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...tests you failed, the dreams you pursued or abandoned, the jobs and loves you lost. Not only that - your reactions would be shown on television in your home country and in movie theaters around the world. Think of it. Indentured for life, because your first- or second-grade teacher pushed you in front of a camera...
When I told my mom, an ESL teacher at a parochial high school in North Philadelphia, the general outline of the current uproar over Asian Americans and college admissions, she became angry, lifted her voice, and said “This is ridiculous! ‘Over-represented?’ My kids’ parents can’t even speak English! [The kids] work for five or six hours each night in their parents’ stores, and still manage to get all of their homework done by the next day. Without fail. They work harder than anyone...
...chances are that the discussions are lively in a Shakespeare course, so you can learn on the job without having to be a good teacher at the start,” Wilkinson said. “If you’re trying to get students to brush up on derivatives or covalent bonding and they are all pre-med, they don’t really care about covalent bonding and just want to get to medical school...
...Living in the same community and bearing goodwill toward one another, however, does not mean that young Christians and Muslims understand each other. "We're in the epicenter of Islam in Australia," says Holy Spirit science teacher David Gearin over a spicy lunch at a Lakemba caf?. "And I asked myself, and others, How much do we know about Islam?" Gearin, 41, has spent most of his life teaching, playing sport and growing up in the area. "It's like when you're in a group at a party. When someone new arrives, you invite them into the circle...
...days later at Malek Fahd, social science teacher Pinad El Ahmad says the inter-faith experience was beneficial; she's the major mover in the school's values program. "We want our students to see that the world is not limited to what goes on at this school," she says. "We'd like them to make friends and see new things." Deputy Principal Ali Kak says the school fosters the idea that being a good Muslim and a good Australian are complementary. "Our mission is to contribute to society in a positive way." There are 1,800 students...