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...which a social worker would have entered her house and interviewed her extensively about her reasons for adopting and her preparations for parenthood. Social workers in these circumstances also typically educate would-be parents about the challenges that are likely to emerge post-adoption - all of which makes the notion that Hansen could have been blindsided by her son's difficulties almost as shocking as the difficulties themselves...
Candice Carpenter, a Business School graduate and co-founder of leading women’s network iVillage.com, also responded to Stevenson’s initial comments. Carpenter focused on the notion of “generative capitalism,” a form of capitalism that creates and adds meaning to personal lives...
Carpenter described a moment in time when she considered purchasing a $50,000 Versace dress. Ultimately, she said, she could not go through with the transaction, invoking Stevenson’s notion of “enough” to explain her thought process at the time...
...seasonality or green-market agnostic, as I am, you may not even know what a ramp looks like. I didn't for a long time, even as a professional food writer. I had some vague notion of them being some kind of wilted green, which isn't too far off the mark; they have a bulb at one end, long green stalks like leeks and leaves at the top. They taste somewhat garlicky. A nice enough plant, you might think, but nothing to get worked up about, right...
...student of longtime Los Angeles high school teacher Jaime Escalante's, now a teacher herself, called her former instructor "a master artist." Indeed, it was his refusal to accept commonly held beliefs that made his work so beautiful. Unlike many others, he refused to tolerate the notion that inner-city students were incapable of learning. Escalante, whose inspirational story was the basis for the 1988 film Stand and Deliver, died March 30 at 79 after a years-long battle with bladder cancer. Upon arriving in the U.S. from Bolivia, Escalante studied English at night to earn his California teaching credentials...