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NAME:
Mrs. Capaldi
ROOM:
B1-7
CLASS:
English 10 and 11
SCHOOL PHONE:
401-270-8049
Mrs. Kristen Falso-Capaldi came to Cranston HS West in the fall of 2002.
She teaches English because she loves to read, write and talk, talk, talk.
Before becoming a teacher, she worked for almost a decade as a writer for TV
stations in Providence and Boston. She holds a Masters Degree in Teaching
from Rhode Island College and a Bachelor of Arts from URI. In addition to
her teaching duties at Cranston West, Mrs. Capaldi also teaches writing and
literature at Gibbs College. In her spare time, Mrs. Capaldi records and
performs music with her husband, cooks, practices yoga, plays with her cat,
Scout, writes and of course, corrects student papers.
"We read to know we are not alone" C.S. Lewis, Writer
"Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth." - Pablo Picasso, Artist
"Eighty percent of success is showing up." - Woody Allen, Filmmaker
"Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant taste of death but
once." William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort,
but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." - Martin Luther
King, Jr.
“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is
not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's
indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.” -
Elie Wiesel, Holocaust Survivor
"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the
past" - The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his
point of view-until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." -
Atticus Finch, To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee
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