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I need help: Teaching in the trenches

hen I accepted my offer from Teach for America (TFA), my father, who had expected me to apply to law school and had never heard of TFA, asked if this was going to be like teaching in the predomipriya bhat nantly Caucasian, high life as ms. b. achieving, wealthy suburban school district in which I was educated. I come across an alarming number of people who, like my father, think that teaching in areas of high poverty is comparable to a traditional teaching situation. It isn’t. It isn’t because, as a teacher in a highly socio-economically depressed district, my students and I are faced with human—and institution-level—challenges, which are striped problems compared to my suburban colleagues’ spotted ones. I started off the school year in August with 141 students. I am now down to 114. On a typical week, at least 15 of those are suspended, three to four disappear for one to two weeks at a time and at least one, we’ll call them “N,” has not been to school in 24 days. As a result, every morning I only make 100 copies of that night’s homework. Another student, “G,” played the “disappearing” act during the third week of school. Put in special education not only because of an intellectual disability, but also for his severe emotional behavior problems, G was immediately labeled as a “challenging” student. In school he frequently tried to initiate fights with other students, and, on his better days, he spent the majority of the class period banging on his desk with his hands. Still, G was

one of the few “challenging” students I connected with in my first weeks of teaching, and when he failed to show up for school four days in a row, I became concerned. I had learned at this point that extended absences point to one of two possibilities: the student was either helping out at home, or, as is the case for a sizeable proportion of my school’s student population, he had become homeless. When G finally came back to school a week later, I found out it was neither. He had been in jail for sexual assault. My students vary in age from 11 to 14 years old; in reading ability they vary from a pre-K to an eighth grade level. I first noticed that “K” was having severe learning difficulties two weeks into school, when it took him 10 minutes to write his name on our first quiz. Up until then, I had simply thought his lack of effort was a motivational issue; unlike my other students who experienced difficulty in the classroom, he had never asked for help. A week after that first quiz, I caught him crying in the back of my classroom. Another student had been making fun of him for his inability to count to 80, a deficiency the student noticed when K could not number the pages of his math notebook. A week after that, K stopped coming to school. One of the principals found him walking into school at the end of the day, and, after calling his mother, discovered that he had been pretending to leave in the morning and coming to school at the end of the day because he was tired of being frustrated at school. K tested at a kindergarten level in reading, writing and mathematics. K’s mother had him tested for special education, but the district told her that he did not qualify. There was nothing intellectually wrong

with her son; he had simply been left behind. With my affiliation with TFA, I have become accustomed to military metaphors. I am a member of a corps. My summer training was affectionately known as “boot camp.” Teaching itself is often referred to as a war that can be won or lost. It is not, however, a war of attrition. Two months after K’s skipping incident, I assigned my homeroom an activity in which they were to write a “thank you” card to a staff member that had done something nice for them. K, a traditionally shy student, excitedly handed me a card and told me to give it to Ms. H, the math interventionist I had assigned him to work with. I flipped over the card. On it, K had drawn a little monster, and labeled it “K” for himself. Rather than writing the “thank you” I had expected, he had drawn a talk bubble with the determined caption “I ned help.” The students I teach come from extremely difficult environments, and motivating them to learn in the face of a system which has failed them, an enormous achievement gap and the allure of more “profitable” careers that they see in the media, can often make my job seem more like “Castaway” than “Freedom Writers.” Ultimately, I am not sorry to have striped problems instead of spotted ones. As long as those 114 children still call me their math teacher, I will be down in the metaphorical trenches, watching as more and more kids like N, G and K are slowly getting the second chances they need and deserve. Priya Bhat, Trinity ’11, is currently teaching sixth grade math with Teach for America in St. Louis, Mo.

