Word: teacher
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...Dirties "like how they have an identity," observes Webster social studies teacher Jenni Wilson. With it comes a home in Gene's basement and a surrogate parent in Gene's divorced mom, Eileen Stewart, 42, a former computer consultant. Thirteen of the Dirties come to her house five days a week for an informal study program. She knows their class schedules and their family situations. They call her "Mom." But Mom has rules in her basement: no disrespect, cursing, drugs or sex. Their real parents must know where they are, and they must do their homework. Stewart keeps the basement...
...northeast corner has been assigned the bomb threat, which actually happened more than a year ago. The school was evacuated, but search dogs found no bomb. Police did, however, catch the boys who called in the threat, one a Webster student, who was expelled. It gets the teachers talking about security in general--and Columbine in particular. "The bombs at Columbine were planted beforehand, at night, when there wouldn't be any witnesses," says Ken Winingham, who teaches psychology. "Our school is wide open at night. If you want to plant a bomb here, you can." But the team...
Fatigue and missed assignments aren't the worst of it, either, says Faye Walker, a teacher at Webster for 23 years. "Too many kids are missing that quality time," she says. "When the parent gets home, the child goes to work. When the child gets home, the parents are asleep. Kids can work and get good grades, but when do you see each other...
...topic is Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Even the avid students in this honors U.S. studies class are drowsy. They have just watched a jolly but interminable student video about the colonial South, and English teacher David Mendelson sympathizes with their plight: "I feel like my brain has been sandpapered...
...Erica. However, I will not write her name down." A protesting murmur arises at this denial of credit. Mendelson responds delightedly: "Do you think I'm some sort of a slut!?" Another student takes a shot: "How you love the people who have conquered you?" Again the teacher demurs. "I'm talking about how the villagers at first reject Hester, but later on their opinion changes. Carl?" Carl, seemingly asleep in the back of the class, asks, "You talking about Muhammad Ali?" Mendelson, a carnivore spotting its prey: "What does the villagers' treatment of Hester have to do with...