i read NY Times reading STREAK story, i wanted to help pay for Kristen Brozina's grad school education at grad school this fall....
UPATE: According to sources, Kristen has a chance now to write a book about her experiences reading reading reading (as detailed by the Times story) and if a book deal comes through -- you can imagine that a few literary agents reading that great Michael Winerup story in the Times over their morning coffee that day immediately JUMPED at the IDEA to contact Dad and Daughter and ask them if they might be interested in a BOOK DEAL.... I don't know the details, but my guess is that a good book deal with enable Kristen to attend grad school this fall with the advance she will earn -- the book might be co-written by Dad and Daughter, I don't know details, just guessing -- so all is well in New Jersey today and Kristen will go to grad school after all and she will pay for it by herself with advance and royalties from the book and whatever other spinoffs happen, like TV appearances etc. Go get em, Kristen, and God bless! What a nice happy ending to a nice happy story in the snailpapers last week!
RE:
BECAUSE the Times article said she did not have the money to go to grad school this fall even though she has been accepted with flying colors.....So I offered to help with the finances......
DEAR NY TImes snailpaper and online:
i read Michael Vinerup's heart-lighting ''ReAding STREAK'' story, i want to help pay for Kristen Brozina's education at grad school, please contact me
DAN BLOOM, Tufts 1971,
or FWD to her father jim Brozina and her
re
".....and recently Kristen was accepted to the
master’s in liberal arts program at the University of Pennsylvania.
She doesn’t have the money to go. But certain as that jertain, the
young woman has a plan: She’s going to get a job when she graduates,
save and reapply in a year or two.
RE:
BECAUSE the Times article said she did not have the money to go to grad school this fall even though she has been accepted with flying colors.....So I offered to help with the finances......
DEAR NY TImes snailpaper and online:
i read Michael Vinerup's heart-lighting ''ReAding STREAK'' story, i want to help pay for Kristen Brozina's education at grad school, please contact me
DAN BLOOM, Tufts 1971,
or FWD to her father jim Brozina and her
re
".....and recently Kristen was accepted to the
master’s in liberal arts program at the University of Pennsylvania.
She doesn’t have the money to go. But certain as that jertain, the
young woman has a plan: She’s going to get a job when she graduates,
save and reapply in a year or two.
posted by dan at 10:35 PM
5 Comments:
"Will send this to her Dad. Thanks so much for reaching out."
wow!! I'm so very much hoping you're for real. That would be such a wonderful, kind, generous thing to do -- to pay for Kirsten's education! And oh, if you do what you've said, you're bringing even more good feeling to such a heartwarming story! More goodness in the world.
I saw that in the email body you'd cc'd the NY Times editors, but I didn't see the cc's in the actual headers. I hope you sent it to them; they'll know how to contact the family. And I very much hope that they respond back to you. (I'd love to know how it goes!)
....--thank you for your email; it felt so good to read. And if you're truly offering to pay for Kirsten's education, then you are a wonderful human being! You give me hope.
take good care,
_____
Wow! (beaming) Dan, I'm so very glad you're real! And I'm thrilled that you cc'd the NYTimes , and that they emailed you back! Wow. This is so exciting! Dan--you are *wonderful*! (hugging you) Thank you so much for what you're doing for Kirsten and her father!
I really believe in helping others, too, in the ways we can. I think it's so important--we need goodness and kindness in the world. Those things matter so much. And you're adding to that!
And thank you so much for saying you'll keep me informed! I love it. What you're doing is just *so* lovely!
How neat that you lived in Dr Seuss' hometown! (I love his books.) (laughing that your father had an office at 13 Mulberry St. That is so neat!)
hello all here...after contacting the father and daughter in the story, the NYTimes graciously fwded my letter to their email account, I just heard back from Kristen, and she said "thanks for the gesture" but she has found a way to assemble the needed funds to attend grad school this fall after all, and she's all set to FLY.....good for her and great story and... thank you, sir, for posting this link yesterday. Facebook is not so much a social media network as a networking media network, and a news link network, I love it. Much more than twitter. Twitter seems useless. A passing fad. Gone by next year. Facebook should last ten more years at least.
and now the NYT article has turned into a 300 page book by Kristin with a forewor5d by her father jim, due out on May 3, 2011. Go get it. called THE READING PROMISE
by ALICE OZMA....a pen name of course !
go go go
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