Boy Seeks: PEER TEACHING MAKES THE GRADE IN MANY SCHOOLS
PRESENTING LESSONS AND CRITIQUING WRITING DEEPENS STUDENTS’ UNDERSTANDING, ADVOCATES SAY
It is early afternoon in Tabitha Carter Morrison’s English class at Fairfax High School, and her students are doing her job. Each of the 24 sophomores looks for flaws in essays written by other students. One boy seeks her professional guidance. “Can we say, This sucks!’?” he asks. Morrison says no, impressed at how eager some are to wield this new power.She is using a method that has quietly spread to nearly every high school in the country,…
Bastrop County woman found dead near home,
Cap Metro retains van-pool fare
Family of comatose boy seeks help
Nobel winner speaks Wednesday
Bastrop County woman found dead near home A neighbor found the body of a missing Bastrop County woman in a creek near her property Monday morning, authorities said.Myrtle Wusterhausen, 81, had been missing since Feb. 17, said Bastrop County Sheriff Richard Hernandez. Foul play is not suspected in her death, he said.An autopsy is pending to determine the cause of her death. Hernandez said she may have drowned. A neighbor found her body at 11:30 a.m. Monday about a mile from…
Boy Seeks: FATHER ARGUES ADULT VIDEOS DESTROY MINDS
Two views of freedom: His resentment had been building for a year, though he continued patronizing the video rental store because ”adult” tapes were at least kept behind the counter. Then it happened. No more would he patronize the store, he wrote the company president.The incident, as related by Pete Travers of Longwood: A boy seeks the catalog of porno tapes and is asked if he is 18. ”No,”…
Boy Seeks: The victim shouldn’t suffer
RE: ‘Round 2: Boy seeks release from hockey team’ (Aug. 12) I have a question. Why is it that Daniel Rudder, 11, who is the target of racism by an adult — his coach no less — has to be the one to find other teams on which to play?It seems to me that adults should be held accountable for their words and actions, especially those in charge of impressionable young minds.This man should be removed immediately from his coaching position. There is no excuse for his…