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Learning Life

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This article appeared in The Herald-Sun in 2012:

By Wes Platt

Jackie Tobias leads the way, walkie-talkie in hand, down the stairs and through the corridors of Riverside High School.

On a recent morning, the nearly 1,750 students are swarming through the halls of this Durham public school between classes, although some linger in pairs and trios, talking together or listening to iPods with their white earbud cords dangling. They’ve got about five minutes to reach their next class.

“Keep moving,” Tobias urges, firm but not impatient. She’s smiling. “If they’re not moving, they’ll never get where they’re going on time.”

Community continues to rally for “Kailey Bear”

November 2, 2013 Brody No Comments

This article appeared in The Herald-Sun in 2012: By Wes Platt BAHAMA – It shouldn’t be good news that an infection attacking Kailey Eaton’s body has diminished enough that she can resume chemotherapy. She shouldn’t have to get her food through a tube. She shouldn’t need to worry that the friends she wants to…

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His middle name is “Go”

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This column appeared in The Herald-Sun in 2013:

Colleen Kilsheimer once thought her son Stephen, born with Down Syndrome, never would know how to spell his own last name or slide his arms into the sleeves of a coat to bundle himself up against the St. Louis winter.

But he surprised her.

He could spell his last name just fine.

And, at 4 years old, he spread his coat out on the floor before putting it on.

“I thought I would cry,” she said. “That was such a treat.”

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Scaling back the media buffet

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This column appeared in The Herald-Sun in 2013:

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This week, we turned off most of our cable service. We’ve pared back to the basic broadcast network package and internet.

Part of it is simply a family cost-cutting measure – it should save our household about $1,000 during the next year to go without the full-fledged package that included the digital DVR and a few premium channels like HBO and Showtime.

But mostly it’s the result of recognizing that we simply don’t need hundreds of channels that we rarely watch.

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