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In Huntsville, Alabama during the mid 1950's Pricilla learns the back of the bus is "reserved for us colored folks." (autobiographical) We feel her embarrassment as she skulks to the front and her pride as she pulls out her Piggly Wiggly coin purse, digs out a dime and tosses it in the metal box for an old lady. Ca-ching. We can relate to her confusion later upon hearing about the arrests and convictions of Rosa Parks and two other children in Montgumra.' Priscilla stumbles over her Daddy's big words and wonders if her "meteors" are mixed; but her conversational descriptions of food, clothes...

When twenty-three-year-old school teacher and journalism grad Marilyn Shelton experiences severe insomnia, she rushes to obtain prescription relief. Under the mood altering effects of the prescribed drugs, she is hospitalized, misdiagnosed and told she will need to take addictive medications for the rest of her life just to maintain any semblance of sanity. Fearing the repercussions of going against medical advice, she at first follows these instructions to the tee. But after being mistreated at the hospital, she begins to question the wisdom of authority, especially after witnessing the...

Matrix Innovation employs 20,000 employee on a campus modeled on a summer camp set in the low hills outside of Portland, Oregon. The culture is caustic with bullying, tantrums and back-stabbing and the biggest morale killer is the half and half employee evaluation process. Half are good; half are not. Now famous and wealthy beyond imagination, Mark Harper, CEO, thinks it's time to change Matrix's environment. He is known as caretaker of the world's computing vision but is unable to see beyond his expectations. Drew Sayers, famous for his business theory is given free-reign. Over several...

Developing a teaching portfolio is becoming central to a career in education in the United States, and this practical handbook is a useful guide through the process. The text focuses on the needs of early childhood practitioners, and the demands placed on their learning and continuing career development.