Daniel and Yesenia were two focal youth of the study, who migrated from high-altitude communities to Urubamba alone or with their families to attend urban schools. At the time of the study, they were 13 and 16 years old respectively. As Yesenia’s mom explained to me, the family sought t...
It didn’t take long for me to realize something needed to change. I’d worked since my senior year of high school – all my summers and spring breaks were filled with jobs, and by the time I was a junior in college, I was working 20, sometimes as many as 30 hours a week while...
Countless people benefit from these actions that are only possible because of conference interpreters’ participation. A couple of years ago we witnessed what a pandemic can do to the planet’s public health and economy. Millions of lives were lost; millions of jobs disappeared, and millions of ...
But they were part of different jobs, contracts, contexts. Which means that very significant a part of my “bandwidth” had to do with professional development. It also meant that my status tended to fluctuate. Teaching part-time was a large part of it, but a major distinction between part...
shrinking wages. it's a phenomenon that takes many forms. some workers have had to swallow outright pay cuts. others have lost their jobs and, in the tough labor market of today, have had to settle for new ones at less pay. still others—including employees at such giants as at&t...
we will keep to the general principles of prioritizing stability and seeking progress while maintaining stability, and push for a turnaround in overall economic performance. On stability, the emphasis will be placed on ensuring stable growth, stable...
For parents, it is to rely on the tutor to do everything. While we tutors should definitely do our jobs as we are getting paid, parents can help to guide their children along whenever the tutor is not around. There should be some form of independent learning here. My personal practice ...