Patricia Turner
Patricia Turner
Patricia A. Turner, Ph.D, a folklorist, author and academic, is the executive director of The Reinvention Center and the Vice Provost, Undergraduate Education for UCLA. She lives in Los Angeles, California...
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No one wanted to even sit near us. We ate alone. We went to school practically alone, even though people were in the building.
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In the professional societies to which we both belong (American Studies Association, American Folklore Society, Western States Folklore Society), Jay enjoys the complete respect of our colleagues as a razor-sharp scholar and a superb teacher.
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Basketball is great, but they're not going to find you in middle school. You've got to get your grades up and get to college.
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We weren't allowed to get in the shower so we couldn't take P.E..
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We went through a lot to get there. A 13-year-old really doesn't understand fear too much, and we were tutored in passive resistance.