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Volunteer takes pride in student growth
By Abby Balmert Departing from the classroom with my fifth graders on the last day of fall semester’s Take Ten program, I was filled with hope. In the past few months, I have watched with pride as the kids eagerly … Continue reading
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Students surprise Take Ten volunteer
By Amy Porter, Take Ten Seminar Student and Volunteer Coming back after winter break to start a new semester of Take Ten promised to be disheartening. I assumed that the students would have forgotten everything we had taught them during … Continue reading
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Take Ten Presentation at AmeriCorps Mid-year Retreat
By Lauren Kross, AmeriCorps Member On February 23, I provided AmeriCorps members at the mid-year retreat with an interactive presentation on conflict resolution and violence prevention. As adults, we tend to think about ways to eliminate violence or neglect the … Continue reading
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Volunteer hopes to change student outlook on violence
By Victoria Tokarski, Take Ten Volunteer If my students could take away one thing from Take Ten, I would want them to remember that there are nonviolent ways to solving conflicts. I have seen how easily some students can get … Continue reading
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Blogger of the week shares her thoughts on eliminating violence
By Amy Porter, Take Ten Volunteer, Seminar Student, and Blogger of the Week If I could eliminate one cause of violence it would definitely be the media. The media provides our society with violent television shows, movies, music and advertisements. … Continue reading
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Tagged change, culture, fights, media, non-violence, violence
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Violence creates a canvas for learning
By Amy Porter, Take Ten Volunteer and Seminar Student Our culture of violence creates a canvas on which we, teachers of Take Ten, can paint our curriculum. Without this canvas, I think it would be difficult not only to teach … Continue reading
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Tagged conflict, culture, curriculum, take ten, teach, violence
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