Word: myselfer
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I find myself writing this piece because of my recent forays into the world of education. Last summer I taught at the Summerbridge Miami program, one of a network of programs designed to offer guidance and academic instruction to hundreds of at-risk students in America's cities. My approach...
One of the first things I learned in my teaching workshops was, "these kids have to be able to pass the FCAT [Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test]." Subsequently, I received a substantial number of handouts, collectively titled "Taking the FCAT out of the Bag." In these pages, I was assured, I...
"As a former Dorm Crew member myself, I found it a valuable experience," Fitzsimmons says. "But as much as I enjoyed Dorm Crew, the primary purpose of my being at Harvard was in other areas. Our first priority is academics."
Very rarely do I read anything that justifies writing a letter to the editor. However, William P. Bohlen's piece on Max Patkin (Sports, Nov. 3) was a delight. Bohlen depicted Patkin and his antics in a vivid and nostalgia-provoking manner. Even those who had never seen his performance...
I've often been accused of having narrow-minded (narrow-mouthed?) taste in music, because I immerse myself in the folk songs of females who are stereotypically angry, depressed and gay. But as a woman, or a girl, or something unidentifiably in between, I find myself, my point, in the...