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...your new movie Paranoid Park, the main character, Alex Tremain, is told by his tough gal pal Macy that if he wants to expiate his troubled thoughts, he should express them by writing to someone, whether or not the letter is ever sent. Since I was kind of bewildered by the movie, I've decided to write to you, and ask: WHAT WERE YOU THINKING...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mighty Hearts and Dark Deeds | 5/21/2007 | See Source »

...consistent portrait of hard work. Even before her find on Kenya, she had always loved stories.“I liked to read and would be up at night with a flashlight,” says Elkins, who read historical fiction such as “Johnny Tremain.” Elkins’ attempts at nonfiction storytelling began with a grade-school research paper on the Underground Railroad, her “first voyage of discovery in terms of reading and researching.” By middle school, Elkins was writing regularly.“History is in many...

Author: By Lulu Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Out of Africa—But Headed Back | 6/7/2006 | See Source »

Among the key tenets of the middle school movement are these: fostering a close relationship between teacher and child so that every student has an adult advocate, having teachers work across disciplines in teams (example: students read Johnny Tremain in English while studying the Revolutionary War in social studies), creating small learning communities within larger schools and stressing learning by doing. "Young adolescents learn through discovery and getting involved," explains Sue Swaim, executive director of the Ohio-based National Middle School Association. "They're not meant to be lectured to the whole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Middle School Bad For Kids? | 8/1/2005 | See Source »

...Players: Ray Lewis, Warren Sapp, Edgerrin James, Jesse Armstead, Duane Starks, Cortez Kennedy, Vinny Testaverde, Micheal Barrow, Kenny Holmes, Kenard Lang, Tremain Mack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NFL Draft 2001: Football Factories | 4/18/2001 | See Source »

...read before dinner, after dinner, even during dinner if my sister and I were feuding. (The pages of certain volumes from my childhood are maroon with catsup stains.) When I was especially tired or restless, I reread, with the result that I can still recite passages of Johnny Tremain and The Willie Mays Story from memory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION WAS NEVER IN THE FAMILY | 9/8/1997 | See Source »

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