Rosemont Opinion
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Study all variables to determine length of school dayDec 08, 2011 4:00 am - Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pushing to add 90 minutes of classroom time per day in Chicago Public Schools to boost student performance. CPS lags behind most big-city school di...
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Flexible thinking averts meltdownsNov 19, 2011 5:00 am - To avoid another meltdown, Rep. Joe Walsh should see a psychologist. He needs to learn that most psychopathology is caused by rigid black and white thinking. Life is ful...
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The need to boost financial literacyNov 10, 2011 3:00 am - You may have seen the TV ad: A boy walks home carrying an enormous rocket pop, and Dad asks him where his new bike is. The boy sheepishly raises his treat and says, “I t...
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Maine West students show characterNov 06, 2011 11:00 pm - Maine West High School has the finest community spirit of any school in our country. Maine West students have looked out for our Des Plaines community and their own stud...
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Focus on adjunct quality, not quantityOct 05, 2011 5:00 am - As a way to save costs, community colleges have increasingly hired adjunct instructors. Bargain that they are, part-timers also allow schools to easily fill gaps and exp...
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Is Walsh character or lacking character?Oct 04, 2011 12:00 am - Joe Walsh is a character? Now that Joe Walsh has announced his intentions to abandon his own district and run against the GOP incumbent Randy Hultgren, I can’t wait to s...
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Haunted house glorifies evil eventsSep 27, 2011 5:00 am - It is beyond imagination that anyone would glorify the grisly events surrounding the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair that are portrayed in the new Rosemont haunted house. Cele...
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Embarrassed Walsh represents IllinoisSep 21, 2011 4:00 am - Joe Walsh is the epitome of how the rest of the country regards Illinois politicians — egotistic, disrespectful and grandiose. I would hope that an official elected by p...
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The SoapboxSep 17, 2011 5:00 am - Wheaton hero honored: Thoughtful work went into the efforts of a committee that recommended the commons of Wheaton North High School be named for Staff Sgt. Robert Mille...
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Joe Walsh: 'My constituents are my bosses'Sep 16, 2011 12:00 am - Earlier this week, the Daily Herald Editorial Board ran an editorial attacking me for not attending the president's recent address to Congress and for not listening. I h...