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From Inside Higher Ed: MISALIGNED PRIORITIES:

Colleges rely on high schools to produce students who can do college-level work. But, according to a study released today, college professors and high-school educators don’t necessarily see eye-to-eye on what the curriculum for college-prepared students should be.

The ACT’s National Curriculum Survey for 2005-2006 … highlights a “misalignment” gap that has persisted for the 30 years it’s been given, said Cynthia B. Schmeiser, president and chief operating officer of the ACT’s education division. “We haven’t seen it really getting any bigger, nor have we seen it getting any smaller,” Schmeiser said, but she noted that conversation on the topic was increasing….

…In math, … college instructors preferred an understanding of the fundamentals to a focus on higher-level study, while high-school teachers placed greater emphasis on the latter, such as statistics and graphical representations — often, colleges fear, to the detriment of the basics. In the sciences, college educators believe an understanding of the scientific process and investigative methods is more important than knowledge of specific content areas — again, the opposite of teachers’ focus in high school.

In English, the survey suggests, high school instructors’ focus on the development of students’ ideas overlooks basic grammatical and syntactic skills ….

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From Miss Marie-line David

Dear One
Greeting.

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you.

I am Marie-line David the only daugther of late Mr and Mrs George David from the republic of sierra loene. My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant based in Abidjan, the economic capital of Cote D'Ivoire before he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outing to discuss on a business deal.

When my mother died on the 21st October 1984, my father took me so special because I am motherless. Before the death of my father on 27th June 2003 in a private hospital here in Abidjan. He secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of $9.500.000 left in a security company here in Cote d'ivoire, that he used my name as her only daugther for the next of kin in deposit of the consignment.

Further more he also explained to me that it was because of this wealth and some huge amount of money his business associates supposed to balance him from the deal they had that he was been poisoned.He then advised that I should seek for a God fearing foreign partner in a country of my choice who will assist me retrieve this consignment and transfer this money and use it for investment purpose, then I would want you to provide your personal contacts including your phone/fax number for easier communication.

I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways.

1) I want you to help me retrieve this money from the security company here and transfer it to your account for onward investment in your country.

2) You are going to be the manager of this fund and also my personal guardian until I finished my studies as I'm just 22years old..

3) You are going to procure admission for me to continue my studies in one of the known university in your country.

4) Moreover, I am willing to offer you 15% of the sum as compensation for effort input after the successful retrieve of this consignment from the security company here. And I am willing to proceed with you as soon as I have your response.

Anticipating to hear from you soon.
miss Marie-line David.