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They're doing it--mastering hockey, and every conceivable other sport--to promote "growth," "teamwork," "physical fitness," "well-roundedness," "character," and other qualities that may be desirable in a doctor but don't, as a practical matter, help you get into medical school.
The New York Times dwelled not on the experiment's abstract implications but on practical, short-term benefits such as faster computers, brighter laser projectors, and sharper night-vision goggles.
In practical terms, we had to learn not only to choose our words very carefully, but to be aware of what we said in nonverbal ways.
Another cause for disappointment is that the Clinton plan will not impose a national curriculum, which, regrettably, remains beyond the pale in any practical discussion about education reform because of the ongoing culture wars among Christian fundamentalists, mainstream educators, and multicultural leftists.
There are also nonconservatives who think Clinton may turn left for practical if not ideological reasons.