Tony was born in Woodford, Essex, and discovered his abiding interest in religion and astrology at Worthing high school in West Sussex.
Here it's worth noting high school students will still be taught the old/new curriculum that includes consent, sexting, and other realities of 2018; however, this is hardly being shouted from the rooftops as the government blasts dog whistles to its base.
An assessment like that will be worth something long after high school is over.
In fact, a recent Demos analysis of Americans' net worth revealed that white high school dropouts have about the same wealth that black college graduates do.
Additionally, according to the Alliance for Excellent Education, California's economy would accrue an additional $40 billion in savings if one year's worth of California's high school dropouts could be converted to graduates.
I rejoiced when Greg related how he convinced the mullahs in a remote Pakistani village to allow him to build a school for girls by reminding the elder that the dowry of a bride with no education is worth just one goat, but a bride who had completed high school could be worth as much as 40 goats.
Critics say grade inflation resulted because, with B's worth a lot of money, high school teachers now give borderline students a greater benefit of the doubt.
"What we are asking for is knowledge that any student who wants a high school diploma worth the paper it's written on should have," said Ms. Thernstrom, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a conservative research group.
But, unlike On the Road (which, it's worth noting, I adored in high school but can't reread today because its inspired, myopic anthem no longer resonates), Paper Towns doesn't conclude with the power of burn, burning.
The damage at Kalgoorlie-Boulder high school caused damage worth $100,000 and forced the school to close for a day.
I worked that paradox for all it was worth when I coached a Catholic high school boys' cross-country team, St. Rose of Belmar, N.J., some years back.
