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    Slideshow • education • ISSUE 45•35 • Aug 31, 2009
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    • Report: Increasing Number Of Educators Found To Be Suffering From Teaching Disabilities

      WASHINGTON—
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    • Weird Kid Shines During Dissection Project

      PONCA CITY, OK—Hollis' crooked glasses and musty odor were all but forgotten as he briefly transcended his social awkwardness in a recent dazzling display of frog dissection.
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    • Dorm RA 'Not Like The Other Dorm RAs,' Says Dorm RA

      MINNEAPOLIS—"I might have seemed intimidating, but I'm chill," said RA Marcus Nelson, who doesn't care what his residents do as long as it doesn't get him in trouble."
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    • Underfunded Schools Forced To Cut Past Tense From Language Programs

      WASHINGTON—Teaching students how to conjugate verbs so that they can describe events that have already occurred is a luxury many schools cannot afford.
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    • Girl Moved To Tears By 'Of Mice And Men' Cliffs Notes

      CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA—A visibly shaken Grace Weaver said she never wanted the synopsis to end.
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    • First Night Of Freedom Spent Alone In Dorm Room

      STATE COLLEGE, PA—Unhindered by a curfew and free from parental oversight, freshman Phil Melton, 18, spent his first night of independence Saturday inside his Pennsylvania State University dorm room and was asleep by 11:45...
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    • 6-Year-Old Stares Down Bottomless Abyss Of Formal Schooling

      CARPENTERSVILLE, IL—Local first-grader Connor Bolduc, 6, experienced the first inkling of a coming lifetime of existential dread Monday upon recognizing his cruel destiny to participate in compulsory education for the better part of the...
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    • No One Cares About Your Girlfriend Back Home

      YOUR SCHOOL—When asked which topics they would rather hear about than your high school girlfriend, your peers cited subjects from dorm-safety to Earth Science.
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    • Majority Of Americans Never Use Physical Education After High School

      CEDAR RAPIDS, IA—"My gym teacher used to drone on about 'physical well-being—breaking a sweat, coordination—I still don't know what that means," said Kevin Higgins.
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    • Kindergartner Being Groomed For Line-Leader Position

      BELLE MEADE, TN—Kindergarten teacher and mentor Mrs. Allen believes 6-year-old Gregory Hutter
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