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Save the males: a case for making schools friendlier to boys.
Thomas was one of the first boys I really got along with when I was teaching. This was in Houston, during a summer-school teacher training session, where three other teachers and I were in charge of a group of fifth and sixth graders. Like the other students, Thomas was well behaved most of the time. One day, though, he wound up in a fight with another boy. I thought I'd try to reach him with flattery presented in a serious manner.
"Thomas," I said just before the day was over, when none of the other students could hear, "you are way too good to be fighting in school. I expect you to be the best in the class--because I know how smart you are. That's all there is ...
- TV boy: Thomas can't get his mind off TV. Then he makes a new discovery.(Extra...
- Magazine article from: Know Your World Extra McGillian, Jamie Kyle September 24, 2004 700+ words
...Wylie leaves the room. Thomas: Without a remote...Ali: What a shame. Thomas: Ali, why don't...2: Ali leaves. The boys watch TV while picking things up. Thomas: We'll have to take...start calling you TV Boy. Thomas: And you should...
- Pep Boys Appoints Thomas R. Hudson Jr. to Its Board Of Directors.
- Press release article from: Business Wire August 30, 2006 700+ words
PHILADELPHIA -- The Pep Boys - Manny, Moe & Jack (NYSE...ten to eleven members and appointed Thomas R. Hudson Jr. to the Board, effective...Company's performance." About Pep Boys: Pep Boys has 593 stores and more than 6,000...
- State A Track and Field: Madison boys, St. Thomas More girls take crowns.
- Newspaper article from: American News (Aberdeen, SD) May 27, 2007 700+ words
...historic run by the Roncalli senior boys. While the Cavaliers were not...disappointed," said Roncalli boys' coach Terry Dosch after his...ended up winning the Class A boys' championship by scoring 76...Canton finished with 55. St. Thomas More once again came up huge...
- It's a job Wel done by Bowring's boys; Thomas is the northern star.(Sport)
- Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England) Jones, Spencer August 31, 1997 700+ words
...Wales 70 Romania 21 Artful Dodger Arwel Thomas switched on the Northern Lights for Wales...their task with ruthless efficiency. Thomas was at the centre of everything in a perfect...Romanians every time he touched the ball. Thomas finished with two tries, a penalty and...
- MARYLAND CLASS 3A BOYS; Thomas Johnson Blocks Broadneck in Semifinals
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Jon DeNunzio March 10, 1995 700+ words
...new, No. 16 Broadneck was thwarted by Thomas Johnson High sophomore Terence Morris...County, 81-71. Randallstown will play Thomas Johnson at Cole at 3 p.m. Saturday...because three of the four participants -- Thomas Johnson, Broadneck and Gwynn Park...
- Football: GET YOUR KIT WASHED FOR THE BOYS; Thomas Butler learned how to play...
- Newspaper article from: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) October 10, 2004 700+ words
...training session with Darlington was over and Thomas Butler tossed his dirty gear into a hamper...relishing his chance at Dunfermline. Thomas was frozen out at the Stadium of Light...about making a new start in Scotland. Thomas said: 'Peter Reid sent me out on loan...
- Trading boys, trading cultures.(Thomas Savage was traded for Namontack in...
- Magazine article from: Appleseeds Graf, Christine September 1, 2006 700+ words
...is what happened to a real Jamestown boy, Thomas Savage. When Tom was 13, he went...the Powhatan Indians for an Indian boy named Namontack. The year was 1608...that I had been traded for another boy and some beans! I was scared when...
- When a child gets cancer: eight-year-old Ben Barcklay is fighting...
- Magazine article from: Redbook Goad, Kimberly March 1, 2005 700+ words
...S SON woke them late one night last summer complaining of a headache, they figured he'd simply indulged in too much Game Boy. The family was on vacation in Hong Kong, and 8-year-old Ben was playing more than his usual share of video games. Or...
