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Angus Bethune (narrator) is an overweight student and football player at Lake Michigan High School who has constantly struggled with his self-image and family structure. As a result of his parents' divorce, he has four parents and has always been known as "the big kid" [3] to both his family and his peers. The beginning of the story reveals to ...
Positive behavior interventions and supports (PBIS) is a set of ideas and tools used in schools to improve students' behavior.PBIS uses evidence and data-based programs, practices, and strategies to frame behavioral improvement relating to student growth in academic performance, safety, behavior, and establishing and maintaining positive school culture.
Best Year Yet program over the years. By the end of the day we each set over a hundred goals. 1981 was definitely the best year yet for both of us --- we were married, ran three more marathons and each of us started a business, both of which are still going today. Still, we ended the year with a low “score” because the sheer number of
"The Scarlet Ibis" is a short story written by James Hurst. [1] It was first published in The Atlantic Monthly in July 1960 [2] and won the "Atlantic First" award. [3] The story has become a classic of American literature, and has been frequently republished in high school anthologies and other collections.
Story Where story previously appeared Steve Almond "Donkey Greedy, Donkey Gets Punched" Tin House: Marlin Barton "Into Silence" The Sewanee Review: Charles Baxter "The Cousins" Tin House: Jennifer Egan "Safari" The New Yorker: Danielle Evans "Someone Ought to Tell Her There's Nowhere to Go" Public Space: Joshua Ferris "The Valetudinarian" The ...
Inspired by some of Franco's own teenage memories, [1] [2] and memories written and submitted by high school students at Palo Alto Senior High School, [3] the stories describe life in Palo Alto as experienced by a series of teenagers who spend most of their time indulging in driving drunk, using drugs and taking part in unplanned acts of ...
He is accompanied by his school friend Chechevitsyn. Very soon Volodya's sisters Katya, Sonya and Masha start to notice peculiarities in the boys' behavior. Both are absent-minded, look mysterious, rarely answer questions properly and if speak at all, then with enigmatic one-liners, like "In California they drink gin instead of tea."
The Best American Short Stories 1997, a volume in The Best American Short Stories series, was edited by Katrina Kennison and by guest editor E. Annie Proulx. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This was the first and only year that the stories were formally grouped by category, rather than alphabetically.