HCHY List: RE: NY Times article

Tue May 13 13:03:09 CDT 2008

Just to echo what Tim voiced ~ Thank you, Deborah,?for sending the article ~ It ties in beautifully with what we're doing with our Erie's Promise Student Forum ~ It will be motivational for our students to see what other students are doing.? I read about what?Princeton was doing a few months ago.? I think with all the testing and assessing our students are going through, the "gap" year seems to make sense for the students and, especially, for?those parents who are trying to help pay for their education.? If any of you have the chance ~ read the book "Doing School"?by Denise Clark Pope ~ It's in stark contrast but is, nevertheless, eyeopening.........interesting insight?of why we should?embrace the "gap" year.......and, furthermore, try to send a very strong message about INTEGRITY and the WORTH of learning as opposed to just "doing school".

Michelee A. Curtze
Director at NW Tri-Co IU5
252 Waterford Street
Edinboro, PA? 16412
814-734-8475
814-440-8905 (cell)

Laughter is timeless ~
Imagination has no age ~
and Dreams are forever ~

Mac
Laughter is timeless ~
Imagination has no age ~
and Dreams are forever ~

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Duffey <TimDuff at fairpoint.Net>
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Cc: Healthy Communities Healthy Youth <hchylist at lists.search-institute.org>
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Subject: HCHY List: RE: NY Times article

Thanks, Deborah for posting this evidence of reporting the GOOD that so many
young people do, but is so often overlooked. I'm reminded of the effort
several years ago led by students in nearby Cape Elizabeth, ME to force tuna
fishing boats to use dolphin-safe nets--a campaign that changed that
industry. It's nice to see these kinds of stories getting some "air time"
rather than all the doom and gloom reporting we can so often see
characterizing today's youth. Woo-hoo!

Tim M. Duffey

Vision Training Associates
PO Box 338
Gorham, ME  04038-0338
(800) 294-4322; (207) 642-6270
FAX: 207-642-6274

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