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The Whole Child The working relationship between Anita Albers and Nina Marvi of the Albrook Montessori School in Bernards Township, New Jersey, can easily be compared to the strong working history that developed between Maria Montessori and Lakshmi Kripalani in 1946. Maria Montessori founded her style of teaching out of necessity. She supported a new approach to teaching that would keep children in an educational environment that was clean and organized and would encourage the children to learn independently. Montessori traveled to India where she taught her techniques to Kripalani, who opened her own Montessori learning center in India in 1947. She soon moved to the United States and began a Montessori movement in New Jersey. When New Jersey resident, Anita Albers, met and trained under Maria Montessori, she founded the Albrook Montessori School in Bernards Township, New Jersey. Albers has since trained talented directors and staff, including Nina Marvi, who is the current direct...
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School Daze

Character: Claire Kenta 14 year old high school student Height 5 ft 2, Weight 100 black hair, black eyes wears a pink shirt, blue hood, blue jeans, black and white sneakers, earrings, and a ribbon on her hair carries a green backpack with books, a laptop, and a pencil case. Goal: Claire wants to be a great anime designer Journey: Claire practice her drawing skills every day and night. Conflict: Claire has a hard life in school being alone, getting bullied, and struggled in class.  They took her pencils and crayons and break them in half. Resolution: Claire wants to make friends, but they said she is so shy and scare that she should live in a cave. Students make fun of her every day. Magical Object: Necklace.  She wears a necklace of a cat that she bought from a jewelry store.  But it was not an ordinary necklace, it was a magical necklace that give abilities of a cat when she wears it.  --------------------------------------------------------------...
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Lost in NYC

A young boy, Aiden, was lost in New York City and tries to find a way home.  They boy looked for something that can help him guide his way to his house, but there is nothing.  So Aiden tried another way to reach his destination.  He walked three miles, then pumped in to two people, Jack and Jill who are thieves hiding in plain sight.  Jack and Jill robbed three convenient stores and got away with it.  When they noticed the boy and tell him that it is too crowded to talk, so they take him to an alleyway.  Aiden did not ask a question, got confused and say, "My mom said, I should not talk to strangers".  Jack and Jill take Aiden to an alleyway, then one of the robbers pulled a weapon and demand the boy to give them money.  Aiden was scared and nervous and he can not do anything.  The robber were impatient and ask the boy again, but their luck ran out as a police officer, Tyler Evans, spotted the two.  He goes towards them and talks to the ...
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Video Games Cause Violence

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Not Child’s Play Teen and young adult video gaming is becoming more popular as high-tech has streamlined so that interactive games can appear on all screen devices. Since gaming is available 24 hours a day, high exposure can lead to obsessive playing and engagement. The growing controversial claim that violence is learned leaves us needing to know where this brutality is being taught or observed so that we can re-teach gaming enthusiasts, to reduce their escalated thoughts, which can lead to barbaric actions. Teens and young adults are more likely to act out in violence when obsessively playing video games that are violent in nature. One reason for the obsessive behaviors in gaming is that the player is in search of shock value; once the initial shock of violence is accepted, the gamer generally looks for games that out-do the previous violence they have become desensitized to by compulsively playing. The term “violence” has become muted and no longer carries much weight. Teens n...
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