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...faculty is] going to need to get more involved in terms of advising, social life, and shaping the academic experience outside the classroom," Cooper says...
...process that ultimately denied opportunities for public service to willing Harvard students and deserving children in Boston. Yet we draw upon a very limited network of resources to support each staff member, such as a $3000 stipend for each senior counselor, housing from Harvard and the Boston Housing Authority, classroom space and other resources including vans...
...them talking bad about my mother," says Bryan Enders, an 11-year-old whose American father died of cirrhosis of the liver two years ago. "But I can't say anything, because they will beat me up." Even the teachers sometimes pitch in, blaming the biracial students for fomenting classroom dissent. "They act up more than others," says Juanita de la Cruz, who has five mixed-race students in her elementary school class. "I think it's because their blood is all mixed up. They feel most comfortable hanging on the streets with other Amerasian kids...
...parking lot outside my health club is, as always, dog eat dog, and by the time I find a spot, I'm sure I've lost out on prime classroom positioning. I may end up next to the Grunter, which would, I have to say, harsh my mellow. But in the spirit of the yogic tradition I choose not to view my exasperated state as a negative thing. Instead, I congratulate myself for my good judgment in getting to this yoga class on a Sunday morning at the godless hour...
...thing I hated most about the class was that at the very end, while everyone was resting for a few minutes in the stillness of Shavasana, the corpse pose (designed to quiet the mind), Leah broke into song. Classroom scuttlebutt is that she has been known to sing On a Clear Day, You Can See Forever, but I've only heard her sing verses from New Age-y folk tunes that mention planets spinning around the sun and the Earth Mother calling her children home...