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...yelling did no good either; the lab didn't help us. They didn't know what to actually test for. Lab medicine obeys rules like twenty questions; they will answer "is it this?" or "is it that?" but not "just what is it?" No matter whom we asked they said they never heard...
...years. “If you’re trying to reach the kids who are not at grade level, it seems like we have to have the money to do it.” Fowler-Finn said he did not think giving schools more money would improve test scores. “We’ve had that for the last decade and we’re not happy with the results,” he said. Though Cambridge currently spends about $5,000 more on each student than the national average, its test scores lag far behind other...
...McDonalds receipt? I find it fascinating that women at Harvard can sit still in the library for hours at a time doing their work without a break. I know I can’t go more than 15 minutes without checking espn.com just in case a significant trade, positive test for steroids, or sex scandal occurred in the world of professional sports. If that fails, I check collegehumor.com to see if a new home video of someone falling down the stairs has been posted.So am I, along with all my male brethren, doomed in the world of academics? The answer...
...Coca-Cola and Diet Coke have addictive powers rivaling those of that other “coke.” But how many Coke junkies can really tell the difference between the Classic and other cola varieties? SLAM suggests replacing Coke with a smaller brand, but a blind taste-test suggests the switch may not be as smooth and refreshing as organizers hope...
...presidents of MIT, Tufts, and Boston University attacked a suggestion by a federal higher education commission chair to implement standardized testing of college students at a public meeting of the commission yesterday. If this suggestion were implemented, Harvard students might once again face the kind of mandatory testing many of them experienced through state-wide exams in grade school. But Harvard “would be reluctant to accept any form of standardized testing,” Senior Director of Federal and State Relations Kevin Casey said in an interview yesterday. “Standardized curricula or testing would limit...