Like many of the students in her New York City kindergarten, Liza Tilson's first language was Spanish. Born in Columbia in 1919, of a Russian-Jewish father and a Spanish-Catholic mother, She immigrated to the U.S. in 1924. But unlike the children she taught more than forty years later, when "she, herself" entered kindergarten in 1925, she was "the only" non-English-speaking child in the whole school, and bilingual programs had not yet been heard of.
In her late forties, feeling considerable doubt and trepidation, she was recruited into the initial group of teachers in New York City's...
Like many of the students in her New York City kindergarten, Liza Tilson's first language was Spanish. Born in Columbia in 1919, of a Russian-Jewis...
Like many of the students in her New York City kindergarten, Liza Tilson's first language was Spanish. Born in Columbia in 1919, of a Russian-Jewish father and a Spanish-Catholic mother, She immigrated to the U.S. in 1924. But unlike the children she taught more than forty years later, when "she, herself" entered kindergarten in 1925, she was "the only" non-English-speaking child in the whole school, and bilingual programs had not yet been heard of.
In her late forties, feeling considerable doubt and trepidation, she was recruited into the initial group of teachers in New York City's...
Like many of the students in her New York City kindergarten, Liza Tilson's first language was Spanish. Born in Columbia in 1919, of a Russian-Jewis...
Why would a beautiful, seemingly healthy and happy child, who does very well in school from kindergarten through 8th grade, suddenly become totally derailed at age 14, and spend the rest of his life employing his considerable resourcefulness and intelligence to defy all the rules of common sense and "normal" living to follow some undefined vision of personal "freedom"? In an ultimately unrewarding battle of wills, this mother-son relationship travels a rocky road of sharing and silent withholding, caring and indifference, loving marred by episodes of helpless anger, frustration, disapproval...
Why would a beautiful, seemingly healthy and happy child, who does very well in school from kindergarten through 8th grade, suddenly become totally de...
