A good story, well told.
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I loved this - but can't we have some current heartwarming stories. We need them right now.
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this is lovely. thank you for such good news in such a difficult time. <3
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Great that someone helped with the answer on the subway, but just imagine the REAL, BETTER help had that person EXPLAINED what the problem was about and how to do it.
While I empathize deeply with the writer, remember that working women, poor women, single parents of both genders, etc., and many men in dual-working couples continue to overextend in the city to get along in life.
While I empathize deeply with the writer, remember that working women, poor women, single parents of both genders, etc., and many men in dual-working couples continue to overextend in the city to get along in life.
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Of course in 1953 a woman would have to bathe and feed her kids and put husband's dinner on the table before she could do ANYTHING for herself. God forbid daddy could come home and feed himself and the kids. I bet there was no warm meal on the table for her when she got home from class. The Good Old Days! Yeah!!
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Perhaps the husband's job didn't allow flex time.
Why didn't the wife take a later class? Maybe there wasn't one.
Sometimes circumstances favor or disfavor one spouse or the other at various times.
I bet the writer DOES think of times back then as The Good Old Days.
Why didn't the wife take a later class? Maybe there wasn't one.
Sometimes circumstances favor or disfavor one spouse or the other at various times.
I bet the writer DOES think of times back then as The Good Old Days.
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Love it! Not sure where the Angel of Algebra was when I was in school. But I am happy he/she was there for at least one deserving student.
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Here is another modern-day scenario for 2017 as opposed to 1953: Ms. Hershkowitz would have called a Transit policeman, and the Good Samaritan would have been arrested for invading personal space or something of the sort.
She would not have thanked the person but taken his photo with her phone and then would begin to shame him/her on various social media.
She would not have thanked the person but taken his photo with her phone and then would begin to shame him/her on various social media.
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Ummm. No, not really. How long since you have been on the subway in NYC?
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Nicely done, Joshua. The goal of the game is to post something negative no matter what the story is about. It wasn't easy with this one, but you rose to the challenge. Good job!
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Random anonymous subway kindnesses even extend to the criminal element in New York. My teacher, of blessed memory, had her schoolbag stolen while she was reading on the subway. The most valuable thing in it was, of course, her students' tests and papers. She was distraught, until it showed up at her school, anonymously, the next day. She said, "Clearly, I was the victim of a moral thief!"
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some say people are divided in two: one group leaning towards geometry, the other towards algebra. as an adolescent, i too struggled with algebra. (geometry? don't ask . . .) it wasn't until i studied algebra as an adult, that its appeal was more akin to poetry.
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I wasn't aware of the bifurcation of those subjects, but it explains the highs and lows of my math education. Thank you!
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I would have to disagree that ALL people are divided by the algebra/geometry bifurcation. I enjoyed both for different reasons. Geometry had a physical element to it in that you could actually see the result of the theorems as they developed. Algebra was a more ethereal endeavor, in that you could not actually see something other than the x's and y's. Yet both created a great deal of satisfaction when I was able to work through a problem and arrive at something that made sense (at least, to me).
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