problems are getting solved, the buzzing problems, the first day straight alliance in the country, beazer intellectual problems but not really problems that demand immediate action. i started learning the world is not the world i was seeing in massachusetts when i got an after-school job working as a waitress in a place called friendly's in this city. no one else was on a college track except for me. a lot of people have different colored skin than i do. i went on to columbia, studied history, i was interested in social justice. and then i went on to the school teacher and one of the things that was self reflection was when i was looking to attend school myself and apply to schools i wanted the most kristy distract possible but when i wanted to teach at a school i wanted the most troubled school possible. i have seen that repeated many times so as i was working at this school in hell's kitchen, new york city, almost all black, latino and arican arab populations during the day and that night tutoring very well the kids as a college consultant to pay off my loans and that experience of teac