#215, Jurisdiction

So a 14-year-old student— a public school student— named Brandi Levy was having a very bad day on a Saturday a few years ago.

#205, Weather

Mother Nature waits for no person.

#234, Bucket

In 1785, in the Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, the term “kick the bucket” first appeared.

#109, Misread

I grew up in a suburb of New York, in a neighborhood that was racially homogeneous.

#45, Food

Regardless one's age, gender, or race, food binds all people together.

#139, Code

Julian Singh, a character from E.L. Konigsburg's The View from Saturday, is the newest student at Epiphany Elementary School.

#192, Sleep

We go to bed each night. We die. And each morning we are reborn again.

#172, Fad

Not too long ago, classrooms all across the world hummed the sweet tune of near frictionless metal on metal rotation.

#211, Heaven

Mitch Albom has a distinct view of heaven.