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Stretching Minds
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Author : Peter C White
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2021-12-27
Stretching Minds written by Peter C White and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-27 with categories.
"Stretching Minds: Teaching in the Light of Creative Altruism" is a collection of inspiring stories about the great things young people are capable of once motivated and given the opportunity. From 1986 until the present, members of the Northport High School (NY) community service club Students for 60,000 (there were 60,000 homeless people in New York City when the club was formed) have raised more than $3,000,000 by themselves and organized many dozens of working field trips to New York City, Nicaragua and western Africa to provide substantial and sustainable aid, care and support for the needy. The club's work, locally and internationally, is the most far-reaching of any high school community service club in the nation. Over the years, the club has built hundreds of houses and latrines for homeless families, constructed several schools, dozens of wells, as well as educational, water and nutrition projects. Its Comedor Escolar Proyecto in Nicaragua, where the club purchased 185 acres, 60 cows and 2000 chickens, feeds more than 1,000 children daily. These accomplishments have taken place without any major grants; all funds are raised the old fashioned way, one dollar at a time, by committed, hard working, dedicated young men and women. "Stretching Minds" is a collection of 70 stories about the Students' work locally and internationally, their amazing ability to raise funds, and their commitment to others, mostly the poorest people in our hemisphere. Students from the club have traveled to Nicaragua more than 80 times to work side by side with the brave, patient campesino families to help in many ways, including providing "becas," (scholarships) so that extremely poor children can attend school. Typically, a beca includes pants or skirt, shirt, sox, shoes and backpack, so that poor children that have only rags for clothing may be adequately clothed. "Stretching Minds" also contains a number of stories about the amazing work accomplished by students. For example, in 2001, club members were led to a poor village in northwest Nicaragua called Nuevo Amanecer (New Dawn), where 80 families lived in absolute squalor. They observed many naked children, and that every family had no latrine, having to use the open fields as their toilet instead. All the people were sick with parasites and suffering from hunger. Over the next two years, Students for 60,000 raised tens of thousands of dollars to purchase 85 acres two miles away, then, over the course of several visits, helped the people construct 68 sturdy houses, a water system, a school and community center. "Stretching Minds" also contains many stories of individual student and adult heroes, people who have inspired so many to do so much. Many club alumni have taken the lessons they learned in high school and, with the strong social conscience they developed, brought them along them to college and their careers. Alumni organized the student bodies at Harvard, NYU and many other colleges and accomplished great things, "stretching the minds" of others, and excelling in careers including medicine, government, education, industry and business. In addition to these stories, any educator or community service organizer seeking to raise funds for their projects would benefit greatly from the ten page inclusion in the Appendix of "Students for 60,000's Top Ten Fundraising Activities," thorough, step-by-step descriptions of how Students for 60,000 has been able, year after year, to raise in excess of $150,000 annually for their life-saving projects, locally and internationally. Finally, in addition to stories concerning the legal aspects of service learning, dealing with the press, critics and school administration, "Stretching Minds" shows how, in these divided and troubled times, young people are able to rise above the fracas to work side by side with people of all races, nationalities and income levels to accomplish great, often life-saving change.
The Way Of Stretching
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Author : Anne Kent Rush
language : en
Publisher: Little, Brown
Release Date : 2009-09-26
The Way Of Stretching written by Anne Kent Rush and has been published by Little, Brown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-26 with Health & Fitness categories.
- The book features stretching exercises designed to prevent injury and to promote the healing of specific body parts.- Rush incorporates ideas from many different traditions, including T'ai Chi, Chinese medicine, Aikido, Zen, yoga, and massage.- Rush has pioneered a ingenious new technique called the "Rush Reverse," a simple-to-perform exercise that lengthens muscles.- Widely recognized as an authority on bodywork, Rush is the author of the perennially popular "The Back Rub Book and the illustrator of George Downing's two-million-copy bestseller "The Massage Book.
Stretching Their Minds
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Author : Benjamin Fine
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
Stretching Their Minds written by Benjamin Fine and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with Gifted children categories.
