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Zina Zuill’s heart broke the day her son brought home a report card full of Fs. No matter how much Solomon agonised over school work, his teachers kept asking him to “work harder”. “I fell into the trap of thinking he was just lazy,” said Dr Zuill. ...

The nursery was filled with junk, unnecessary plastic toys that served no purpose. Forty children, all between the ages of 3 and 6, had the rule of the roost. They were having the time of their lives, running around and screaming; their teachers stru...

When Sarai Hines started teaching in England, the system bewildered her. From grading to student classification, everything was different. Then the 22-year-old realised she had an advantage ­— her own island culture. “We all forget what we have to b...

Tyasha Kandassamy was knocked for a loop when her parents divorced. She was 19 and living in Barcelona, studying Spanish. An art workshop helped her to sort out her emotions. “I fell in love with art therapy,” the 30-year-old said. “Physical art can ...

When Austin Riley started racing go-karts, he never imagined it would bring him to Bermuda. He was 7 and only agreed to try the sport after his father pleaded with him to do so. “All right,” Austin said, “I’ll do one lap around the track and then we...

Got any spare cash? It just might change a life. Three teenagers are asking residents to hand over any loose coins in their pockets, couches and laundry. It’s part of a school project in aid of the Bermuda Diabetes Association. The money will be used...

The Easter bunny can skip Taurean Thomas’s house this year. The ten-year-old is making his own chocolates, truffles and codfish cakes based on tips he got from someone who should know his stuff. Kevin Pannier, the executive pastry chef at Hamilton Pr...

In today’s frenetic world, even children sometimes long for peace and quiet. Nathaniel Thomas tried to skip a tennis lesson three weeks ago because he wanted to learn how to meditate. The six-year-old didn’t inform anyone ahead of time; he just wande...

Matthew Oliveira was speeding along at 25mph when he somehow crashed into a closed gate. He suffered severe bruising and minor internal bleeding in the fall, but insisted on getting back on his bike. He was, after all, in the middle of a race for cha...

All Evan Farrow wants under his Christmas tree this year is $14,300. It’s for a good cause. The 15-year-old wants the cash to pay for 13 solar panels at his school, Somersfield Academy. “I still have a ways to go in fundraising,” he said. “When I sta...