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What is a Charter School? so my friend is a teacher at a small private school in the middle of no where, but she's very concerned about how public schools are apparently shutting down for charter schools (i live in the USA btw). i have no idea what charter schools are, so i just sat there nodding my head and doing a really good job of pretending to agree with her. i came home and i immediately googled charter school. i read a wikipedia article about charter schools, but im still confused, and i dont want to look dumb if she brings up charter school again. so basilers, help please?<3 can someone explain to me (in very simple terms) what a charter school is, and why it's different from a regular school? and also, can someone list the pros

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South Africans Killing Each Other It's quite confusing and I don't exactly know who's killing whom. Deadly violence, illegal strikes and union infighting have plagued South Africa's platinum belt since last year's deadly strikes. At least 2 people have been shot, 1 fatally, in an ongoing union rivalry at South Africa's troubled Lonmin platinum mine. Workers at Lonmin's Marikana mine--the site of last year's violent strike in which police killed 34 protesters--staged a two-day wildcat strike in mid-May to demand that NUM vacate the office where Monday's shooting took place. Meanwhile, mining giant Glencore Xstrata said Monday that it had dismissed around 1,000 workers who went on a strike last week. Things are getting hairy. Apparently, all

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The Left-Handed People So I heard 10% of people are left-handed. That's a lot of people, but it's still pretty rare. So I've been thinking and I wonder, is left-handedness a mental illness? If science people look into it, they will probably discover a cure for left-handedness (maybe?). That would be nice for all the left-handed people who feel left out (no pun intended). I don't know, what do you think? If science people discover that left-handedness is a mental illness, should they create a cure?

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