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...after nearly a decade of teaching, Yates is worried about going stale. Before school started, he trashed much of the material he had gathered over the years. He makes himself do the same homework he assigns his students. At least two or three times a semester, he invites his astronomy classes to watch meteor showers, or to count planets or, like tonight, to see the moon rise...
...house five days a week for an informal study program. She knows their class schedules and their family situations. They call her "Mom." But Mom has rules in her basement: no disrespect, cursing, drugs or sex. Their real parents must know where they are, and they must do their homework. Stewart keeps the basement open until 10 on weeknights, midnight on weekends. "They can study here and hang out and be O.K.," she says...
...Vishion and Sally Roth would do a good imitation of a suburban married couple. She does the laundry; he does the dishes. Tonight he's in the oak-trimmed kitchen making grilled cheese sandwiches for dinner, before they settle down in front of The Simpsons to eat and do homework. They have known each other since sixth grade, been a couple for one year, and when Peter's parents are out of town, like this week, they move in together. Sally's mother approves. But Sally has some doubts about this advanced-placement course in commitment. "If you spend...
...already delicate balance of school, friends and family. Some students work to save for college or to help their parents pay the bills, but most do it for cars, insurance and clothes. "Working lets me establish my independence," says senior Nick McCormick, who, somewhere between varsity-football practice and homework, makes pizza at Cecil Whittaker's three nights a week. "And I'm saving up to buy a car." Teachers and parents here recognize the value of introducing kids to the "real world," but with paychecks competing with grades and late-night shifts rivaling term-paper deadlines, more and more...
...Elizabeth hangs up her vest and bow tie. She's already finished her homework, so after dinner with her family, she plans to go to a friend's to watch movies and play video games. She's not sure what she would have done all day if she hadn't spent it working at Hollywood Video...