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...super-saturating myself with soy, I’ve changed my tune. As with many things, I’ve found that what is “sustainable” is much more complicated than I once assumed.)Soon I had became another cog in the problem-set machine of introductory science. By mid-November, I had jettisoned all my newfound passions in the throes of that ubiquitous Harvard-freshman identity crisis. Only the EAC remained. In a bizarre twist of fate, I had become its co-chair by my freshman spring. The previous fall, we had worked tirelessly...
...other main problem of the current system is voter apathy. The question is often asked: Why do only half of eligible voters vote in presidential elections? America is plagued by a culture of futility—many people simply don’t believe that their vote actually counts, that their vote can really make a difference. While I’d like to believe that they are wrong, the inequalities of the Electoral College would suggest otherwise. It actively discourages voters in both the majority and minority because voters in over half of the country know well before going...
...obvious problem with the satire behind “The ½ Hour News Hour” is that the show isn’t funny, at least not in any honest way. Each joke projects the oily feeling that the writers first came up with their position planks and then attached whatever cheap joke they could find to get the token laugh...
...former Myers Park counselor, who asked not to be identified, says that during Anderson's three-year tenure at the school, it was an open secret that underperforming and/or problem students were pressured to leave or told they could not return after disciplinary suspensions. "We all saw the push-out going on," she recalls. "It was almost a joke. In front of the faculty of 150, Anderson would say 'get your attendances in. If the students have excessive absences, we can get rid of them and send them to the school of far, far away.'" The school...
...This is an easy way to deal with a difficult problem," says Wimberley, who became a district assistant superintendent after leaving Myers Park. "They want to get certain kids out because if they're struggling or not attending class, they're going to score low on the tests and blow their whole average." In the Charlotte Mecklenburg School District, he notes, "the principal's evaluation is heavily weighted to student performance and achievement...