In Seattle, a parent was overheard telling his daughter she had cost him $40,000 because she had played poorly in front of an Ivy League coach at a basketball clinic.

A big reason America is falling behind other countries in science and math is that we have effectively written off a huge chunk of our population as uninterested in those fields or incapable of succeeding in them.

Instead of striving on making work fun, managers should concentrate on creating the conditions in which a variety of personality types, from the excitable to the naturally downbeat, can flourish.

The last month the N.B.A. issued 21 fines and suspensions—a punitive spree that amounted to about $602,882.

Cowbirds are brood parasites, meaning they lay their eggs in the nests of other bird species, thus unloading the messy and demanding business of chick-rearing.

High schools sports long ago were stripped of innocence and quaint stereotypes.

Twenty five years ago, students played a couple of sports and eased up in summer; today, many are forced to specialize at an early age.

On Tuesday, Ms. Mary Barra, 51, completed a remarkable personal odyssey when she was named as the next chief executive of G.M. and the first woman to ascend to the top job at a major auto company.

Concerned about college scholarships, parents write $2,500 checks for Web pages that include their children’s athletic accomplishments, academic information, a personal essay, and even video footage for college coaches.

It’s gotten to the point where every parent thinks their child is a super-athlete.

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