Here is James, a 25-year-old African-American man with a high school diploma, commanding a global stage.
"Whatever else it accomplishes, the sassy high school comedy 'Easy A' commands attention for the irresistible presence" of Ms. Stone, Stephen Holden wrote in The New York Times. 10 A.M. (ABC) THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS Representative Barney Frank, Democrat of Massachusetts, and Representative Marsha Blackburn, Republican of Tennessee, debate President Obama's support of same-sex marriage.
Whatever else it accomplishes, the sassy high school comedy "Easy A" commands attention for the irresistible presence of Emma Stone, playing a good girl who pretends to be bad.
Williams, Cook said, remains as humble as he was in high school, and that he commands respect for his basketball accomplishments and his disposition.
Moreover, Spanish is easy enough that kids really can emerge from high school with a very useful command of the language that they will retain for life, while Mandarin takes about four times as long to make the same progress.
The Bridgewater, N.J. high school instructor has a solid command of history, took grad school courses on his own time and clearly loves teaching.
He said states should be allowed to simply make it illegal for students to leave high school until they are 18, a command solution to the dropout problem.
"I teach my students as if they're all going to go to college," she said proudly, noting that 11 students at North Infirmary Command earned their high school equivalency diplomas last year.
When Will Toledo was in high school, he read an article about a New York indie band that was commanding the attention of the music industry.
Newcomer Adepero Oduye commands the screen as a bright 17-year-old high school student in Brooklyn, New York whose parents can't face the fact that she is gay.
To command attention while maintaining an affable tone, Mr. Salter drew inspiration from his high school English class.
