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Failure often helps students develop character
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y high school counselor told me I really wasn’t college material. I remember thinking: “Is she nuts?” but saying nothing. When I graduated from her alma mater, I made it a point to tell her I graduated with high honors. What she-who-will-not-be-named didn’t know is current research shows what good teachers have always known: It’s not necessarily the kid with the highest IQ who succeeds. I feel quite successful because I have what researchers say people who achieve have: character. The New York Times recently printed a story highlighting some outstanding educators who have honed in on the value of children having strong character. Dominic Randolph of Riverdale Country School in New York City and David Levin, the cofounder of a network of charter schools in that city made a list of 24 character strengths common to all cultures and eras. Among them, according to journalist Paul Tough, are bravery, citizenship, fairness, wisdom, integrity, love, humor, zest, appreciation of beauty, social intelligence,
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kindness, self-regulation, and gratitude. As an eighth-grade teacher who has students ranging in reading levels from fifth grade to twelfth, I have been a witness to kids who just seem to have it together when it comes to character traits — that just happen to be reinforced with religious laws and structures, according to Tough. There is the low-level reader who is kind, caring, charming, and socially engaging. At the other end of the spectrum, there is the gifted student who is a bully, harsh, and Education columnist reticent to do work that he or she sees as below him or her. The question is, how does one develop
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character? Some schools fill their hallways with slogans like: “Work Hard” and “Be Nice” and “There Are No Shortcuts,” according to Tough. Still others profess the benefits of failure. Yes, failure. I sometimes find myself saying to students and parents, “Eighth grade is a wonderful time to fail.” That’s because it beats failing in high school but even then it’s not a bad time early when the stakes are relatively low. Randolph says the experience of struggling to pull oneself through a crisis, to come to terms on a deep level with one’s own shortcomings, and to labor to overcome them is exactly what is missing for so many students — especially those at the academic top of the pile. So work to develop character, and as parents, don’t see failure as such a huge blow. It’s better to fail now rather than in adulthood when no coping methods have been developed. To read the entire text of the article, see www.nytimes.com/1011/09/18/magazine/w hat-if-the-secret-to-success-is-fai... Peggy Dewane-Pope is a teacher in the Panama-Buena Vista Union School District.
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Arts council presents a night of folk, Celtic inspired music COURTESY OF ARTS COUNCIL OF KERN rts Council of Kern presents Carolyn Cruso – Singer/Songwriter/Multiinstrumentalist and Banshee in the Kitchen — a Traditional Irish Trio for a night of Folk, Americana and Celtic Inspired Acoustic Music for a house concert at the home of Elaine McNearney on Saturday, Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m. Cruso weaves a web with her intricate hammered dulcimer compositions, fine guitar playing, expressive vocals, and poetic writing. Banshee in the Kitchen takes traditional Celtic tunes, finds the sweet spot between old and new, and stirs it all up with trademark playfulness and musicality they term “banshee-flying”. Tickets are $15. Call the Arts Council at: 324-9000, or email: jill.egland@kernarts.org to reserve tickets and for directions.
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Play, author visit to address issues of race at CSUB BY JENNIFER BURGER Community contributor
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About Carolyn Cruso and Banshee in the Kitchen: Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Carolyn Cruso hails from the misty shores of Orcas Island. Her music is largely inspired by her travels both in the US and Europe, as well as her long connection to nature, and keen interest in the stories of people she meets out on the road. Wielding two guitars, a flute, a hammered dulcimer and her voice
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Clarice Poblete and Jineava To demonstrate character as they practice their oral language piece, “The Black Cat," by Edgar Allan Poe.
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Carolyn Cruso Cruso roams the back roads of the country and of the mind taking the listener on a journey of beauty, love, redemption, compassion and humor. Critics and audience members alike say Cruso weaves an intricate web of magic with her intelligent, lyrical, and soulful music. Visit her web site at: www.carolyncruso.com. Banshee in the Kithchen plays Celtic music with eclectic skill and merry abandon. Touring and recording since 2002, the trio has delighted audiences in festivals, theaters, living rooms, and count-
less other venues from New York to Japan. They take traditional Celtic tunes, find the sweet spot between old and new, stirring it all up with trademark playfulness and musicality they term “banshee-flying.” Critics praise their instrumental precision and flair for arrangement, concert producers love the way they can pack a house, educators rave over their ability to tap into the passion of their students, while audiences applaud the fun and oh-so-musical experience of being with Banshee in the Kitchen.
