Asked at the law school forum in January how she felt about the later decision, she responded obliquely.
At one point during the meeting, he wondered "how many Negroes" were likely to attend a high-school forum that was being proposed.
She recalled that one of her best moments came at a school forum when some little girls chased her for autographs.
Also at the school forum, Mr. Gore was asked by a woman about what he could do as president to bring prayer back to the classroom.
One day, during his sophomore year, Torres announced, during a school forum on the definition of marriage, "I'm proud to be a gay American".
Creating a school forum for dialogue is important, experts say, but they also stressed supervision by parents, even when they are in an unfamiliar world.
In remarks at a back-to-school forum in Washington, the chairman said that with high-speed Internet, "a student anywhere can have access to the best libraries, the best teachers, the best tutors in the world".
The Most Significant Change "Gosh," Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said at a law school forum in January a few days after the Supreme Court undid one of her major achievements by reversing a decision on campaign spending limits.
One participant in the middle-school forum, Zoe Velling, of Ashburn, Va., told me the program helped her to realize that at heart she was a peacemaker, and to assume that role more assertively.
