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发帖数: 7520 | 1 Laurens Zhang from Kilmacolm has been fascinated by the whole voting and cou
nting process.
The 16-year-old pupil at St Columba's voted "No" today.
He said: "The atmosphere in the sixth-year common room was amazing. Everyone
was buzzing. It's good to see so many young people taking an interest in po
litics." |
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发帖数: 7254 | 2 http://www.fridae.asia/newsfeatures/2011/06/10/10935.if-only-ga
d-stop-feeling-guilty-for-being-different
Rev Dr Yap Kim Hao, a former Bishop of The Methodist Church in Singapore and
Malaysia who appears as himself in the recent Pink Dot promotional video, u
nderscores the importance of self-acceptance among LGBT people, and acceptin
g others in the community by embracing difference and celebrating diversity.
"If only gay people could stop feeling guilty for being different" is my tag
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发帖数: 5794 | 3 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95003709
Pastors To Preach Politics From The Pulpit
by Barbara Bradley Hagerty
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Jeremy Swinborne
This weekend, 33 ministers are expected to preach a sermon that endorses or
opposes a political candidate by name. This would be a flagrant violation of
a 54-year-old law that bans tax-exempt organizations from involvement in po
litical campaigns. iStockphoto.com
All Things Considered, September 24, |
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发帖数: 5690 | 4 我担心别变成NO ONE LEFT BEHIND之类的东西。我有个教授朋友说学校里面其实也很PO
LITICAL，为了NO ONE LEFT BEHIND类似的概念，就是把标准降到很低。她觉得很SAD但
是也没有办法。
如果是基本合理的，那倒没问题。刚出来的时候我也挺高兴的。看来需哟具体多了解下 |
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JourneyUp (异乡人) 于 (Tue Mar 25 18:22:09 2014, 美东) 提到:
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我不是为了反对而反对，又不是吃饱了撑的！
我反对的原因没说过吗？上次转的文章基本代表了。观点有互相冲突吗？还是反对的原
因和角度各不相同呢？那我列个一二三吧。
一，CC 的推手们向各州推动 CC的过程不公开不透明，各州是被 stimulus money 和
No Child Left Behind 的 waiver 所贿赂上船的。CC自我推销的语言多是空话，甚至
谎言。
CC说是 state led. 事实：它从来不是。
二，CC 从来没有在任何一个学校试验过。他们自己称有大量研究支持这个标准，但却
拿不出一个研究的 citation。我在 CC的官网没找到，如果那位找到了，请分享！
既然没有任何试点，没人知道 CC 是否真的能改进中小学教育。反正 Bill Gates 的孩
子们上的是学费超过 $20,000的私校（也是他的母校），一般公立学校的孩子作荷兰猪
，替大富翁作... 阅读全帖 |
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