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...freshman who used her glove to target the main starting catcher position is Southern Californian Laura Miller—a two-time First-Team All-CIF and four-time First-Team All-Prep League selection...
...Critical reading is something you don’t learn from tutoring courses or test prep,” said Caperton. “What you learn in school is the most important part of that...
...about depression or death wishes than dissatisfaction, confusion and apathy. I am bored with my useless concentration. I’ve only really enjoyed two classes in four semesters here. My social life has improved from last year to this, but still the monotony of the weekends—prep, pregame, party, final clubs, back to bed alone—drives me insane. One day I am confident and the next I want to do nothing but watch “TRL.” I’ve been 30 since I was 17. I’m tired...
...your story on the success of educational test-prep firms [SOCIETY, Feb. 4]: I can see the day coming when U.S. elementary and high school teachers will start preparing their students on the first day of school for the almighty test that won't come until the end of the school year. This of course will be at the expense of a well-rounded education. While memory is one of the faculties man has, aren't we carrying it a bit far to make it the most important component of education? Will memorization help students more than instruction in critical...
...there's real value to having your peers cheer you on, says Merle Marsh, a prep-school administrator and author of several parents' guides to the Net, including Everything You Need to Know (But Were Afraid to Ask Kids) About the Information Highway (Computer Learning Foundation). Marsh applauds the site for encouraging young people to read and write; she only wishes they weren't writing about Buffy the Vampire Slayer. "It would be better if they were coming up with their own characters," she says, "but maybe this is the way they need to start...