wo men from similar backgrounds who make different choices with their lives and end up in different circumstances — this is the theme of “The Other Wes Moore,” CSUB’s current Runner Reader book and the coinciding read for One Book, One Bakersfield, One Kern. Wes Moore, the author of “The Other Wes Moore,” will visit CSUB on Nov. 8. This is also the theme of “A Lesson Before Dying,” a play based on a novel of the same name that CSUB’s theatre department is producing Nov. 3-6. “Both ‘A Lesson Before Dying’ and ‘The Other Wes Moore’ touch on themes of responsibility, sacrifice, racial prejudice, and the vital importance of education,” said Mandy Rees, chair of the CSUB Theatre Department. “We selected this play because first, it is a beautiful and poignant piece, and second, we wanted to complement and enrich the experience of reading ‘The Other Wes Moore.’” Adapted for the stage by Romulus Linney (who died in January 2011 of lung cancer) and directed by CSUB theatre professor Maria-Tania Becerra, the play is set in 1948 Louisiana. It is about two black men who face racial inequality – one sentenced to death for a murder to which he was a party but did not commit, and the other a plantation school teacher who visits him in jail to
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Wes Moore help him learn to be proud of himself as a man; his final lesson of life. The characters echo those of the dual biography “The Other Wes Moore,” in which the author – who escaped the drug- and crime-infested streets of Baltimore through education and military service – visits a man by the same name who is sentenced to life without parole for being an accessory to a murder. The play provides yet another lesson in how the choices we make, both personally and as a community, can affect two people’s lives in such a vastly different manner. The student actors are going so far as to learn about the racial issues of the late 1940s
under the research of a student dramaturge who is researching the time period as part of her senior project. The students are also debating the merits of the death penalty, which is receiving scrutiny in the California Legislature as well as nationwide in the wake of Troy Davis’ execution in Georgia in September “The play wrestles with ideas beyond the death penalty,” Rees said. “How do you keep your dignity in the face of injustice? How do you find strength and courage when you want to give up? How can you find meaning and purpose in difficult circumstances?” “A Lesson Before Dying” is at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 3-5, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6 inside the Doré Theatre at CSUB, 9001 Stockdale Highway. Admission is $10 general, $8 seniors/faculty/staff, and $5 students with ID. Due to adult language, the show is not suitable for children. Tickets are for sale one hour prior to the show or by calling the box office at 654-3150. The author of “The Other Wes Moore,” Wes Moore, will visit CSUB at 7 p.m. Nov. 8 for a talk in the Student Recreation Center Gym. The talk is free and open to the public; a book signing will follow. Parking is free in Lot K. For more information, call: 654-2144 or visit: http://onebookonebakersfieldonekern.com.
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Bakersfield Chick-Fil-A to collect Christmas gifts for needy children
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High school volunteers help fill pet food bags BY CINDY FRYE Community contributor
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n November 5, the Bakersfield Chick-fil-A Restaurant, 5260 Stockdale Highway., will be opening its doors to Bakersfield residents to pick up Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes to fill and send to needy children all around the world this Christmas season. Chick-fil-A will also be collecting the gift-filled shoe boxes in exchange for a coupon for a free chicken sandwich at one of its participating locations. Empty shoe boxes can be picked up from Saturday, Nov. 5 to Saturday, Nov. 19. Packed shoe boxes can then be dropped off at any date before
Nov. 19 to receive a coupon. Dalton and Lisa Lockman are local coordinators helping to organize the event with Chick-filA. For more information call: 8642817. Operation Christmas Child, a
project of international Christian relief and evangelism organization Samaritan’s Purse, headed by Franklin Graham, is the world’s largest Christmas project of its kind. Since 1993, the project has hand-delivered more than 86 million shoe box gifts to needy children in more than 130 countries. Samaritan's Purse uses tracking technology that allows donors to "follow your box" to the destination country where it will be hand-delivered to a child in need. By clicking on “Follow Your Box” at www.samaritanspurse.org/occ, families can register their boxes and find out where in the world their boxes brought joy to children.
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i everyone! Our last Bakersfield Pet Food Pantry bagging event was great! Thank you to all the volunteers who came and filled bags — you were awesome! We would also like to thank the Self Serve Pet Spa for providing a wonderful place for us to bag up our pet food. A special thanks goes out to Curtis Kelly, a student at Stockdale High, Kimberly Henry and Sarah Kakuk, both from West High, for choosing the pet food pantry to do their community service hours. Curtis, your muscles and truck were very much appreciated with the transport of pet food! Beverly and David, thank you for donating another table to the pantry — this helps us greatly. We could not do all of this without all your support. Our next scheduled bagging date is November 6 at 2 p.m. in front of the Self Serve Pet Spa, 2816 Calloway Dr., #103. If you’d like to volunteer for the pantry or for more information call: 619-2029 or go to: www.bakersfieldpetfoodpantry.org.
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Curtis Kelly, a student from Stockdale High School, lends his volunteer support to the Bakersfield Pet Food Pantry. If you’d like to volunteer for the pantry or donate pet food, call (661) 619-2029.
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