Word: homework
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...still does that--but not automatically. To reach the right amount, you're going to have to do more homework than in the past...
...conservative education analyst, writes in her recent book, The War Against Boys, that schoolboys are "routinely regarded as protosexists, potential harassers and perpetuators of gender inequity" who "live under a cloud of censure." Sommers cites studies showing that boys come to school less prepared than girls, do less homework and get suspended more often. "For males, there's no social currency in being a straight-A student," says Clifford Thornton, associate dean of admissions at Wesleyan University. Although the latest figures show that college graduates earn, on average, almost double the wages of those with no college, "there...
Murphy does his homework and does it with charm, but after a point, his teams need to execute on the field more consistently. A certain former men's hockey coach also was an excellent recruiter and schmoozer, but he never could translate the talent to actual game success after his initial years...
...coverage of last night's election was projected onto a big screen in Loker Commons, but only a handful of students seemed to care. Most were seeking assistance with their math homework, trying to focus as occasional shouts from party faithful broke their concentration. Many were first-years...
That sort of calm, reasoned approach sounds lovely, but what about all the parents and teens so frazzled from running from work to home--or from homework to a job--that they barely see one another? "When my twins were teens, we had to go out to eat to be in a different setting where we weren't caught up in everyday household distractions," Wolvin says...