Word: eschewing
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...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 Rs, but thereafter only guidance and access to books. The jovial Smith plonks his youngsters on his knees and tells them news and stories. They go to church twice on Sundays...
...yays” or “nays” on certain sensitive issues, and define ourselves by those simple opinions. But I think that as a community of students, each as vulnerable and thoughtful as the next, that’s a trend we ought to eschew. Alexandra N. Atiya ’06, a Crimson news editor, is a history concentrator in Leverett House...
...many have called “a welcome for India to the world’s nuclear family.” The deal, which needs the approval of the U.S. Congress, would grant India the civilian nuclear technologies currently given to members of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) who eschew military nuclear technologies. While one would be remiss to ignore the strategic importance of cultivating an ally in India, the current deal comes at too high a cost: the legitimacy of a worldwide nonproliferation regime and the U.S.'s leadership...
While Avenue Q was the first and only show to eschew a national tour and put all its money on Vegas, musicals like Spamalot and Hairspray are excluding or limiting play in competing markets, such as Nevada, California and Arizona. The Vegas focus "has been an awakening for the industry," says Pat Halloran, president of the Independent Presenters Network, a group of 55 theater owners, operators and presenters...
...Green, “A lot of modern musical theatre...[draws] on elements from the operatic tradition... some to the point of being sung through with what might be thought of as recitative and arias.” In keeping with his tradition of unconventional approaches, Green plans to eschew the typical Harvard path of law school or finance to continue working in the area about which he is most passionate: music. And even though he’s not quite sure where this decision will lead him, that doesn’t seem to matter much. All that...