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A Room of Their Own

11/29/2018

 
5th period comes fast. Creatively organized, at my school fifth period is broken up into four segments - a rotating arrangement of lunches, reading periods, and classes. It's also the time when RISE floods with alumni, friends, and current RISE students. They bring lunches on trays, backpacks, and winter coats. They plop down on bean bag chairs and they talk. It is tempting to work through it - the students are engaged and happy - but recently I've been throwing myself down on a bean bag, as well. I listen mostly, encourage positivity, provoke. I say again and again, "this is your space." Way back in graduate school, Virginia Woolf told me that we all need room to grow. Recently, I've seen proof.
South Bend Drapery link
8/8/2022 07:21:57 pm

Great read thanks for writing this


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  • Contact
  • What is SEL?
  • RISE Homepage
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Program Design
    • FYIs & FAQs
    • Virtual Tour
  • Mental Health Resources
    • Gender Resources
  • SEL in School
  • SEL: The College Years
  • In the News
  • Communication
  • Parent/Educational Events
  • SEL Task Force
    • Readings & Events
    • Meeting Minutes
  • MPS Guidance
  • Medfield Public Schools
  • Medfield High School
  • Medfield Challenge Success
  • Medfield Virtual Calming Space
  • Cultural Proficiency Resources