“I was very impressed that the children chose this topic, because they didn’t know what it was, but wanted to learn more, and that’s a brave move-their curiosity is impressive,” said Ms.

Burkhardt led one of the group discussions about neurodiversity. MS Division Direction Kristin Cuddihy and Grade 6 English Teacher Dr. “These discussions showed the students’ maturity for grappling with issues within the text and showcased their insightfulness, thoughtfulness, and empathy,” said Mr. Pané and MS English Teacher Katie Hopper. The summer reading assignment was facilitated by Librarian Mr. The goal was to facilitate deep thinking in our Dragons around hard but necessary topics in the real world. On Friday, they divided into groups, based on the books they chose to read over the summer, to explore one of the areas in greater depth. Our WES Middle School (MS) students delved deeply into these topics during their summer reading assignments, exploring issues around race, gender, culture/religion, and neurodiversity. What are the characteristics that shape both how we see ourselves and how we see others? In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.Identity. There was nothing so very remarkable in that nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself, “Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!” (when she thought it over afterwards, it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural) but when the Rabbit actually took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the field after it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge. So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her. Original Alice in Wonderland beginning by Lewis CarrollĪlice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, “and what is the use of a book,” thought Alice “without pictures or conversations?”

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