PrintFebruary 20, 2011
Clarice's Pieces: The Gift of Words
I think if there is a heaven, a special place must be found there where the best teachers in the world have thrones of glory. If I'm right then there's one that already has inscribed upon it the name "Miss Sanchez," for she has given my five year old granddaughter Saya the gift of words.Saya is certainly bright. She's already bilingual in Japanese and English and working with Miss Sanchez to learn a third language, Spanish. But she first transitioned to a passionate lover of words under Miss Sanchez's tutelage.Saya lives by the ocean in Los Angeles and her school is a long commute from home. Her mother decided that it would be a good idea for her to use part of that commuting time each day to speak by cell phone to her grandfather and me in Washington, D.C. For a long time the conversations were about the day's events and, as she especially enjoyed them, tales (sometimes embellished) about her father as a young boy and our very naughty, high spirited...(Read Full Article)