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Fratmail, inverted

rom: suckmyDUKE@duke.omg To: PHRATmehard@duke.omg FWD: FWD: Do you have a dick? Are you a dick? Show it off! Oh you sexy, sexy men of Phi Rho Alpha Tau, Not gonna lie, the ladies of Delta Upsilon Kappa Epsilon are pretty stressed out here in the Gothic Wonderland. Finals? Interviews? Job searching? What a mess. The mia lehrer real world is just coming on but actually us with too much force—it’s gotten so hard for us to get male attention by dressing slutty, without having to call it sexual harassment! What’s a girl to do? What we really need is to let loose the old-fashioned way. You know what we mean. Oh yeah. We thought about doing something about it ourselves, but then we remembered that girls are only into other girls if men are watching. Our bad. So we thought we’d invite you boys to a little party we’re having. Our only problem? We can’t come up with a really good theme. You see, our latest PubPol 563 memos have left us pretty creatively bankrupt, so even though we want to cover up our blatant sexual objectification with just-racist-sounding-enough-to-upset-the-culturally-sensitive language, we keep coming up short. It’s probably because we’re girls. The only things we create are babies and sandwiches, am I right? Am I right? OK, stop laughing. It wasn’t that funny. You’re clearly just trying to get some at this point. Aaannnywaaay, we decided to invite you to bring your sexy selves to our “Srat chicks and Frat dicks” party. You’re probably thinking to yourself “Wait, DUKE, I already am a total dick. How do I dress up for that?” Or maybe you’re even thinking “wait, DUKE, I thought the hosts were supposed to be the historically powerful group, not the invitees. What are you trying to pull here?” Don’t you worry your pretty-but-masculine little heads about it. We know you have more important things to think about, like how to match your boat shoes with your letters, and how to get at least two of us to come home with you tonight. So we’re giving you a really easy choice of costumes: Either show up with your tallywhacker in full view, or a blown-up copy of your latest bank statement taped to your chest (embroidery will give you a little extra caché). Just pick whichever one you feel more comfortable showing. As long as one is big, we don’t mind which. If you’re not too comfortable with either, well, tough cookies. Clearly your frat doesn’t pledge the right way, and we don’t want you here. I mean, come on. We don’t call this party “Srat chicks and Frat I-have-a-great-personality-and-sense-of-humor!” Please. That doesn’t even rhyme. Now, now. I know what you’re thinking. Doesn’t this just strip you guys down to a couple aspects that you kinda worry are the only things women care about? Um, obviiiiii. We noticed how effective this strategy is to get us to parties, and we were like “Hello! Turnabout, meet fair play.” I mean, if you want to party with these letters, you gotta take a little bit of gentle ribbing (P.S. we like ribbing, but not as much as we like ‘em big). So don’t get all butthurt or anything about this. We’re just playing. If you don’t like it, don’t go. It’s not like parties are fun or anything, and it’s not like a lot of them come with invites like this. As a matter of fact, we’re pretty sure this is the only party invite we’ve ever sent that talks down to half of the student body. Sorry. We know you can’t hear us, but we just pissed our own student bodies, we were laughing so hard. So come on, you sexy, well-endowed manbeasts, you. You know where to find us. Just follow the strappy heels and pencil skirts and the party will be waiting. We look forward to seeing all of you. Well, all of you that really matter. You know what we mean. Love and big, sloppy, drunk kisses, The women of DUKE P.S. Just a reminder: whining to The Chronicle is soooooooooo not Frat. Especially since this isn’t even racist! Remember, if this ends up on Jezebel, we all lose. P.P.S. (a serious one, this time) I think my feelings on frats are pretty well-known by now, I love parties, and I think fratmail as a rule is pretty dang funny—as I hope this is. But at the same time, I recognize what it is that makes girls upset about at least one of these every year, and I was hoping y’all could, too, even if you don’t totally agree. Mia Lehrer is a Trinity senior.

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Newt Gingrich and illegal immigration

ithout a doubt, illegal immigration is one of the hottest topics for the 2012 Presidential Election. I decided to tune in to watch the Republican presidential debate, and was pretty astounded by Newt Gingrich. Finally, here’s a Republican candidate taking the unconventional route on such a controversial issue.

maintains those values. People may argue that Gingrich’s plan might serve as an incentive to future illegal immigrants. That’s why, if such a plan is adopted, it should exist only for the short term. A path to legal residency and citizenship should be created for only those illegal immigrants who have lived here for a long time. By doing so, it tegan joseph The Atlanta Journal would be easier to curtail mosugu Constitution states Newt future illegal immigration Gingrich’s immigration through stricter laws and be fierce, be real plan “would give special scrutiny. consideration to illegal imThe Dream Act also migrants who have lived here for many needs to be a short-term law if both houses years and have deep ties to their commu- instate it. Children of illegal immigrants nities” and that it “has the potential to af- who come here do not have any control fect millions of illegal people, according of their parents’ choices. Impeding the to a new study.” dreams of talented individuals based on My high school in southern California their parents’ past decisions is un-Ameriwas approximately 90 percent Hispanic. can. What happened to that whole concept In some of my classes, there were signifi- of the American Dream? What happened cant numbers of “illegal aliens”—a term to the idea that life should be better for that always confused me. However, a lot everyone based on his or her own talent of my high school classmates came to and diligence? What are we then saying the U.S. at a very young age. For some about dreams? A person cannot have a of them, America was all that they know dream because he is less of an individual and is still their home. When it was time due to his illegal status. By doing so, we to apply to colleges, I saw one of our salu- are making one’s legal status a requiretatorians defer her dream. Coming from ment to pursue goals. Instead, we should a low-income family, she had to put her provide platforms for the children of illedreams aside due to the fact that she has gal immigrants to pursue their dreams. As no legal status in this country. long as you have what it takes to be admitSome of the most assiduous people I ted to an institution of higher education, have known are “illegal aliens.” These in- you should be allowed to pursue your edudividuals pay federal, income, sales and cational goals and career interests. property taxes. The Texas State CompAs someone who despises a lot of Retroller in 2006 reported that illegal im- publican stances on issues, I actually supmigrants added $18 billion to the state port Gingrich’s plan. Illegal immigration economic output. Furthermore, there is can never be stopped. We can make the also a sizeable percentage of illegal im- society less of a burden to some estabmigrants who contribute to the United lished illegal aliens instead of making States labor force. them a burden to society. We need to put Whomever holds the office of presi- time conditions on immigration policies dent following the 2012 election needs and how such laws can be applicable. Exto formulate a plan close to one that clusivity for those who would qualify for was proposed by Gingrich. If an indi- Gingrich’s proposal and the Dream Act vidual immigrated here illegally and has should be applied. After all, it’s virtually no family ties and is not well grounded impossible to deport the estimated 11.2 in the public order, he or she should be million illegal immigrants who currently deported. Breaking families apart that live here. We might as well employ cerhave been established for decades, how- tain laws to help those who have been esever, should be avoided. The concept of tablished and settled in this country for the “American family” has always existed a long time. in the history and identity of this country. Families are symbols of strength and Tegan Joseph Mosugu is a Trinity sophosupport and it is important that the law more.

