On 13 November, a Wednesday, I heard and saw Bob Dylan—the greatest living bard—at the Royal Albert Hall in London. I hadn’t discovered the godliness in the qawalis of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the soulfulness in the couplets of Waseem Barelvi, Nida Fazli and Salman Akhtar, which went beyond their love for the beloved, the neat black humour of Akbar …
William Schnider, a 17-year-old at Van Nuys High School and a student in the medical magnet program, has said he is against the cellphone ban announced by Los Angeles Unified School District. “We obviously require districts to take action by passing a policy to limit smartphone use, but we don’t tell them exactly how they have to do that.” Many …
Student use their cellphones after unlocking the pouches that secure them from use during the school day at Bayside Academy in San Mateo. David and former Dymally teacher Ryan Quinn said students have brought multiple phones to school or bought their own magnet to unlock the pouch — and some even charge other students to use it. This way, Johnson …
