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Crowley: Is taking an AP class really worth all the effort?
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Students across the country found out what they received on their Advanced Placement tests on Friday. I’m one of them, and like so many of my contemporaries, I was eager to see all my hard work boiled down into one number grade. Everyone’s hoping to get that great feeling that comes from earning a 4 or 5 on an exam.
But is taking an AP class really worth all the time and effort?
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Mark Wilson is a New York political cartoonist and illustrator who lives in the Adirondacks. He publishes under the pen name Marquil.
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Bessent: China must step up to rein in North Korea after nuclear test
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How do you control the actions of a nation whose leader doesn’t much care what the United States or anyone else thinks or does?
That’s the hellish conundrum the United States and the world face with North Korea, which conducted a nuclear weapons test Tuesday in defiance of United Nation’s resolutions, international sanctions and negotiated commitments.
The test was met with universal...
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