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...meanthat my job is to be only the actor. I liketo think of myself as a filmmaker.”Theron sat in the producer’s chair forthe first time in the 2003 film “Monster.”Producing, she said, has taught her to bemore fearless in committing to the projectsshe takes on. “There’s a part of methat’s very protective when I get attachedto material or somebody’s vision thatmakes me realize that if I do step in as aproducer...
...rising sophomore was home for the summer when he received a shocking notification: he was facing the Administrative Board of Harvard College for academic dishonesty. Having never been taught proper citation procedures—not even in Expos—the student had included a bibliography in the first research paper of his Harvard career, but had not used correct citations in the body of the paper...
...friend Jenny’s house. The only thing we had in common was the lack of an Italian ancestor. My athletically-challenged self was perfectly happy not hanging from the monkey bars or playing dodgeball at recess. I helped her with her math homework and she taught me how to play box ball. Every afternoon, after finishing homework (that I had mostly done on the bus anyway), watching “Dirty Dancing” or “Dave” for the 100th time, we would venture out into the neighborhood on our bikes. Naturally athletic...
...training wheel incident has taught me anything, it’s to stop asking for poetic justice. I can’t remember being bullied after this incident, or if I was, it never forced me into action again. Except for just one thing: this past summer, I made my sister, a rising second-grader, take off her training wheels...
...Second District Court of Appeals in Los Angeles released a ruling that all children must be taught only by credentialed teachers. O'Connell's opinion makes it clear nothing will change right now - at least while the child abuse case that resulted in the ruling is pending appeal to the state Supreme Court...