Word: readjustment
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...some, this may be impossible, says Sister John Francis Schilling, who as principal of St. Frances has watched 18 Baraka boys try to readjust to life in Baltimore. Her school is located in one of the city's most crime-ridden neighborhoods. Yet a remarkable 90% of its students go on to college. Most of them are the first in their families to apply. Schilling agrees that Baltimore needs a boarding school, but wants it located in the city. "You can't take them away for the rest of their lives," she says. "The boys have to learn...
...became necessary to ask ourselves the tough questions: Is it not unjust to deny precious seconds to a student demographic whose schedule-juggling is already a feat of Herculean proportions? Why does no one think to factor in the additional ten minutes that we lose in our attempts to readjust our watches? Why does it always seem to fall right after spring break, when we need that extra hour of detox more desperately than ever...
...cyberrevolution will have an effect inside the home as well. It will challenge the cohesiveness of the family as children become self-sufficient citizens of the virtual world. The home will continuously readjust itself to the family's needs. As cyberspace becomes the kind of space that matters, the primitive territorial need for fixed rooms will fade, and the house will be divided among specific activities rather than simply among family members. So much for arguments among the kids over who gets the biggest bedroom...
...Recovering from the first faceoff (Schor: 1, consumer culture: 0) the hype-buster targets her next victim. Just as our ears begin to readjust to the relatively soft hum of Harvard Square, we open the door to Pacific Sunwear, where the music is not quite as loud as its prep school-as-lifestyle neighbor-but could still sustain a pretty hopping nightclub...
...time is being spent figuring out how to readjust our efforts in funding," says William H. Boardman, associate vice president for capital giving...