Word: lebow
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...newly commissioned arrangement of "A Christmas Song," written by the late Mel Torme, was a touching, beautiful addition to the program. However, the highlight of the concert was certainly the musical arrangement of Dr. Seuss' Yuletide classic, How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Narrated by Will LeBow, a local actor with the American Repertory Theatre as well as the voice of Stanley on the animated series, "Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist," the entire audience was chuckling with laughter remembering the childhood tale. The concert concluded with an audience sing-a-long to holiday standards such as "Jingle Bells," "Winter Wonderland" and "Rudolph...
...awestruck, watching LeBow easily explain the meaning of the phrase "I should" and explicating the difference between finger nails and iron nails, I was struck with one fundamental question that yet remains unanswered...
Considering the skill and effect that students such as LeBow can contribute to the classroom, why is teaching so belittled within the student culture's career appraisals...
...good fortune of future students, LeBow is currently following a pre-teaching track (She is enrolled in the Undergraduate Teaching Education Program, UTEP). But the vast majority of undergraduates at Harvard who weekly or bi-weekly transform from student to teacher are not necessarily so inclined. According to Assistant Dean for Public Service Judith H. Kidd, about 2,500 students participate in public service each year and at least 75 percent of these students are engaged in some form of tutoring or mentoring program...
...after watching LeBow in action, I am not fully convinced that classroom teaching cannot result in the same degree of wide-scale change. LeBow and the other PEN teachers, according to PEN director Robert F. Luo '00, each teach 12-15 students only one hour each week. Teaching English to immigrants or basic computer literacy to disadvantaged adults can improve the situations of a PEN student's entire family...