Last, but perhaps most important: Learn how to be less annoying to the non-procrastinators around you.

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But public services remain poor: roads are potholed, airports are crowded and pupils learn less than in many places with lower taxes.

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Both boys and girls can slowly learn, over time, to control themselves, but the statistics show that when we expect less of either sex, we will get less.

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It found that in all three subjects, pupils now have to learn a wider range of topics than they used to, but cover some of them in less depth.

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Instead, Kaplan will target the less-glamorous -- but potentially more lucrative -- market of working people looking to learn their way up the corporate ladder.

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For example, categories like fast food or beer rely less on strong affiliation among their users but can still tap into social currency by helping others to learn from each other (beer) or by strengthening the identification level with other patrons (fast food).

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