“I grew up in a dictatorship, where you couldn't talk about difficult situations - there was this culture of silence. We would run into a problem and have no one to talk to.” ProblemRunningCultureDifficultSilenceSituationGrewGrew UpDictatorshipDifficult Situations Author:Julia Alvarez
“Reading is a way to take in the difficult situations and understand them. The whole point of reading a book in class is to have discussion about what these situations are like.” WayBookWholeReadingDifficultSituationClassDiscussionDifficult Situations Author:Julia Alvarez