This summer, I had the opportunity to work with a group of brilliant, creative kids. My placement, Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools, runs a summer program for public school students from all over the city. For six beautiful weeks, we had an absolute blast. We played round after round of The Great Wind Blows, a [...]
Read full post...I recently received an email from a friend teaching English in China. The subject line was “Bad Day,” and my friend wrote about all the difficulties of teaching in a tightly structured, test-driven school – how the intensity and pressure drove one of her students to take his own life. “I miss the USA with [...]
Read full post...Last week, we had the great privilege of meeting with Abram Himelstein. Abram is our landlord and, more significantly, a founder of the Neighborhood Story Project. He spoke about working with community members to write books about their neighborhoods. My housemates and I were inspired, energized, insanely jealous. (Many of us strive to be like [...]
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