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...fact, the only thing out of the ordinary in Room 122 this fall is Espiritu. She is one of three new teachers at the school recruited from the Philippines to help fill Baltimore's yawning teacher shortage. "I had to get out of my comfort zone," says Espiritu, who taught for 14 years at an exclusive private school in Manila. "I had to try something...
...says. "If you asked me to tell you how many of them are disciplined, I could count them on five fingers. In the Philippines we only had mild behavior problems, and they're easily addressed because of the culture, the family and value given to adults." In addition, she taught only two periods a day in the Philippines, and she now has to teach six. "It's been rough," she says. "The only two things helping me are my prayers and the support that the principal and teachers give...
...watch music videos, listen to audiobooks, and review lectures. With 67 registered students, “Understanding Computers and the Internet” is the third-largest computer science course at the Extension School this semester, according to course instructor David J. Malan ’99, who has taught the course since he was a senior at the College.This course is no stranger to pioneering technology. In 1999, it was one of the first courses to join the Extension School’s Distance Education Program and be offered to students on campus as well as through RealVideo format...
...thing for 50 years," he says with a shrug. "Just a bigger scale. Same damn thing." Having picked up a degree in geological engineering from the University of Oklahoma, Van Dyke got his start in the dusty fields of Wichita Falls, Texas, in 1951. His mentor, wildcatter S.D. Johnson, taught him the basics: find a farmer with promising land and get him to lease you the rights, then find an oil company willing to drill. Van Dyke hitchhiked to Fort Worth and Dallas to make his first deals. "I had about $500 to my name," he says. "I slept...
...sell, not only because farmers represent a powerful voting and lobbying bloc, but also because of the high-profile role that rice plays in Asian cultures. The word for rice?gohan in Japanese and bap in Korean?is often used as a synonym for "meal." In Japan, schoolchildren are taught that Japanese civilization began with the introduction of rice farming. Most Japanese festivals revolve around rice and the rice harvest. South Korean families use rice cakes and rice wine as offerings in traditional Confucian ceremonies to honor their ancestors. Many local superstitions are based on the misuse of rice...