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...fishing life was demanding. Throughout the 1970s, he would be gone for nearly five months at a stretch on his boat, The Aguero. In the 1980s, after his daughter Heather was born, he tried to fish closer to home, but that still meant leaving for 10 or 14 days, seeing his family for two or three days and heading right back out as soon as the weather allowed. What happened to the fish-six-months, surf-six-months plan? "Well, by 1976 I had to take on a winter fishery, which was herring," says Sears...
...Vega plays Flor Moreno, a Mexican woman who moves with her daughter Cristina to Los Angeles and ends up working as a maid in the upscale home of successful chef John Clasky (Sandler) and his high-strung wife Deborah (Leoni). They don't speak Spanish and Flor doesn't know a word of English - it's a comedy of confusion. But with a message: Between the laughs, Flor struggles to protect her humble values and shield her daughter from the corrupting power of money. Vega's faltering English didn't deter director James L. Brooks (Terms of Endearment, As Good...
...walk into schools, public or private, without tripping over parents in the halls. They volunteer as library aides and reading coaches and Mentor Moms, supplement the physical-education offerings with yoga and kickboxing, sponsor faculty-appreciation lunches and fund-raising barbecues, supervise field trips and road games and father-daughter service projects. Even the heads of boarding schools report that some parents are moving to live closer to their child's school so that they can be on hand and go to all the games. As budgets shrink and educational demands grow, that extra army of helpers...
...sociology and education at Columbia University's Teachers College. "When they drop out of the work force to raise their kids, they see being part of the school as part of their job." Monica Stutzman, a mother of two in Johnston, Iowa, believes her efforts helped ensure that her daughter wound up with the best teacher in each grade. "We know what's going on. We e-mail, volunteer on a weekly basis. I ask a lot of questions," she says. "I'm not there to push my children into things they're not ready for. The teachers...
...perfect.'" Though the best teachers work hard to inspire even the most alienated kids, they can't carry the full burden of the parents' expectations. In his dreams, admits Daddow, the Iowa history teacher, what he would like to say is "Your son or daughter is very, very lazy." Instead, he shows the parents the student's work and says, "I'm not sure I'm getting Jim's best effort...