Readers Hold Up The World: Little Rock Can't Escape Race

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Here is an interesting article from The New York Times today. Read it, and let me know what you think. You can post your reply under "comments".

Ms. Hamsa: Emerson Zora Hamsa received her bachelor's degree in English Literature & Language from Marymount University (Arlington, Va) in 2000. She taught World Literature at Suitland High School from 2000-2003. In 2003, she began teaching World Literature at Thomas Edison High School in Alexandria, Virginia. Ms. Hamsa took a break from teaching in the spring of 2003 in order to pursue a career in print journalism. She entered a journalism program for mid-career professionals at Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee). Upon completion, The New York Times Company offered her a job as a copy editor / page designer at The Tuscaloosa News (Tuscaloosa, Alabama). Currently, Ms. Hamsa teaches English 9 and World Literature 10 at Fairfax High School in Fairfax, Virginia. Ms. Hamsa is also a writer; her work has appeared in The Tuscaloosa Magazine. She is quietly at work on a novel.