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#1 The term tiger parenting has entered the mainstream vocabulary to describe how Asian parents discipline their children. But not all Asian parents are tiger parents, and not all Asian kids are good at school.
#2 I was a terrible student. I never broke 1000 on my SATs, and I graduated from Trinity College near the bottom of my class with a 2. 78 GPA. I was completely...
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#1 Erik was in over his head, and he knew it. He was a rookie pilot, and he'd been in and out of cloud for most of his outbound flight from Grande Prairie. He was running late, and he had passengers bound for the small communities of High Prairie and Fairview.
#2 The author, Erik, was the pilot on Wapiti Flight 402. He had to warn his passengers about the flight if...
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#1 I visited my college again in 2018 as a reporter for The Washington Post. The freshmen were shown a skit that dramatized a typical weekend night out, complete with budding romances and too much to drink.
#2 In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein allegations, a wave of similar stories about sexual misconduct sweeps through Hollywood. But it's not as simple as bosses locking...
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#1 The education industry has settled on finding ways to look good rather than be good. They play a numbers game, masking problems with statistics. This helps their careers, but harms kids.
#2 The graduation rate increased throughout Barack Obama’s presidency, but not every single one of those graduates was accepted to college. In reality, half of the students...
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#1 The taste of Jägermeister is bitter and sweetly harsh, and yet it has grown exponentially. You did the shot because of the unpleasant taste, not in spite of it.
#2 The drink was commercially released in Germany in 1935, and it was marketed as an after-dinner digestif. But it soon became popular with college students, who spread the cult wildfire.
#3 The brand sold...
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#1 I was called to leave the room. I was compelled to leave college, and I felt a deep, undeniable summons disturb my sleep. I was ready to meet the source of the summons.
#2 I was a new Christian, and I was consumed with a new passion: to study Scripture and learn how to pray. I wanted to make my life count for Christ.
#3 The beginning of Genesis 1 is not the start...
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Get the Summary of Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it.
For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie...
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#1 The goal of burlesque parties is to look fuckable. At such parties, students are often completely shitfaced.
#2 The first step in hooking up is to get shitfaced. Party-oriented students believe that drinking enhances their experience. They believe that alcohol improves their personality, and that getting drunk brings out their intoxicated self, which is freer and...
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#1 The Cement Lady Bulldogs were a high school basketball team in southwest Oklahoma. They were battling their rival, the Fletcher Lady Wildcats, for the district championship and the right to play in the regional tournament. Doll Harris was a senior forward who made almost half of the field goals she attempted and nearly all of the free throws.
#2 When Doll heard someone...
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Book Preview: #1 I am the only left-handed person in my family, and this was not seen as a praiseworthy characteristic. I was also known as very healthy and mashallah, which means Allah has willed it. I inherited my father's unique back-hair patterns.
#2 The first step to becoming American is to create your own superhero origin story. Share it with others, and they will understand...
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#1 Donnie Fitzpatrick, a basketball coach and career counselor at a high school north of Vancouver, has interviewed more than four thousand students over the years. He has found that the ones with the best grades and the most impressive college applications seem to well up the most.
#2 Anxiety is becoming more and more common, and is causing harm at unprecedented levels....
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#1 China has long understood the importance of understanding America, as the Chinese Communist Party believes their survival depends on it. However, America has rarely felt the need to understand China, as their geopolitical footprint is so large.
#2 China's history is one of periodic incursions by foreign invaders. Chinese official culture has long taken pride in its ability to Sinify...
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Book Preview:#1 In 1956, Buffett began teaching an investment class at the University of Nebraska Omaha, which was attended by a few other investors who would go on to be his partners.
#2 In the long term, the market will reflect the true value of a business. This is the goal of a long-term investor, not a speculator.
#3 After graduating from college, Buffett was desperate to work...
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#1 Asher Wright was one of the last remaining Patriots who had seen Hale alive. He spoke extensively about him, and explained that Hale was not supposed to have become a spy in the first place.
#2 Nathan Hale was a student at Yale in the Class of 73, and he was taught to revere magistrates and ministers as God's chosen servants. He was also taught to observe each Sabbath...
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#1 The global education standards and the number of college-educated graduates are growing rapidly. This is causing many white-collar jobs to be outsourced.
#2 The Shan Zhai culture is the practice of producing fake and imitation products, services, and brands. It is extremely difficult to develop new products and services, and it is often easier to globalize a technology...
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Book Preview: #1 The Pittsburgh Steelers are hosting a political event at their restaurant, Hyde Park Prime Steakhouse, near Heinz Field. Candidates are seeking the endorsement of the Steel City Stonewall Democrats, a group that represents LGBTQ Democrats in Pittsburgh.
#2 Autism has been around as long as humans have, but it was a narrowly defined condition until very recently. It...
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Get the Summary of Keeda J. Haynes' Bending the Arc in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
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Keeda Haynes was a Girl Scout and a churchgoer, but after college graduation, she was imprisoned for a crime she didn't commit. Her boyfriend had asked her to sign for some packages - packages she did not know were filled with marijuana. As a young Black woman falsely accused, prosecuted, and ultimately...
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#1 The first few years of your career are exciting and fun, but they are also confusing and difficult. You're not the boss yet, but you're also not a junior staffer anymore. You're expected to get results and earn your keep.
#2 I want to help you understand that you're not alone in your thoughts and feelings. There are millions of young women in your age group who are...
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Get the Summary of Anne Case and Angus Deaton's Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
Deaths of despair from suicide, drug overdose, and alcoholism are rising dramatically in the United States, claiming hundreds of thousands of American lives. Anne Case and Angus Deaton explain the overwhelming surge in these deaths and shed light on the social and economic forces that...
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#1 I came to Fuling on the slow boat downstream from Chongqing. It was a warm, clear night at the end of August in 1996. The city was small, and there was only one other foreigner in town.
#2 The Fuling group, which was the biggest of the Long March groups, had walked more than a thousand miles. They had been sponsored by Magnificent Sound cigarettes, and they had run...
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