<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-21/magazine/summer-2002/first-year-footprints.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>First-Year Footprints</title><excerpt>When he chose to work with special-education students in elementary schools, Joshua Amstone ’00 knew he was embarking on an emotionally wearing, challenge-rich career. But, as he explains simply, “I love kids, and I saw such a need in that area. The sad truth is that children with learning disabilities have been rejected most of their lives and have very few people to support them.”</excerpt><author/><image>
            
            
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