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An Alternative Interpretation Of Robert Frost's "Mending Wall" Poems can be interpreted in multiple ways. Some interpretations put the narrator on the side of the 'right' -- and possibly of love. Some readers believe the narrator is deliberately ambiguous about the issue of walls. Some suggest he enjoys the ritual of wall building even if the wall itself seems to have no purpose and that he wishes his neighbor would engage a bit more in debate and a bit more in whimsy.` What do you think of this alternative interpretation, which puts the taciturn neighbor clearly on the side of love?

Can you imagine telling a kid to stop spending so much time on algebra? Or not to go overboard on researching historical sources? Sounds like pure fantasy, but that could become the new reality if we have the courage to discard an outdated teaching methodology that doesn't reach today's students, and instead embrace their bustling, burgeoning digital world.

To improve its public schools, the United States should raise the status of the teaching profession by recruiting more qualified candidates, training them better and paying them more, according to a new report on comparative educational systems.