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Small Triumphs: Alex Quigley '99 Finds Hope And Despair In The Mississippi Delta, Gerry Boyle
Small Triumphs: Alex Quigley '99 Finds Hope And Despair In The Mississippi Delta, Gerry Boyle
Colby Magazine
It was an hour into the school day and Alex Quigley '99 was standing in front of a room full of kindergarten students. The students were sitting on a carpet, each child assigned to a colored square. Quigley, motioning with a pointer tipped by a yellow star, looked like he was waving a magic wand.
"Who knows a word like bat?" he said. "Bat. Bah-tuh."
"Cat," a boy named Tony said.
"Good," said Quigley.
"Fat," said a little girl named Quintina.
"What letter makes the 'fuh, fuh' sound?" Quigley asked.
Quintina looked stumped.
"Fuh, fuh," Quigley said, his pointer at …