The letters arrive with the same question buried two paragraphs down, right after an apology for taking up my time.…
By the time World Teachers' Day was established, the American National PTA had been holding a May week of gratitude for teachers for ten years. In the USSR, they had their own...
The book begins in July 1805, at a dinner party at the house of the lady-in-waiting Anna Pavlovna Sherer. French speeches, conversations about Bonaparte. But in…
Anyone who has ever checked their homework in an American elementary school has surely seen this sheet. Five words in a column: Somebody, Wanted, But, So,…
On the reverse side of the old photograph, a pencil has been written: «Shura, 1956.» The child asks the grandmother who it is. «Uncle Sasha.» «Well, that's Shura right there.» «Well...
In Florida, bones of ancient relatives of llamas are being found. One of the most complete skeletons was discovered near the city of Leconte. The animal lived here long before…
Names and identifying details of every student below have been changed. The word that gets used at about six in…
The names and identifying details of every student here are changed, as they are everywhere on the blog. Everyone who sets up an…
In February, Nicke was assigned a school project called family history. They required him to interview the oldest relative, record the conversation, and…
Vanya had a front tooth fall out in Seattle in September; it was the first tooth in his life. The Tooth Fairy acted quickly; there was a dollar under the pillow, the tooth…