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  1. Nancy Carlsson-Paige is a professor of early childhood education at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts where she has trained teachers for more than thirty years and was a founder of the University’s Center for Peaceable Schools. Since the mid-1980’s, she has written and spoken extensively about the impact that violence and ...

  2. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. (2013 film) The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a 2013 American adventure comedy-drama film directed, co-produced by and starring Ben Stiller and written by Steve Conrad. The film also stars Kristen Wiig, Shirley MacLaine, Adam Scott, Kathryn Hahn, and Sean Penn. [7] [8] The second film adaptation of James ...

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  3. Synopsis. Walter Mitty is a negative assets manager at 'Life' magazine who daydreams of adventures to get away out of the tedium of his boring job. Mitty also has a crush on a co-worker named Cheryl, but never has the nerve to tell her his feelings towards her. Mitty works with photojournalist Sean O'Connell, whose images are highly regarded.

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  5. Nancy Carlsson-Paige is a leading advocate for early childhood education. An emeritus professor at Lesley University, where she taught teachers for thirty years, she is the author of several books, including Taking Back Childhood: A Proven Roadmap for Raising Confident, Creative, Compassionate Kids. She is also the co-founder of the Defending ...

  6. Dec 23, 2013 · In Ben Stiller‘s new film based on that 1939 story, the daydreaming Walter Mitty becomes a shy 40something who isn’t so much avoiding reality as using fantasy as an excuse for not seizing the day, for not asking the cute woman (Kristen Wiig) at the office out, for never traveling and experiencing the world. He’s not so much avoiding his ...

  7. Dec 4, 2013 · It was great to see Stiller in a role where he didn’t play an uptight highly-strung control freak. He wasn’t flapping around and freaking out as we so often see him. He played Mitty in a controlled and endearing way, his gentle demeanor made the character instantly likeable and relatable. The cast in general gave great performances – a ...

  8. Dec 25, 2013 · James Thurber. Author. Ben Stiller. Director. Steven Conrad. Screenplay. A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.