by Trevor Barton | Apr 14, 2016 | Opinion
On my best days, I am quiet. “You have two ears and one mouth,” said my grandpa one day as we walked together down a row of tomatoes. “So you should listen twice as much as you speak. You might learn something if you listen.” I looked into his...
by Trevor Barton | Dec 2, 2015 | Opinion
Gregory Boyle is a Jesuit priest and the founder of Homeboy Industries in East Los Angeles, California. He lives and works in his economically poor and gang-riddled community, building kinship and making close relationships and connections with the people around him....
by Trevor Barton | Feb 16, 2015 | Opinion
A little boy from Honduras is in my classroom. He speaks Spanish but is learning English and tries with all his heart to learn new words and strange phrases that will allow him to live in his new world here. He is 9 years old. Dark hair cuts straight across his...
by Trevor Barton | May 29, 2014 | Opinion
Most mornings, his mom wheels into the school parking lot at 7:55 a.m. The car is old and loud, with the potent smell of burning oil and the clanging sound of a dragging muffler. A safety patrol officer opens the door, and he tumbles out of the car. Papers from his...
by Trevor Barton | Nov 11, 2013 | Opinion
“A blue whale’s heart is as big as a Volkswagen Beetle,” I told a group of wide-eyed, open-mouthed second-graders at my school. “It is so big, you could walk around inside of it.” I was bringing S.O.L.E. to my classroom – the...
