Feature Blog Post by Program Director, Anna Ojascastro Guzon
The Day of the Dead, the Cubs win the World Series, 87 degrees in November in St. Louis, and a United States presidential election is bellying-up (either to the bar or like an overfed fish).
The past week has
Valedictorians
Feature Blog Post by Progam Director, Anna Ojascatro Guzon
Farewell the tranquil mind! Farewell content!
Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars,
That make ambition virtue! O, farewell!
Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife,
The royal banner, and all quality,
Put a Pencil to His Temple
Feature Blog Post by Program Director, Anna Ojascastro Guzon
The classroom was smaller yesterday. We have been tutoring the young men in the transitional housing of Marygrove Children’s Home, weekly, for almost nine months. Ages 17 to 21, from all parts of St. Louis City and County, our students
Portraits of Artists
Feature Blog Post by Program Director, Anna Ojascastro Guzon
“Art Is Life and Life Is Art,” headlines the website bio of the 24-year-old, St. Louis artist, Davion Coleman. Working from his downtown loft as an independent graphic designer and illustrator, Mr. Coleman was generous enough to donate his time
The Returned
Guest Blog Post by (Former) Tutor Coordinator, Jennifer Rengachary
I didn’t make it out to Marygrove to tutor at all last month – longstanding schedule conflicts for me the first two weeks, and then spring break for all of us the last two weeks. I knew that I’d have
Forty-two
Guest Blog Post by (Former) Tutor Coordinator, Jennifer Rengachary
“All right,” said the computer, and settled into silence again. The two men fidgeted. The tension was unbearable.
“You’re really not going to like it,” observed Deep Thought.
“Tell us!”
“All right,” said Deep Thought. “The Answer to the Great
Down to a Science
Feature Blog Post by Program Director, Anna Ojascastro Guzon
George Arents Collection, The New York Public Library. “Diagram of Mount Polomar telescope.” The New York Public Library Digital Collections.
http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-938d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Goggles that allow one to see sound, affordable time machines, a spherical hologram projector, and a “conflict-resolution machine.” The
Homing In
Feature Blog Post by Program Director, Anna Ojascastro Guzon
“…being able to articulate a complex feeling, and having our feelings recognized, lights up our limbic brain and creates an aha moment,” from The Body Keeps Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D..
After a
Please Have Snow
Feature Blog by Program Director, Anna Ojascastro Guzon
The boys enjoyed a holiday party for their last session of 2015, with homemade baked goods, board games, and presents. One might wonder, would these 17 and 18-year-old boys actually want to participate in a wholesome board game, which Jenn Rengachary
The Theories of Darwin and Rap Artist, k-os
Feature Blog Post by Program Director, Anna Ojascastro Guzon
http://divezone.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/galapagos-islands-turtles.jpg
I used to be an Egyptian beetle
but now I am an Egyptian angel.
I used to be a human
but now I am an evolved human.
I used to be a cello
But now I am a