It reeks of all-Americanness, tension, drama.
ADORA SVITAKBy bringing current events into the classroom, everyday discussion, and social media.
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Where no girl is denied access to education, for instance.
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Students read for tests and because their parents ask them to.
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No matter what size you are, it still isn’t good enough.
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Then to ignore technology is to become obsolete.
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Everything from championing literacy and youth voice to raising awareness about world hunger.
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I just thought everyone loved reading as much as I did.
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We often try to quantify it with how much we feel seen and heard.
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If school is preparation for the real world.
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Our inexperience might be what gives us the ability to teach our elders something.
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But I think it’s very important to tell children that you can read for fun, too, and to understand human spirit. It builds empathy.
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Since then, I have spoken at hundreds of schools, classrooms and conferences around the world.
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Learning between grown-ups and kids should be reciprocal.
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Op-eds and studies can highlight our decreased enthusiasm for Facebook ’til the cows come home.
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If we all understood we can learn from both older and younger people, then we’d have a better world.
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The point of my work is to make it clear that all youth can make ‘big miracles’ happen.
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