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...Sean Devenish's parents withdrew him from his Perth school 10 years ago when he was in Year 5. A bright boy, "I'd finish a task," he says, "then wait for the rest of the kids to catch up." His sister Joanne, meanwhile, was struggling in Year 3 and feeling stupid, and her parents pulled her out at the same time. Today, in their new home in Colebrook, north of Hobart, none of the Devenishes' eight children attends formal classes. "We help them excel at what they're good at and work on their weaknesses," says mother Helen. Joanne...
During the weekend, the Harvard women’s water polo team faced the daunting task of facing perennial division champion Hartwick, division rival Brown, which had already beaten the Crimson twice this year, and ranked non-league foe Michigan.While Harvard (10-11, 2-5 CWPA Northern Division) put up a gallant effort against each of its opponents, it could not scratch out a win.The Crimson fell to the No. 13-ranked Hawks (20-9, 7-0) 16-7 at home on Friday and lost 10-6 to the Bears (11-13, 4-3) on Saturday afternoon in Providence, before...
...large degree, HFAI is just a bandage. Low-income students typically come from shoddy school systems and arrive at Harvard unprepared for the College’s academic rigors. Genuinely improving the situations of low-income students requires Harvard to pursue a more laborious and selfless task than just lining its students’ pockets: it needs to begin aid at the precollegiate level...
Beware of the Band-Aid By LUCY M. CALDWELL Friday, April 07, 2006 2:51 AM Genuinely improving the situations of low-income students requires Harvard to pursue a more laborious and selfless task than just lining its students’ pockets: it needs to begin aid at the precollegiate level...
Though a Harvard education will likely never be free, it should be affordable to all. Traversing middle-income terrain will be a more difficult task for HFAI. But the moral rewards that lie beyond promise to be truly breathtaking...