Word: teacher
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...think you've heard the last word on pasta, then you have not read Giuliano Bugialli's new work, Bugialli on Pasta (Simon & Schuster; $24.95). This time the exacting cooking teacher presents a magnificently clear illustrated work not only on the rolling and shaping of pasta but also on the preparing of artichokes, squid and other ingredients that go into sauces. In time for winter entertaining are such irresistibles as the pappardelle (wide noodles) with duck or lamb and cannelloni plump with a wild-mushroom stuffing...
...quiet life of Fran Stephanie Trutt, there seemed to be only one abiding passion: protecting dogs from abuse. The 33-year-old substitute teacher from Queens, N.Y., devoted much of her free time to her canine crusade. She fed neighborhood strays, marched in antivivisection protests and pushed for legislation outlawing cruelty to animals. Her mother told reporters last week, "She was obsessed with animals, particularly dogs, that's the truth...
...frightening to think how far the state may go to "implement this article by appropriate legislation," as the Florida referendum pledges. Will the state empower a school teacher to punish an eight-year student for speaking Spanish in the classroom? Will it deny Hispanic criminal defendants from hearing their rights because they cannot understand arresting officers? Will it dissuade non-English speakers from using public transportation or applying for jobs...
...frightening to think how far the state may go to "implement this article by appropriate legislation," as the Florida referendum pledges. Will the state empower a school teacher to punish an eight-year student for speaking Spanish in the classroom? Will it deny Hispanic criminal defendants from hearing their rights because they cannot understand arresting officers? Will it dissuade non-English speakers from using public transportation or applying for jobs...
They are blamed for the failures of American schools, accused of incompetence and expected to fill in for negligent parents, and they work under conditions few professionals would tolerate. "We are the mother, the teacher, the nurse, the doctor," says one classroom veteran. Still, many say the modern schoolhouse is a place not only of fears and frustrations but also of startling epiphanies and sublime rewards...