Farmer'sMuseum10/27/12ThisisaboutmytriptotheFarmer'smuseumIhadaguidewhomseemedtohaveworkedthereforacoupleyearsbecausehedidn’tstutterandwasexplainingalltheartifactsquitefluently. Onethingparticularlythatcaughtmyinterestwasthewheels.Mytourguideexplainedthattheonewhofoundedthistown–Mr.Cooper–wasawheelmaker.Mr.Coopermadewheelsthathadtobeextremelysturdyandcouldlastthroughlongtrailsandgooverrock...[
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Stress 10/14/12 Stressthisweekhasbeenaffectingmegreatly.Withsomuchhomeworkoneveryday,Iwasabouttocollapse.Thethingis,ifItrytocomplaintomemymomabouthowhardthisweekhasbeenandwillbe,mymomisonlygoingtosay,“Well,youbettergetusedtoit'causeit'sonlygonnagetworseincollege.YouhavetolearnhowtomanageyourtimesothatyoucanquicklyfinishyouhomeworkANDplay.”It'sreallynotthateasyforme.Ihadtwotests...[
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Toothache(part2) 10/6/12 Toothachesareanunbearablenuisance.Whointherightmindwouldwanttohaveathrobbingpaininthemouth,aninabilitytoeatproperly,andnotbeingabletoclosetheirmouthwithoutbitingonthetoothmakingitevenmorepainful.ThoughImightbeexaggeratingJUSTalittle,toothachesareawretchedthing. I'vehadexperienceswithtoothachesmanytimesthoughnotfromcavities,butfromlooseteethandnervesbeingexpo...[
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Toothache (Part
1) 9/29/12
Toothachesarean
unbearablenuisance.Whointherightmindwouldwanttohavea
throbbingpaininthemouth,aninabilitytoeatproperly,andnot
beingabletoclosetheirmouthwithoutbitingonthetoothmakingit
evenmorepainful.ThoughImightbeexaggeratingJUSTalittle,
toothachesareawretchedthing.
I'vehadexperienceswith
toothachesmanytimesthoughnotfromcavities,butfromloosete...[
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美國的貧富分化,已經成為媒體的熱點。而這種分化還在繼續發展。眾所周知,教育是社會公平的基礎。但美國教育的兩極分化程度,也許比目前的貧富分化更令人震驚。 看看去年的《新聞周刊》就知道,4月份一期的封麵故事是“輟學之國”,副標題寫道:“30%的美國高中生將在畢業前輟學!”9月份高等教育未來委員會提出的報告也指出:由於基礎教育的失敗,美國40%的[
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1.Whereasothersocietieslooktothepastforguidance,wecastournetsforward。
2.Itisthebeliefinabrighterfuturethatgivesusoptimism。
3.Thejoboftheparentsistogivethechildreneveryopportunitywhiletheyaregrowingupandthengetoutoftheirway。
4.Whenhalfthepopulationgoestocollege,onecannotexpectthecollegestomaintainthesamestandardsasincountrieswhereonlytheeliteattend。
5.Justasnot...[
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http://services.aamc.org/tsfreports/report.cfm?select_control=PUB&year_of_study=2011
http://services.aamc.org/tsfreports/report.cfm?select_control=PRI&year_of_study=2011
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ThefollowingorganizationsofferAcademicTalentSearchprograms:
JohnHopkinsCenterforTalentedYouth(CTY)
NorthwesternUniversityMidwestAcademicTalentSearch–NUMATS
DukeTalentIdentificationProgram(TIP)CenterforBrightKids&WesternAcademicTalentSearch(WATS)
CarnegieMellonInstituteforTalentedElementary&SecondaryStudents(C-MITES)WashingtonSearchforYoungScholarsUC-IrvineCenterforEducat...[
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所以下麵是普林斯頓評論光榮榜根據給現金補助(GRANTS)為最好的前十名美國大學名單:
1。BowdoinCollege
2。CaliforniaInstituteofTechnology
3。ClaremontMcKennaCollege
4。HarvardCollege
5。LakeForestCollege
6。PrincetonUniversity
7。StanfordUniversity
8。SwarthmoreCollege
9。ThomasAquinasCollege
10。WashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis
不過以上的排名也僅供參考而已!
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