Word: kirkland
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Upperclass students already seem more accepting of me as an equal now that I have a house assignment. Knowing our houses will greatly affect the rest of the year. Even my parents are into it. My mom wanted to drive by Kirkland when she picked me up for spring break and has already read the Kirkland facebook cover to cover. It is nice that she now knows the biographies of all the resident tutors, but it is also noteworthy that she hasn't spoken with or heard about my proctor in months. Even she had forgotten that it was still...
...speaking of the bells--when they woke me on Friday at 8:45 in the morning, I felt not annoyed but instead nostalgic. Kirkland House will be a great place to live, and I look forward to learning more about it when I move in the fall. But for now, I think I'll enjoy my room in Thayer, replete with non-halogen lamps, a blocked-up fireplace, and hourly bells. At least until the end of the year...
...Kristine Kirkland, 5, squirms onto her mother'slap in the Davis Square DTA office and deliversher most pathetic puppy-dog expression. She wantsan audience for her reading of Cat in the Hat, andshe wants it now. As her mother explains theimportance of day care for single parents, littleKristine plows ahead with her impassionedrendition of the Dr. Seuss classic...
...Kirkland schedules her life around caring forher kids, making it impossible to hold a normaljob...
Fortunately, Kirkland's employers at Home Depotallow her to mold her hours around her children'slives, an unusual arrangement that ends whenKristine finishes half-day kindergarten in June...