Word: caveats
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...CAVEAT LECTOR...The Tikkun Anthology is not another bleeding-heart liberal anthology of essays that weepingly and wimpily decry the Reagan years for its racism, heterosexism, classicism and militarism. Indeed, the one thing that characterizes this anthology is the consistently well-reasoned positions of its authors...
...fair, the staff position does concede that student action is also necessary to remedy the problems inherent in diversity, but this concession is offered as a mere caveat before proceeding to the "real" solution. The bent of the article is revealed not only in what it discusses (how the administration can make everything better) but also in what it leaves out (any serious treatment of alternative solutions...
...preface her interpretations with a caveat...
...With that caveat in mind," Coles says, "I have to remind myself of the irony in life, that sometimes one can find arrogance among those who criticize others for being arrogant...
Even with that caveat, it is clear that the time for a hard look at the longer school year has come. "It's a litmus test on how serious we are about - education," says the Carnegie Foundation's Boyer. The state of Oregon evidently agrees: a comprehensive education bill enacted in July will add 40 days to the school year over the next two decades. Both President Bush and corporate America would also do well to support the change, at least on an experimental basis. The summertime harvest that America needs to reap these days is not down...