![]() ![]() And though many were on their phones or didn’t turn in their work or disrespected him, he saw signs he was needed. ![]() He loved his job and engaged with about 200 students in six classes every week. With the help of a Pell grant, he graduated with majors in English and Spanish from the University of South Florida in 2017. ![]() Originally from Long Island, Belcastro had come to teaching high school English late, after jobs playing in a band, delivering office furniture, working in a record store, a recording studio, a Quizno’s, a Kohl’s, a J.C. He loved seeing where their minds took them when they were engaged. “They play literally such a big role in everything and then we never talk about them, and I was like, ‘That’s so wrong.’”īelcastro nodded. “I don’t know why I never thought about mothers before,” said one of the students, Olivia, 17. “I was a big baby,” Belcastro said, sighing under the load. Before long, the museum founder was helping Belcastro into a 20-pound pregnancy vest over his “Beetlejuice” T-shirt to simulate the weight a woman carries. ![]()
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