Marie Reviews Fifth Avenue

The styles are so lovely this year I can\u27t resist telling you all about them. How lucky you are to be getting your trousseau now when the styles are so well adapted for traveling

The Whys and Wherefores of Correspondence

In ancient days no one traveled, and there was no business, therefore no need of letter-writing. When Mr. Cave·man was hit with the wanderlust and decided to see what was over the hills, Mrs. Caveman had no hope of consolation by mail and simply had to wait patiently her spouse\u27s return. However, as wanderlust became a more prevalent disease those at home began to receive slabs of bark·and stone from the wanderers with their adventures pictured on them. These crude missives in turn gave way to strips of parchment covered with hieroglyphics of a more or less legible nature. We owe our alphabet and much of our language to the ancient Greeks and Romans. It was they also who brought letter-writing into more common useage and developed many of the forms we use today

A Summer Living Room

In spring a young man\u27s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. So sing the poets-therefore it must be true. However, the thoughts of Dad and Mother and the rest of the family turn to lovely gardens and cool porches, and so, unconsciously, they prepare the stage for sister and someone else\u27s brother

Mirrors - Antique to Ultra Modern

When in New York one always spends considerable time wandering thru the shops and stores, making small· purchases here and there, but principally feasting unaccustomed eyes to the splendor and magnitude of the lines of goods on display. In one of these huge stores is an entire floor given over to pictures. They are all there, the ones you know, and the ones you do not know. After walking on and on until you feel completely fed up, as the saying goes, you see one more door, go in and presto-you are in fairyland! The walls are completely covered with mirrors, large and small, each reflecting and re-reflecting lights, and mirrors until you seem to be in an endless palace made of myriads of lights

WHERE DOES MENTORING MATTER MOST? TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF BEING MENTORED DURING THEIR FIRST YEAR OF TEACHING AND THE CORRELATION OF THOSE PERCEPTIONS WITH JOB SATISFACTION AMONG ECONOMICALLY DIVERSE SCHOOLS

In this quantitative study, the researcher explored the relationships between new teacher mentoring and job satisfaction. Although many studies have been conducted on the link between new teacher mentoring and job satisfaction, there exists little research on whether or not there are specific mentoring activities that correlate more strongly with job satisfaction. In addition to filling that gap in the research, this study examined the extent to which job satisfaction is correlated with both mentoring activities and the mentoring relationship. Over 600 teachers across nine districts plus a regional center on Long Island were surveyed. The schools surveyed had varying percentages of economically disadvantaged students. Using both Seligman’s (1972) theory of learned helplessness and Ingersoll and Strong’s (2011) theory of teacher development as frameworks, this study developed an understanding of the frequency of specific activities in which mentors and mentees engage and if said activities correlate with job satisfaction. The results in this study indicated few significant differences in mentor-mentee activities across varying degrees of economically disadvantaged schools. Moreover, the study found that the following three activities had the strongest correlation with job satisfaction among early-career teachers: understanding the school’s evaluation process, time management, and understanding of curriculum. Finally, it was determined that, in general, the strength of the mentor-mentee relationship is more strongly correlated with job satisfaction than any of the specific activities in which mentors and mentees engage. The results could help inform both mentors and trainers of mentors, and the recommendations that were made are intended to build confidence and optimism in new teachers, thus potentially leading to higher teacher retention, and, ultimately, improved student outcomes

Public Defender\u27s Conundrum: Signaling Professionalism and Quality in the Absence of Price

This Essay, the result of an extensive empirical study in the state of Nevada, attempts to ascertain factors among criminal defendants that may predict how they perceive a level of quality and satisfaction with their lawyers as service providers, as well as policy proposals for improving the perceptions of public defenders