467 results returned for search: "education AND " author Jessie Moniz Hardy
Clevelyn Crichlow has always loved a good fight.
It’s a good thing too. They were commonplace when he was a student at the old Central School in the late 1940s.
“Space was limited,” he said, explaining there could be as many as 50 children in a class...
DATE: Sep 25, 2018
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Too chunky, too Jewish, too sensitive: Michael Eisen was teased endlessly by classmates. He did not get the help he needed until years later, after his “super controlling” father had a breakdown and became a life coach.
It is a story he often shares ...
DATE: Sep 20, 2018
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Trying out for a step team at Georgia State University was a really big deal for Tori Cariah. She was a shy 18-year-old, an education major whose dream was to become a middle schoolteacher; step-dancing with Quiet Storm took her way out of her comfor...
DATE: Sep 12, 2018
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If any child had a reason to grow into an angry, hate-filled adult it would have been Zak Ebrahim.
At 10, his father was convicted of terrorism and murder. As a teenager, his stepfather beat him. At school, his classmates teased him mercilessly.
How...
DATE: Sep 06, 2018
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Lawson Mapp jokingly refers to himself as the last of the dinosaurs.
He thinks he’s the only sign painter on the island who still works entirely by hand.
“There are many sign painters in Bermuda today, but most of them rely on computers and don’t kno...
DATE: Sep 04, 2018
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It’s not easy taking photos of complete strangers.
First you have to get their attention, then you have to get them to agree to be photographed.
Oleira Whitfield and 68 other students in the Bermuda National Gallery’s I AM Beautiful project managed...
DATE: Aug 16, 2018
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Like most teenagers, Tiye Holmes hates having to clean.
So when she was forced to tackle the bathrooms at the Salvation Army emergency housing centre, she wasn’t exactly thrilled.
“I don’t even clean at home,” the 14-year-old said. “And the bathrooms...
DATE: Aug 09, 2018
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His fans knew Paul Lennox was into rock so the tropical beat coming from his new band had them confused.
The drummer gave everyone who asked about the switch the same answer.
“My music is really inspired by the time I spent living in Bermuda,” said M...
DATE: Jul 05, 2018
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The greatest challenge to dementia caregivers can sometimes be the families of their patients.
Many go through a period of denial, confused by the ups and downs of the disease.
“They think mom is going to be okay,” said Yana Swainson of Bermuda In Ho...
DATE: Jun 27, 2018
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Laura Gaiton never thought she would live to see 100. She will celebrate the milestone today, with about 80 family and friends at Calvary Gospel Church in Southampton.
“The biggest change I’ve seen in my life is the school system in Bermuda,” said Mr...
DATE: Jun 21, 2018
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