Here I encountered through-the-looking-glass moments: an inspiring account of achievements may be less "helpful" than a report of the hardships that prevented the student from achieving better grades, test scores and honors.
"I doubt that I've ever seen in combat the misery such as I've encountered through watching what drug abuse does to people," said General McCaffrey, who is preparing to step down as the White House director of national drug control policy.
Eric's stunning vision -- he understood that healthy communities produce healthy people better than most -- I initially encountered through his writings.
Nor does she hanker for any of the stuffed creatures that she and I encountered on a stroll through F.A.O.
Some of those who I encountered on my journey through the street fighting years appeared on the screen as characters from a different planet.
For me that meant acknowledging the fact that, beginning in the home with my young single mother, and continuing through what I encountered on the streets or navigated in the parks and the schoolyards, was the attitude that violence was how every single conflict should be dealt with.
When I started in the late 1980s, all the state school headteachers I encountered had risen through the ranks and had a crumpled, careworn air: they wore dusty suits or crinkled skirts, and were all middle-aged or nearing retirement and, while not without their psychological quirks, mostly cared about their staff and students.
On a journey of joy through the pallet, I encountered the book, China Through a Glass of Wine by Noel Shu.
But as recently as two weeks ago, I encountered this dog bounding through the park playing fetch, as wary walkers moved aside.
