Word: graders
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...have made some memorable attempts to capture exam period in newsprint. The op-ed “Beating the System” won the Dana Reed Prize for undergraduate writing in 1951. The Crimson proudly ran it every reading period until 1962, when it irked one maligned and anonymous grader enough to reply with the following...
Last night, 30 people crowded the stage of the Institute of Politics forum—including a lost boy of the Sudan, a Massachusetts sixth grader, and numerous renowned activists and professionals—to mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with a dramatic reading of the document...
...minutes into the premiere.) Because of his performance, a large part of the show’s comedy comes from the truth Lilley presents in various forms; the rest comes from the absurdity of watching a grown man, dressed in a schoolgirl uniform, trying to seduce a ninth grader. Each of Lilley’s characters are reflections of people anyone who has ever been inside a school will instantly recognize. Mr. G labels and guards his personal belongings in the teacher’s lounge. Ja’mie comments “Oh my god, public schools...
...made its first appearance 10 years ago, it was vying for attention with Monica Lewinsky and the Clinton scandal. Monica won. But Cheese slowly began to gain traction in corporate circles, even though critics dissed it as an overly broad parable that could be understood by a bright sixth-grader. A year later, it was No. 1 on the New York Times business best-seller list...
...hopes GradeFund will change students' motivation level. "We're setting up small, little carrots," he says. "Let's say there's a seventh-grader who is contemplating cutting class with his friends. If he has $100 on the line, maybe he'll go to class." And if he's really on the ball, maybe one day he'll realize that GradeFund's 5% transaction fees amount to a pretty hefty commission...