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...sometimes kids have to fail in order to learn. As children get older, the parents may need to pull back. "I believe that the umbilical cord needs to be severed when children are at school," argues Eric Paul, a fourth- and fifth-grade teacher at Roosevelt Elementary School in Santa Monica, Calif. He goes to weekend ball games and piano recitals in an effort to bond with families but also tries to show parents that there is a line that shouldn't be crossed. "Kids need to operate on their own at school, advocate on their own and learn from...
LOCAL COLOR Santa Maria, a central coast town of 85,000, is "doing four times normal business" owing to the trial, says a café manager...
...jury selection got under way last week in Michael Jackson's child-molestation trial in Santa Maria, Calif., so began what is anticipated to be a six-month media extravaganza. Jackson himself got things rolling with a video, posted on his website, proclaiming his innocence. (He sent the same signal sartorially, wearing a white suit, far right, on his first day in court.) If convicted on all 10 counts, the Gloved One faces up to 24 years in prison. Can he beat it? Here's a Notebook rundown of what to expect. --By Jeffrey Ressner. With reporting by Matt Kettmann...
...social studies concentrator in Winthrop House, originally from Santa Rosa, Calif. Andrew is worried that entering the political cemetery that is having a Crimson column may be a sign that he is no longer relevant. With “Community Politics” he will cling to whatever relevance he has left and try to contribute to the dialogue on campus, about campus, on alternate Tuesdays...
...social studies concentrator in Eliot House, hails from the Cambridge of the Southwest, Santa Fe, New Mexico. In his column, “Base Politics,” he will try to justify his life by making the peons of electoral politics seem important. His column will run on alternate Wednesdays...