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Mary-Helen Rossi, Youth Advocate

The Teacher as a Model of a Joyful Life

by Mary Helen Rossi

As a volunteer for a non-profit arts organization, I recently wrote a request for funding to a national foundation that supports and encourages programs that create joy through rhythm. While reflecting on how the program I was writing about cultivates and nourishes students so they begin to experience feelings of joy, I gained a better [...]

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Mistakes are Really Half Steps: a Refreshing Take on the Learning Process

by Mary Helen Rossi

A lot of us perceive mistakes as problems – or, at best, as opportunities – so when Bill started talking this morning about mistakes really being half steps I became almost gleeful. Half steps towards success! Something that’s necessary to move forward! I was pretty much falling all over myself to make the connections – [...]

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