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Friday Classes: Whose Interests are Served?

8/26/2012

At my department’s semi-annual retreat, we had another round of discussion about Friday classes. There are good reasons to have them and good reasons to avoid them. Each reason reveals a different, and compelling interest, on the part of various constituencies. But there is no way to adjudicate them, because they stem from fundamentally different goals.

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Acing the Driving Tests While Flunking at School

8/19/2012

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My visit to the American Automobile Association (AAA) office to renew our membership on the eve of helping my college-graduate daughter move out of state brought a lot of information—about the loquacious employee’s life and family. But the memorable core was about her school-challenged son’s effortless passing of his driver’s license examination.

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Friday Classes: Whose Interests are Served?

Acing the Driving Tests While Flunking at School

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