All of us need help at some point in our lives—sometimes at many points in our lives. On good days, our wish for help is relatively trivial, say asking a neighbor to help us move a piece of furniture or a passerby for driving directions. At other times, our need for aid may be deeper […]
Chris McEnroe
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This I Believe New England – Great Books
Raise your hand if a book has changed your life, moved you to tears, or taken you to places you never imagined visiting. I can’t see you, of course, but I suspect many hands just went up. Certainly, some books have a remarkable ability to alter our worlds, sometimes in a solitary way and sometimes, […]
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This I Believe New England – Shakespeare
Imagine yourself as a high school English teacher trying to inspire your students to grapple with the complex nuances embedded in Shakespearean literature. Not an easy task, you may be thinking. But as many of us have come to know and appreciate, often decades post-high school, Shakespeare is chock full of profound insights and life lessons, if […]
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This I Believe New England – Hamlet
Imagine yourself as a high school English teacher trying to inspire your students to grapple with the complex nuances embedded in Shakespearean literature. Not an easy task, you may be thinking. But as many of us have come to know and appreciate, often decades post-high school, Shakespeare is chock full of profound insights and life lessons, if […]
