Word: secret
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Josefina Aguilera confronted public education's sad secret on her first day. "I came into the classroom," recalls the newly hired kindergarten teacher at 68th Street Elementary School in South Central Los Angeles, "and all I saw were crayons, some books and construction paper." Aguilera made a list of what was not there: puzzles, art supplies, puppets, records, posters and a bulletin board. Knowing the school could not pay for these items, she went shopping. "I spent about $300," she estimates. "My husband didn't know...
Outfitting a classroom at your own expense is the dirty little secret of the teaching profession. Informal studies suggest that these modestly paid public servants spend $200 to $1,200 annually. "There's probably not a teacher in America who doesn't do it," observes Mattie Tyson, principal of Chicago's James Weldon Johnson Elementary School...
...mailing the invitation, is it best to cc: the list or bcc [blind carbon copy]: it? Do you want people to know who is invited to the party--so that they don't invite someone who you don't want there--or is it best to keep the list secret, so there are no hurt feelings...
...July, a buff, if bedraggled (has she forgotten the benefits of shampoo?) Madonna appeared on Oprah and shared the secret of her long, lean, chiseled body--an exercise system called Pilates. Initially attracted by the spiritual quality of the exercise, its fantastic results were what got her hooked and what has kept her away from the StairMaster forever. Her announcement heightened a trend ready to break out, and within days anyone who was anyone had booked their first appointment in one of Manhattan's numerous studios. Following in the steps of the celebrity set, trendoids from Malibu to Miami were...
...Byrnes, a retired dancer and mother of Maja K. Byrnes '00, agrees. Fifteen years ago, she recognized the sudden improvement of a fellow ballet dancer. The dancer in question shared her secret and sent Byrnes to a Pilates class. She has been a devotee ever since. Not only does she value the look maintained by regular Pilates, but Byrnes emphasizes that it is good for a bad back and gentle enough for her to continue workouts with a broken ankle. As for Madonna's sudden interest, Byrnes muses, "I think she'll get tired...