I didn't like having to ex­plain to them, so I just shut up, smoked a cigarette, and

For the first time maybe, I really thought I was going to get married

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t occurred to me that anyway one more Sunday was over, that Maman was buried now, that I was going back to work, and that, really, nothing had

Big tears of frustration and ex­haustion were streaming down his cheeks. But because of all the wrinkles, they weren't dripping off. They spread out and ran together again, leaving a watery film over his ruined face

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efore I do, would you like to see your mother one last time?" I said no.

She was very close to your mother. She says your mother was her only friend and now she hasn't got any-" one. W

The woman kept on crying. It surprised me, because I didn't know who she was. I wished I didn't have to listen to her anymore.

The question for us became: Did I need to go to the more expensive school? Would it make a real difference in my life?

I was about to be the first in my family to go to college, and it wouldn’t cost us a cent

He was 18. He came to school and was invited to a party his first weekend, and he didn’t know anybody. So he started to drink. He drank way too much and ended up lying on a bench in his residential hall, feeling very sick. Nobody stopped and said, ‘How are you doing? Are you O.K.?’ And he felt so isolated. When he came in to speak with me the next day, the thing that struck him — what he said — was, ‘There I was, alone, with all these people around.’ ”

he technology that keeps them connected to parents and high school friends only reminds them of their physical separation from just about everyone they know best.

All young Americans should learn Spanish — el idioma extranjero de mayor importancia en los Estados Unidos

In my own life I made bad choices that went far beyond spray paint. I flunked out of college and at various points narrowly dodged jail time. When I think back to those mistakes, I’m horrified and chastened. I feel fortunate to have survived, to have had the privilege to make amends.

Because in 1985, a college student could get a little self-righteous, make a bad decision, face consequences and then go home, having learned a “valuable lesson.”

Drinking and smoking eased my social anxiety and seemed like fun. Until I couldn’t stop. Getting clean — smoke-toke-alcohol-free — led to a huge upswing in my life.

Yet as a teacher, I see that the students who come weekly, sit in front, and ask and answer questions get higher grades and frankly, preferential treatment

f a class was boring or it snowed, I’d skip.

Students are empowered when they realize how their knowledge in a subject area can benefit the community at large and that they themselves can benefit society –

CSL has been developing for more than fifteen years in the US;

he underlying difference between CSL opportunities and other experiential approaches to learning is that CSL opportunities benefit both the student and the recipient of the service while ensuring that the outcomes are equally shared by both parties involved;

The study has not found that attending a private college or a highly selective one foretells greater satisfaction

College for them is a slapdash scramble to grab credits as they can while working a demanding job, caring for family members or both.