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...just scares people,” Sidwell Friends coach Ann Reninger told The Washington Post in 2002. Holsey was 17 at the time. “When you have a great first step, you are great,” Reninger added. “You don’t teach that, you don’t learn it, you just perfect it.”Holsey was already attracting attention in the Washington metro area as early as 1999, when as a 14-year-old she scored 18 points in an ISL championship win against Bullis High School...
...society. That kind of hatred can be countered by focusing on humanistic values such as love and respect through practicing empathy, tolerance and creativity. There is a crucial need for society and the world's political leaders to strengthen the role of those values and finance organizations that teach those qualities. That could prevent or perhaps reverse the spread of hatred and violence originating from neglect and alienation. Ildi Trencsenyi Budapest History is replete with alienated minorities that successfully assimilated and did not bomb innocent people. Angry Muslims have forgotten the West's benevolence during global humanitarian missions to Muslim...
...James tries to educate the colleague by explaining why she found it hurtful or insulting. "I may be someone's window into a culture or a world that they have no knowledge or understanding of," she says. "As wearying as it may become, I have to be ready to teach as much as I have to be ready to absorb and learn. You have to be ready to deal with it if you're going to be a pioneer...
...turned off to the material than when we arrived. Too often there is too much talking, too little listening, and virtually no constructive dialogue going. Such criticisms are hardly new, but, surprisingly, the two myths perpetuating these weekly disasters still linger: Myth #1: Smart people automatically know how to teach. Most of us have already learned the fallacy of this one the hard way, but the University administration still seems to rely upon it. Many cite the high CUE scores most TFs receive as evidence of their competence, but these people fail to realize that such marks are merely...
...research and that many students made copies to take back to their dorms, though usually only the best students took the initiative or possessed the language abilities to read them. Qun Hao, a foreign books librarian at Fudan, said many professors have already started to use them to teach in class. According to Hao, many students say the books have been a boon for the university, especially the law school books, with cases and contents that are fresh and original. When asked if Fudan had purchased books from other world-renowned universities, Hao said in Mandarin, “Perhaps...