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...first point that detractors and proponents of the Gift campaign determine is that the amount of money donated via Senior Gift doesn’t really matter. In fact, it does. A $250 donation can—no surprises here—buy more Erlenmayer flasks than the minimum $10 donation. If a wealthier Harvard is objectively a good thing, then so is encouraging seniors who can afford it to donate proportional to their means. But no proponent of Senior Gift can legitimately claim that the withholding of a single $10 donation will materially hurt Harvard. And no detractor...
...another and end up waiting in line for months or years without a realistic perspective for a job in the future. That didn't happen in past decades. Things are clearly moving in the wrong direction when you strip people of the last possibility to have even a minimum of planning security in their lives. Anna Filipczak 22, student of social work, chairwoman of the Independent Student Association, Warsaw University I see nothing wrong with a law that makes it easier for an employer to lay off a graduate. Actually, I think it's good for a young person...
John Bridgeland, CEO of the Washington-based public-policy firm Civic Enterprises, says it's that type of attitude shift, more than legislation, that is likely to lead to change. Messer's 2005 bill made Indiana one of six states in the past five years to raise its minimum dropout age to 18 from 16. (Twenty-three states still let kids drop out at the younger age without parental consent.) Bridgeland, who co-wrote the Gates Foundation--funded report, supports the age hike but warns that states can't legislate in a vacuum. "These laws have to be coupled with...
...children simply must go to school. Perhaps parents can look after the three Rs, they say, but nothing beats school for preparing the child for life beyond home. There's probably some truth in that. Yet it's fair to ask why, as a society, we assume that a minimum of 10 years at school is appropriate for all children any more than a spell in the Army is right for all 18-year-old males. Homeschoolers are not "school bashers," says Terry Harding, principal of the Australian Christian Academy, the country's largest homeschooling organization. "They see schools...
Meanwhile, the more soft-spoken Tunes was getting frustrated with his minimum-wage job at a local Dunkin Donuts. When he quit, Luny recommended his friend to his boss at Harvard. In September 2001, Tunes started work as a dishwasher in Leverett...