Friends- A Teacher's Imprint, a Young Boy's Poem and Me
In middle school, Bridgham to be exact, I had some pretty cool teachers. One in particular, one of my favorites until this day is Ms. Almas Kalafian. She loved creative writing and she put together an after-school program with students from different middle schools so that we could work on our creative writing and publish it. We met at Roger Williams Middle School with students from there and Nathaniel Greene amongst other schools. I had been a student at Roger Williams for 2 months before moving to the West End so it was nice to go back. What made the experience even more remarkable was that I was even allowed to go. Somehow Ms. Kalafian convinced my very strict stepfather to let me participate in this program that met "outside of the school day." I am grateful to her for that (and much more). The experience was great. One of the good things that came out of it....meeting Angel. ahem....wait...I mean Providence's Mayor Angel Taveras. His poem in our humble publication is one of my favorites and here it is:
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