challenges when he began, particularly with the pressure of his IBDP choices, but the NAIS Hong Kong were quick to implement a support plan involving us and the teachers. It’s highly appreciated ...