Posts Tagged ‘Oaxaca’

Today a mother came to visit after school, four children in tow.  Her son Efrain was a 2nd grader with me last year, and her son Elijah is a fifth grader with me this year.  They are both behind grade-level in all subjects.  They are both small, sweet boys with broad, white smiles and a [...]

Osvaldo came to school crying again.  Three day weekend, and he’d lost the habit of school.  I want my mommy, he sniffled.  I’m scared to go to school.  Is far away.
Now I know for a fact that Osvaldo lives three blocks from the school.  I know that when you walk, especially if you’re an Angelino [...]

There’s something about a new beginning in September that’s embedded in our life’s rhythm no matter how far we are from school. New season. New wardrobe. A new fall line-up.
A scrubbed and purposeful self ready to begin crisp new things.
Parents and teachers. We feel it more acutely. We live by [...]