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...Surfing makes Biles late for work and for university, where she's in her last year studying to become a health and physical education teacher. But the prospect of working full-time holds no appeal for her, while being placed out west somewhere and not being able to surf is out of the question. She won't even holiday away from the coast. "People keep calling me a dreamer," she says. "It's, 'What kind of house do you want to live in when you're older?' 'Are you going to have kids?'-all these real-life questions...
...With his graying hair, trim moustache and park-ranger look, Boyle is a soothing presence. The one-time carpenter and technical college teacher has been at Yiyili for nine years. Although many first-year graduates have passed this way on an adventure, several experienced teachers have made long-term commitments to the school of 60 students. The word is that Boyle's longevity, persistence and calm temperament-together with the leadership of board chairman Norman Cox-explain much of the school's success. Boyle, who witnessed a long, slow decline, senses that things may have turned around for indigenous people...
...playing a memory game with shapes. All the kids appear to be well-fed, with a piece of fruit never far out of reach (Boyle has to hide the supplies). At playtime, games are spirited and fair. A covered basketball court (like an oasis in summer, says one teacher) evokes a savannah cathedral. It's owned, and used, by the whole community (for everything from concerts to funerals). The sound of industrial drills comes from inside an extension to the community's Laari gallery; the almost-completed annex will have a cr?che, studio space, a kitchen and an area...
Claudia Wallis' wonderful account of the accomplishments of a couple with Down syndrome [July 24] noted that they both graduated from high school. Carrie Bergeron went on to Herkimer County Community College in upstate New York, where she received a teacher's aide certificate, and Sujeet Desai graduated from the Berkshire Hills Music Academy in South Hadley, Mass., a postsecondary program for young-adult musicians with cognitive or developmental disabilities. And both have found meaningful work based on their dreams--Carrie in child care and Suj as a performer...
...managers work differently than straight managers, and they may be better in some respects, says University of Southern California teacher and researcher Kirk Snyder, author of The G Quotient: Why Gay Executives Are Excelling as Leaders...and What Every Manager Needs to Know (Jossey-Bass). Snyder who personally interviewed 150 gay male executives who have come out in the workplace, the largest study of its kind. His theory is that such gay corporate leaders show higher levels of seven desirable management skills, such as creativity, intuition and collaboration...