School work and "le jeu de 24"

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Originally uploaded by parisdelhi

Working with youth provides a rich source of highly fulfilling work opportunities. I have been stepping-in to occupy students during periods of the school day when they are idle. We play large circle games, learn about subjects from the history of Blues (with a guitar in hand) to the environment and agriculture. We are continuing the penpalship that began last year with students at an American High School. We are also playing the "24" game (as you see in the photo), an engrossing math game that occupied me in middle school and that has been a hit with students here. In the course of these activities a couple students have come up with some promising ideas for other activities to initiate...