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Public School: If the Teachers Aren’t Happy, Nobody’s HappyBy February 26, 2011 - 5:21pm This is an installment in our new series on our diverse high school experiences. Read the intro here. At the root of the unfolding controversy in Wisconsin, and at the core of public life, is the issue of choice. On one hand, the ability of teachers to unionize allows them to make priorities and back them with the strength of a unified group. However, members of a union must stand by union choices that don’t necessarily reflect their values as an individual. Even the choice to join the union in the first place isn’t really a choice, because the alternative is social ostracization and intimidation.... |
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Is the American Dream a Necessary Myth?By February 17, 2011 - 11:37pm American individualism is a beautiful thing; however, because Americans put so much emphasis on personally making success happen they often don’t take into account that success can be hindered by conditions beyond individual control. Lack of achievement does not equate laziness, nor does low social standing make a person fundamentally different than high achievers. READ MORE |
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Too School for Cool? The Pressure to Fit In vs. Being a Secret NerdBy February 10, 2011 - 5:17pm As I packed up the car in August of 2008 to head up to Brunswick, Maine, I had sky-high expectations about what college would be like. I graduated from a small boarding school in Connecticut and, after three years of clique’s and hot gossip, I was definitely ready for a change. College, from what I had heard, would be a time to find myself and find some real friends. I couldn’t wait to get there. READ MORE |
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I Went to Public High School and Somehow Ended Up Here: Part IBy February 2, 2011 - 7:22pm This is the introduction to a series on how Bowdoin is different from our high school experiences. From the perspective of an outsider, there is an unspoken bond amongst students of private education. When I was a freshman I was suddenly overwhelmed with the realization that almost everyone here knew someone else through a privileged system of social networking. It seemed like most of my peers either knew somebody rich, important, and famous or was somebody rich, important, and famous and had the high school connections to prove it. READ MORE |
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