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...contemporary Hoboken, New Jersey, the play opens as Julie (Edith H. Bishop '00) confesses her longtime obsession with computers and technology to friend and neighbor Claire (Claire E. Farley '01). With little experience in high school and even less self-confidence, Julie explains that she fears her own stupidity and inability to succeed. Though Claire initially lets her know that school doesn't have to be her thing, Julie eventually agrees to join her for night classes at a local community college. Telling neither her husband or her children, Julie quietly sets out on her efforts to redirect her life...
There are also more personal concerns. Computer networks allow information to be accessed, accumulated and correlated in ways that threaten privacy as never before. Unseen eyes (of your boss, your neighbor, thousands of marketers) can track what you buy, the things you read and write, where you travel and whom you call. Your kids can download pornographic pictures and chat with strangers...
Spending patterns suggest that a certain amount of modern stress arises from a struggle to keep up with ever growing expectations. "What we consider a middle-class standard of living now was considered rich 30 years ago," says Mitchell. "My neighbor lives with his young daughter, and he has three cars. Does he really need three cars? He can only drive one at a time." Children are especially absorbent of discretionary income: the obvious equation is that the less time parents have to spend on their children, the more money they spend, on dance lessons and soccer uniforms...
...older brother Jeffrey started Sock It to Me five years ago to earn a Boy Scout badge. Nurse Karin Tackett, a next-door neighbor and friend of the Burris family, gave him the idea: homeless people are hard on socks; for hygienic and health reasons, they are always in need of new pairs. If Jeffrey would collect the socks, Tackett would have the Georgia Nurses Foundation, which treats the homeless, distribute the socks at shelters in nearby Atlanta and Athens. Helped by Jessica and parents Herb and Patty Burris, Jeffrey got his badge. But Jessica decided the campaign had merit...
...Ocon is forced to turn to others for help. Another family in Peabody Terrace watches Bailey Saturday afternoons when Ocon needs to study, and her next-door neighbor always makes sure to check if she's run short of anything before he heads to the grocery store...