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Though there is no Core dance theory class now, Senior Instructor and Artistic Director Emerita Claire Mallardi, who now teaches Dramatic Arts 15, used to teach a Core dance class decades...
...doing what he had done as a boy in Latrobe, Pa., when he played with puppets to calm himself after hearing scary news reports. And perhaps one reason his death touched adults so deeply is the feeling that Mister Rogers left us when we could especially use someone to teach us to manage our children's fears...
...softly, but he never soft-pedaled. And he knew how to be both compassionate and authoritative. He was "Mister" Rogers, after all, never "Fred." He wore a tie even when he dressed down. He also respected children's intelligence, and while he used the Land of Make-Believe to teach lessons, he never puffed up kids with false promises and fantasy. There is no more un-Disneyfied sentiment in children's pop culture than the title of his song Wishes Don't Make Things Come True...
...such circumstances, steadiness will probably be more important than speed or heat or flash. Dean will have a role to play: he'll sharpen the others, teach them how to speak English, force them to clarify their positions. But I suspect that a year from now, when the voting begins, the public will be more in the mood for comfort food--perhaps even macaroni and cheese...
Parents are discovering that health clubs also offer an easy and enjoyable way to spend time with their soon-to-be-independent teens. Larry Sernick's daughter Rebecca asked him to teach her how to work out three years ago to combat a weight gain that was interfering with her performance on her softball team. "I was thrilled," he says. "Both for myself, because I'd have somebody to work out with, and as a father." Though the athletic Rebecca, now 16, has since shed 40 lbs. and met her fitness goals, neither father nor daughter has any plan...