Word: career
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...buzz I built, albeit by accident. The buzz started last month, when I got a random call from Jed Weitzman, an ambitious 28-year-old manager at Brillstein-Grey. He told me that he really related to the pop references in my column and wanted to manage my Hollywood career, even though I didn't have one. Seeing as I am not the first to allude to The Brady Bunch in a story that was not about TV, I sensed this was just another lame cover for the attraction people feel for me after seeing my picture on TIME...
Tremendous is the operative word if you're considering home ed. Although some dual-career couples and single parents attempt it, 95% of home-schooling families have one parent who is not working outside the home. Parents have to act as teachers, administrators, social directors and more. Many just plain burn out before high school...
...Bill Sims who emerges as the most fascinating subject. A blues guitarist whose career has stalled, he has grown depressed and developed a drinking problem. Moreover, we learn, he left two other children at an early age. When he returns to find his son facing prison, we see a stark negative of the nurturing idyll he and Karen have created. Yet Bill comes off as a devoted, likable father and husband who offers sharp insights on race...
...Center for the Prevention of School Violence suggests that schools emphasizing academics are safer. At Grimsley, 68% of last spring's 273 graduates entered a four-year college; 21% opted for community college. Principal Teague says: "We take students who have discipline and attendance problems and give them career initiatives and help them to start feeling what it is to be successful." Nobody at Grimsley is saying violence can't happen there. But with teachers, parents and students talking and listening to one other, they are doing their best to create a peaceful place for learning...
Considering a career in the booming pet industry? The folks at Pet Sitters International want you. Very much. The professional organization, which offers accreditation courses in pet sitting, among other things, will hold its fifth annual convention in New Orleans this week. A preview...