So it was no surprise when an official of the Armenian education ministry told the Associated Foreign Press that teaching chess in schools would "create a solid basis for the country to become a chess superpower".
Still, she pressed on, teaching undergraduate courses to earn her way through graduate school until she obtained a Ph.D. in literature from U.C.L.A. in 1993.
Schools pressed to teach to high-stakes tests spend money on cops yet cannot access sufficient state or federal dollars for social services or educators.
What kind of weird lessons in press freedom are being taught Iraq?
Rats or pigeons may be taught to press levers for food; they also learn to avoid or terminate electric shock.
He discovered printing at the age of 12, and bought a small hand press, on which he taught himself the basics of typography.
These animals, as well as controls that had undergone the same operation but without a toxic injection, were then taught to press two identical levers to obtain food.
Participants were taught to press the beads when they experienced cravings.
Following this treatment, acupressure metal balls were applied at the same points, and patients were taught to press each point for two minutes twice a day.
Franzen read and re-read it, taught it, pressed it on everyone he met, and then, in 1996, placed it at the centre of an essay for Harper's Magazine about the American novel.
As Mr Lubbers said, at his 2am press conference: "History teaches us that if one or two members lag behind, they always follow .Conveyor belt to the ecuMr Major, in any case, was delighted.
