March is Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month. It’s an opportunity to educate people about multiple sclerosis; what it is, what it means, and why it is important to learn about it. But here’s the problem. It tends to make people uncomfortable. People are often uncomfortable with pain. They don’t like to […]
confronting
Last week, Anchorage teacher Barb Dexter received a text from one of her ninthgrade students and stopped speaking midsentence during an interview. It was only 14 degrees that day. The student, who is homeless, was stuck outdoors with a young sibling and nowhere to go. “I have to make sure […]