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Goodbye, Mr. Fitz: a new teacher challenges the limits on his students' creativity and takes on their school
It should be obvious to me that this isn't going to work. I've always had problems with authority figures. And I'm certainly no good at pretending to ......(Continue Reading) Who shall I be today? A passion for playing dress-up
My five year old, Meg the zookeeper, just boarded the bus to kindergarten. Luckily, a zookeeper simply wears khakis. Yesterday she was dressed as Anne ......(Continue Reading)Power and Knowledge in Walter Mosley's Devil in a Blue Dress - Critical Essay
"One should try to locate power at the extreme points of its exercise," according to Michel Foucault, "where it is always less legal in character," where it is "completely invested in its real and...(Continue Reading)Letter: We can all learn from Shabina's dress code
Sir: I am proud of what Shabina Begum has achieved by winning her battle to wear traditional "head-to-toe" dress in the classroom. I certainly do not ......(Continue Reading)Attitudes of Youth of Color on Student Dress and Uniforms: A Case of Commercialism in Schools*
The Survey of Student Dress and Behavior in Public Schools was administered to 213 predominately Black middle school students in an urban school. Statistically ......(Continue Reading)
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