Archive for June, 2010
Physical Affection
This post is part of a larger story. Click here to start at the beginning. I studied to be a high school teacher in the US, and I was taught never to show any physical affection for my students. I was never to touch my students—not even a hand on the shoulder—without risk of losing [...]
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Jailbreak
This post is part of a larger story. Click here to start at the beginning. “Did you talk to Sonia?” Vicky asked when April pulled up to the school playground with the stroller, and Alleke ran off to play. “No, why?” April asked. At first she didn’t even know who Vicky was talking about. She [...]
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Santa Lucía
If I had any pull in the Catholic Church, I would nominate Alleke’s preschool teacher for sainthood. I would call her Santa Lucía. In my mind, a small miracle had occurred the first day I brought Alleke to preschool nine months earlier. We had arrived at Alleke’s classroom, and at the moment when I realized [...]
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Mama Mia
This has been the soundtrack of my life for the last two weeks… Watch Mama Mia on Vimeo. Compare Alleke’s tribute to the original…
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