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Problems arise from the first moment Ben encounters the Cappadora family. He is no longer the carefree, blond toddler that everyone remembers. Vince (Jonathan Jackson), Ben's sullen older brother, is a high-school junior with quite a few issues himself that are aggravated by Ben's reappearance. Ben's hardworking and optimistic father, Pat, seems thoroughly convinced that if everyone could just put aside their cares over a plate of pasta and a rousing rendition of "La Tarantella," things would work out fine. But although these may seem like gross generalizations--the insecure teen, the boisterous Italian--the film...
Other community service programs are no different: City Step, HAND, America Reads and Peace Games all cater to children under high-school age. Nor is this focus on children confined to Harvard alone: Dwight Hall at Yale and the Swearer Center at Brown show a similar bias. Almost every web page, every pamphlet on community service at Harvard and beyond shows counselors surrounded by mostly minority children hugging, laughing and frolicking...
...talk to me about ideas or cinematic flair. The basic, and simplest, pleasure of art will always be that of the recognition. I recognize that this movie is based on the Cinderella prototype. Set in a trendy and capricious L.A. high-school, She's All That is a fairy tale about the undoing of the golden age of senior class president, honor student and captain to the soccer team, Zack Siler (Freddie Prinze, Jr.). His status is threatened when his prom queen shoo-in girlfriend (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe) returns from spring break with a tattoo and a new boyfriend...
...example: Liebman, conversing with the crowd about Valentine's Day in the Comedy Connection last weekend, asked if there were any high-school sweethearts in the audience. A few people applauded. She smiled and tucked a lock of hair behind her ear. "I had a high-school sweetheart too," she confessed. "It was a typical relationship. I was a cheerleader, and he was on the faculty." She jumped up and down and did a high kick. "It was like, 'Go, Mr. Jameson!"" She smiled again and looked away. "Before the cops catch...
...year-long program combines high-school education and community service and is open to 17-to 24-year-old residents of Boston, Cambridge and Somerville. If students complete 900 hours of community service through the program, they receive a $2,300 scholarship, redeemable for at any federally accredited educational institution or training program...