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How the NBA stole Christmas

s the 12 days of Christmas approach, this year’s halls may very well be decked with beer and hot wings. The National Basketball Association is back, but it’s certainly not a priority on my Christmas wish list. Santa came early this year for ardent NBA fans, and his bag of gifts contained the surge of Nov. 26 headlines that announced a tentative deal to end the league lockout and begin a shortened, 66-game ashley camano season. Games for the 2011going camando 2012 season are slated to begin on Christmas Day. For me, sports games on holidays exist as little more than white noise in the background of a cozy home full of hungry relatives. I come from a moderately athletic family that boasts a couple high school thousand-point scorers who went on to play collegiate basketball, but I’d be remiss if I said that this year, more than any before it, we will be watching the Bulls game and drinking hot chocolate and eggnog together. As of late, my point of view on this heated matter seems to mark my place in the 1 percent. For NBA enthusiasts, the long-awaited return of the absent league has middleaged men overwhelmingly anxious for the opening tip-off between the New York Knicks and the Boston Celtics like children waiting up for Santa Claus. They’ve been making fantasy draft lists, checking them twice. Are the Philadelphia 76ers going to be naughty or nice? With first-of-the-season tip-off games customarily occurring in October, NBA aficionados are more enthused

to remain motionless on the couch this holiday than ever before. If these fans are anything like me, they’ll probably overindulge on appetizers and mashed potatoes, and languish in a food coma on the couch by mid-afternoon. The more comfort food, the more time we allot to the reclined position on the living room couch in front of the array of pregame reports, postgame evaluations and repetitive highlight reels, not to mention the games themselves. For fans, this couldn’t be a better way to attempt to cover lost ground. Instead of tuning your television to the continuingly burning Yule Log while you un-stuff your stocking, you can instead take pleasure in 14 hours of professional basketball in an effort to make up for the 16 games your team lost as a result of the lockout. Personally, I’d rather flip to the annual 24-hour marathon of “A Christmas Story,” and learn yet again to always drink my Ovaltine, and that the Red Rider BB-gun will shoot my eye out. Televised games certainly aren’t uncommon on holidays, but this year’s Christmas Day blockbuster matchups are sure to attract a record number of viewers. I’ve never personally been one to follow professional basketball, but lately the headlines have been too incredible to dismiss. Perhaps the most undeniable thing about these loud, recurring headlines are the incredible player salaries, even after the extensive lockout controversy. Unfortunately for me, the NCAA doesn’t allow me to get paid for my athletic endeavors, but something tells me that collegiate field hockey wouldn’t bear a paycheck as colossal as that of an NBA player. The New York Knicks negotiated a contract with center Tyson Chandler for $58 million over the next four years, confirming that my holiday spending

budget is embarrassingly miniscule in proportion to what some of these players will make in the time it takes them to put up their first few points of the 2011-2012 season. Some contract deals haven’t been so sweet, though. NBA Commissioner David Stern looked more like Ebenezer Scrooge to followers after his initial rejection of the grandiose Chris Paul three-team trade. The decision of the league to reject trade deal that involved the Hornets, the Lakers and the Rockets demonstrates that, although the NBA is back, it certainly is not better than ever. For many, this is just another eerie taste of the controversy in professional basketball, as the obsession with skyscraping salaries that aggressively outdo one another seems to highlight illicit behavior in the league. But throughout all the corrupt bargaining and (seemingly) never-ending monetary debacles since last season, the NBA has found a way to boisterously jump back on the hardwood court and into primetime television to serve as the star on top of this year’s tree. Don’t worry if you’re not over the river and through the woods by noon.... The midday tip-off between the Celtics and the Knicks is only the first of five games to air throughout the holiday, so you’ll have more to feast on that just the Christmas ham or your aunt’s famous homemade cookies. This Christmas, when you’re nestled next to the Miami Heat of the chimney, NBA fans will replace the three kings with some from Sacramento. Reindeer from the North Pole will be substituted with a more athletic breed, like a herd of Bucks from Milwaukee. And don’t worry—there’s still three French hens, two turtle doves and a Detroit Piston in a pear tree. Ashley Camano is a Trinity sophomore.

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