Tuesday 18 June 2013

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undocumented for a day – take the challenge

DoSomething.org is running a new campaign – Undocumented for a Day’.  The campaign will help people understand the challengers of being undocumented.  You challenge six friends to experience life as an undocumented strident for a day and you will will also be part of the experience.  Your participation also brings …

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dad sues school for $40 million after son is kicked off track team

At times, we read irrational…ridiculous stories about how bad it has become at the youth level of competitive sports. You know…behaviors that simply boggle the mind, coming at you with

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june college checklist for graduating seniors

By Nikki Magaziner Mills the director of college counseling at St. Albans School for the New York Times's The Choice. Finalize Your Admission Make a list of tasks you need to complete before

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saying no to sweets – teens, kids kicking sugar habit

Matthew Casertano has never had a Coke. Or a Pepsi. Or even a root beer. There was one occasion at summer camp when the then-dehydrated 8-year-old — with no

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kenyan high school high jump video goes viral

It’s a video showing up all over the internet, and it’s a feat of athleticism you have to see to believe. The video titled “Kenyan High School Jump” has

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7 ways to thank your teachers at the end of the year

By Sammie Levin for HerCampus There may have been times throughout the year when you wanted to scream at your teachers or never set foot in their classroom again—whether

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what’s behind the falling teen birth rates?

The sharp drop in teen birth rates, especially among Hispanic teens, appears to be linked to both economic and attitudinal factors. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported last week

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colleges report 2013 admission yields and wait-list offers

Every year, as one cohort of incoming students is accepted and another crop starts filling out applications, colleges across the country calculate one last measurement of their admission season success: the

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do your real-life friends bug you with their online personas?

In real-life, your friends are great — they're normal, fun-loving people — until, that is, they log online. After that, your friends become social-media monsters, sharing too-personal status

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student loan probs: one third of millennials regret going to college

Here’s an indication of how burdensome student loans have become: About one-third of millennials say they would have been better off working, instead of going to college and paying