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At an airfield in 1957 Nevada, Indiana (Harrison Ford) and pal Mac (Ray Winstone) encounter villainous Soviet agent Irina Spalko (Cate Blanchett) and her gun- toting goons.

Indy whip-cracks and wisecracks his way out of trouble, then returns to Marshall College where Dean Stanforth (Jim Broadbent) asks the professor to take “an indefinite leave of absence”.

A chance encounter at the railway station with a rebellious greaser called Mutt (Shia LaBeouf), an acquaintance of Indy’s old pal Professor Oxley (John Hurt), propels the archaeologist on a quest to locate the legendary Crystal Skull of Akator.

Alas, Irina and her henchmen also seek the artefact, and they intend to use Indy to find it threatening to kill his old flame Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen) if he doesn’t help.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is only half of a great movie. During the action sequences, when director Steven Spielberg is on a sure footing, this fourth film in the blockbusting series is an absolute joy, delivering adrenaline pumping thrills and spills, interspersed with smart one liners.

Unfortunately, the hocus pocus storyline holding all these breathtaking set-pieces together is both thin and preposterous.

However, considering it’s been almost 20 years since Ford last flexed his trusty bullwhip as the eponymous treasure hunter, he’s in remarkably good shape for his pensionable years.

Blanchett is under-served, which is a pity because she has great fun with the role, while LaBeouf clearly prepares to accept the mantle of Indy’s fedora for subsequent films.

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These are only some of the Career and Technology Education (CATE) classes the Sealy ISD board discussed offering as part of the Academic Excellence (AE) program.

The AE program will offer two basic tracks of learning to students. The academic track seeks to prepare students for the rigor of college, while the CATE track would give them a more technical education.

Health science classes, for example, would give students a taste of the medical field while also teaching them technical skills and offering them the chance to earn a certificate as an emergency medical technician.

Although both tracks of the AE program are meant to include stringent guidelines, students mainly taking AP classes could take a CATE course as an elective and also as a way to explore a supplemental career interest.

Hermann suggested improving CATE classes to the point where students on that track can get all the knowledge they need in those classes without having to take supplemental AP courses.

One example Hermann gave was possibly offering a sales and marketing course, where students would not only learn the business side of the trade, but would also take courses like drama to better develop their personality - an important skill to salespeople.

Student surveys have helped the district better determine the needs of its students. Eighth-graders take career assessments in the spring semester and then meet with counselors to determine what classes would best be suited for them.

“Once they do that and we find out what they like and what they’re interested in, then we can say, look at this pathway,” SISD Superintendent Pamela Morris said.

And through applied knowledge classes, the CATE program will help students live what they are learning.

Tags: academic excellence, academic track, ap classes, ap courses, business side, career assessments, career interest, eighth graders, emergency medical technician, health science, knowledge classes, marketing course, salespeople, science classes, sealy isd, stringent guidelines, student surveys, technical education, technology education

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