by altha-admin | Jul 6, 2012 | Articles
Allan Bloom Allan Bloom (September 14, 1930 – October 7, 1992) is one of the most fruitful and resplendent scholars in modern American Academia. He passed away almost twenty years ago, yet his work "The Closing of the American Mind"...
by altha-admin | Jul 6, 2012 | Articles
I love the Fourth of July. At first I was disappointed that the city of Torrance cancelled the Wilson Park Festivities, now for the second year in the row. Still, the sudden shut down of fiery festivities motivated me to look elsewhere for the fun and frolic of...
by altha-admin | Jul 6, 2012 | Articles
When the students presented their state reports for the class, we would applaud as was the custom in Ms. A's class whenever students presented anything, whether the assignment was any good or not. This time, though, the teacher would not let us get away...
by altha-admin | Jul 6, 2012 | Articles
The second day in Ms. Safford's was much better, but not for the reasons that I would have imagined. There was this one kid, Nate, who could be a real handful. He just loved to push Ms. A's buttons in my homeroom class. He used to make fun of me, too. He was a...
by altha-admin | Jul 6, 2012 | Articles
One of my favorite teachers was Nellie Safford, and she was tough. She expected everyone to behave, and she never let up on her expectations. The first few days in her class, she did not smile. When we packed up our bags to leave, just three minutes before the bell...
