Margaret was born in 1922 to a North Dakota
Norwegian family in the USA. Her early years were
filled with love as she lived with her grandparents
on a family farm. The time came when Margaret was
required to live with her parents and siblings
where one of her first challenges was to learn
English. She was sent home from her first year in
school because she only knew Norwegian. Margaret
learned English within one year, was prepared for
school life, loved it, and ultimately made a career
of teaching. Margaret relates the challenges of
a drinking father and her way of helping care for...

A case study approach was used to explore the interactions of students during an extracurricular educational theatre production. The investigation explored the interaction among students and the role of the play in that interaction. A strong hierarchical community in the tradition of classroom educational hierarchy of age order was found as a hidden curriculum in this activity. Although hegemony was not an objective of the production, seniors were granted priority and powerful leadership positions in lead roles in the play and in posts of responsibility in work groups. In the course of...

Two women raised in different decades and living on two different continents have more than one thing in common. One woman is (or has been) married to the other woman's son. What more do they share? What secrets do they keep? Is it true that men marry women similar to their mothers? Is it true that we are drawn to the familiar? This work is meant for armchair psycho babble that will twist and turn in its daring openness of the heart and soul, whether it be good, evil, or niether. Echo lives in Taiwan in the 20th century, while Marta lives in Minnesota in the United States during the 19th...