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Of Mothers and Air Traffic Controllers
by Erika Tellier-Angley When asked to write about motherhood, a million and one thoughts came to mind. Do I write about the circus act of being a working mom? Do I write about being a working mother of a child on the autism spectrum? Or do I write about the anxieties and exhaustion that…
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A Student’s Christmas Gift to Her AP Statistics Teacher
The student wrote the essay in October, as part of her application to the Stanford University Summer College (Residential-Domestic) program. The prompt was: ‘Write a 500 – 700 word essay on the best advice you have received.’ My Stanford University Essay on “The Best Advice I Have Received” by Lissette Barretto Dr. Marietta Geraldino, my Algebra 2 and AP…
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FDA II Students’ Oil Painting Gallery
Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.~ Plutarch Courtesy of Mr. Peter Lopez’s After-School Painting Class This gallery contains oil paintings and water color portraits by the students of Mr. Peter Lopez’s after school painting class at Frederick Douglass Academy II. The painters include: John Jolivette, Joel Monroy, Kevin Chaney, Michael Montero, Elfrey…
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God is Raining on You, Son!
by Peter Lopez Four years ago I started this new career in teaching. Four years ago I was beautiful. I had not one grey hair on my face. I didn’t have these bags under my eyes or this line across my forehead. I know. You are looking at me and you are asking: “What happened, man?”…
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