Stretching My Mind
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Author : Edward Albee
language : en
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Release Date : 2009-04-20
Stretching My Mind written by Edward Albee and has been published by Da Capo Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-20 with Literary Collections categories.
America's most important living playwright, Edward Albee, has been rocking our country's moral, political and artistic complacency for more than 50 years. Beginning with his debut play, The Zoo Story (1958), and on to his barrier breaking works of the 1960s, most notably The American Dream (1960), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1963), and the Pulitzer Prize-winning A Delicate Balance (1966), Albee's provocative, unsparing indictment of the American way of life earned him early distinction as the dramatist of his generation. His acclaim was enhanced even further in the decades that followed with prize-winning dramas such as Seascape and Three Tall Women, as well as recent works like The Play About the Baby and Who is Sylvia? Albee has brought the same critical force to his non-theatrical prose. Stretching My Mind collects for the first time ever the author's writings on theater, literature, and the political and cultural battlegrounds that have defined his career. Many of the selections were drawn from Albee's private papers, and almost all previously published material—dating from 1960 to the present—has never been reprinted. Topics include Samuel Beckett, Eugene Ionesco, Sam Shepherd, as well as autobiographical writings about Albee's life, work, and worldview.
Mind Stretching Math Puzzles
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Author : Derrick Niederman
language : en
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Release Date : 2005
Mind Stretching Math Puzzles written by Derrick Niederman and has been published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Presents a collection of 100 math puzzles with hints and solutions.
Sketching Stories Stretching Minds
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Author : Phyllis Whitin
language : en
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
Release Date : 1996
Sketching Stories Stretching Minds written by Phyllis Whitin and has been published by Heinemann Educational Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Art categories.
Sketching Stories, Stretching Minds captures the power of young people's visual responses to literature. Working in a community of learners, Phyllis Whitin encouraged her students to respond to their readings through sketched interpretations. Like pieces of writing, the sketches became a vital part of the curriculum as vehicles for discussion and reflective tools for understanding. Her book shows how she implemented the strategy-how she discovered, came to understand, and refined it to fit the needs of her seventh-grade classroom. From that perspective, the book is a model for high quality teacher research. "I have grown as a teacher by looking closely at classroom events and by inviting students to share their thinking with me," Whitin states in the preface. "I have found that teacher research does not mean 'doing' something 'to' kids. Instead, teacher research is looking closely, listening attentively, and learning collaboratively with my students." Upper elementary, middle, and high school teachers looking for ways to expand literary interpretation and self-evaluation in the classroom will find Sketching Stories, Stretching Minds invaluable.
Stretching Scientifically
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Author : Thomas Kurz
language : en
Publisher: Stadion Publishing Company, Incorporated
Release Date : 1994
Stretching Scientifically written by Thomas Kurz and has been published by Stadion Publishing Company, Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Exercise categories.
Mind Stretching Thinking Activities
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Author : Martha A. Hayes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Mind Stretching Thinking Activities written by Martha A. Hayes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Creative activities and seat work categories.
Stretching Exercises For Qualitative Researchers
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Author : Valerie J. Janesick
language : en
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Release Date : 2015-08-25
Stretching Exercises For Qualitative Researchers written by Valerie J. Janesick and has been published by SAGE Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-25 with Social Science categories.
In the new Fourth Edition of her inventive, one-of-a-kind book, author Valerie J. Janesick uses dance, yoga, and meditation metaphors to help researchers tap into the intuitive and creative side of their research. In every chapter, "stretching" exercises help readers develop, practice, and hone fieldwork skills and vital habits of mind such as observation, interviewing, writing, creativity, technology, and analysis. While reading the book and working through the exercises, readers can complete a researcher’s reflective journal—an invaluable tool that will remain useful throughout their careers.
Stretching
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Author : Bob Anderson
language : en
Publisher: Shelter Publications, Inc.
Release Date : 2000
Stretching written by Bob Anderson and has been published by Shelter Publications, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Health & Fitness categories.
Illustrates stretching exercises designed to increase flexibility and help prevent injury, and suggests specific stretch routines for a variety of sports.