Word: learning
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...disappointed of course, not for Harvard but for the many outstanding individual students Harvard endorsed," Lewis said. "I don't have any reason to think this is anything but a random fluctuation, but we will certainly try to learn what we can about the competition this year...
...think the teams we are playing right now probably compare to the teams at the top of the Ivy League," Peljto said. "I feel if we learn a lot from these games, we will do well when Ivy League games start...
...kind, and soon they are studying derivatives. "How many people are in a duet?" High asks. All the kids know the answer, and when she asks how they know, a boy responds, "Because duo is 'two' in Latin." High replies, "Plaudite!" and the 14 kids erupt in applause. They learn the Latin root later, or side, and construct such English words as bilateral and quadrilateral. "Latin's going to open up so many doors for you," High says. "You're going to be able to figure out the meaning of words you've never seen before...
...much more intense and hard-core than anything else. How do I work that out? I do my best. I try to keep my feet on the ground. She [points at girlfriend] helps me a lot with that, which is good. There's no school where you can learn to be successful, so you have to work that out for yourself...
...These results, as Richard Riley, the outgoing secretary of education, told the New York Times, show that "American children continue to learn - but their peers in other countries are learning at a higher rate." Rita Colwell, director of the National Science Foundation, maintains the results simply indicate a need to look deeper for solutions to the international math and science gap. According to the Times, however, Colwell does admit she finds the recent study "a little depressing...