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YOUNG LIVES AT THE CROSSROADS
Most of us had a best friend from high school or even earlier whose life ended up on a completely different path from our own. Some choices along...
NEA Today, 11/01/07 by Hiraoka, Leona · More from publication -
Numbers Game
I love math, always have. Much of this was spurred on by Mr. Walfred Lester, one of my high school teachers who, in the decades since, went on to...
NEA Today, 04/01/06 by Hiraoka, Leona · More from publication -
All This Talk About Tech
When I created my first Microsoft PowerPoint resentation years ago, I was impressed-with the fabulous new program, and with myself for learning uch...
NEA Today, 03/01/06 by Hiraoka, Leona · More from publication -
Tune In
Like music? Then maybe you have an iPod, which topped the buying charts this past holiday season. One made its way to my house, and after a mere...
NEA Today, 02/01/06 by Hiraoka, Leona · More from publication -
When Trilingual Isn't Enough
My Mend Gerry, a Boston-area teacher for more than 25 years, got his bachelor's degree in Russian. While teaching, he became a big fan of Harvard...
NEA Today, 01/01/06 by Hiraoka, Leona · More from publication -
Season of Giving
I can remember every baby gift bestowed upon my children-the stuffed leopard, the (really big) baby booties, the piggy finger puppets-and even...
NEA Today, 11/01/05 by Hiraoka, Leona · More from publication -
Connections
Kentucky bus driver Tim Southern is a popular guy. In his rural hometown of Louisa, he runs a tutoring program for his students during their long...
NEA Today, 05/01/04 by Hiraoka, Leona · More from publication -
A Thousand Words
I love cupcakes, especially the kind with swirled frosting and sprinkles. Once, when I was a kid, I brought one home for my little brother from a...
NEA Today, 04/01/04 by Hiraoka, Leona · More from publication -
Writing on the Wall
I may be wrong-and I'm sure you, our readers, will let me know-in believing that penmanship is tremendously egalitarian. It doesn't definitively...
NEA Today, 03/01/04 by Hiraoka, Leona · More from publication -
Hallmarks of Love
A friend who teaches first grade told me a Valentine's tale of love and devotion that goes beyond the Hallmark variety-though Hallmark, actually,...
NEA Today, 02/01/04 by Hiraoka, Leona · More from publication
