Le Grand Meaulnes by Alain-Fournier, is a novel originally written in French but translated into English by Francoise Delisle, is an emotionally evocative story of adolescence, coming of age, and tragic love. One might think this to be a typical adult French love story but the writer, who himself was young at the time this […]
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Siddhartha
Siddhartha, written by Hermann Hesse and translated by Hilda Rosner, is a novel of a man’s life and his spiritual journey to attain enlightenment and understanding by going through all of the plagues and suffering that is common for any man. The story takes place about 2,500 years ago during the time of the Buddha […]
I hope all of my readers are aware of the background behind this story, but if not, here is a brief summary. On January 8, 2011 Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was the victim of an attempted assassination in which 6 people were killed and the congresswoman seriously wounded. She was shot in the head […]
Listen to the Students, Not Budget Numbers
Today we students of Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies returned to school after a much needed and relaxing winter vacation. However as I walked through the open halls towards my classes I noticed something had changed. I came upon the sight of a large blue cherry picker on one end of the school, brand […]