For my first entry I chose to read and write about story 115. In this story kids from California, were pen paling to other kids in West Virginia. It started out as just two people talking to each other about everyday things, and it turned into really personally letters being signed with love, and your friend. These letters also wrote very personal in nature as well. These kids were starting to open up about their lives, things that are very personal, such as not meeting their dad, or their parents dying, or opening up about their gender. These kids were not finding common experiences with one another to connect with. Not only have they connected with the person, they are now going to be visiting that person and school. This will open these kids up to other cultures and experiences around them. I think that this is an awesome way to show kids that they are not alone, or also that there is so much more out there in the world.
I was also intrigued by story 113 as this was about reading journal articles out loud of children who had wrote them, but to stay anonymous about who's it was. She read several articles out loud about how their parents were addicts, or their friend has died or living in poverty. Once these were all read the kids were amazed at the fact that all of that had happened in their class with the people, and everyone else wanted theirs read as well. This created a culture where, everyone could talk about their feelings outloud without having to even say their own name.
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