Joyce Valenza’s Neverending Search

Charlie, an 11th grader, came in with a problem we’re likely to all face in the next several weeks. He saved his documents–due last period today–as Word 07 docs. And he couldn’t upload his file into our older versions of Word. (Of course, he should have saved as an older version or RTF. We’ll work [...]

I found myself crying in the flooring section of Home Depot this weekend. Dennis and I were walking around looking for materials for a renovation project when I was stopped by a big, strapping guy in his thirties with two boys, around seven and ten. “Joyce Valenza,” he said. “I’m Thomas O’Malley.” He turned to [...]