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mica10, at 9:02pm Wed 2nd April, 2008

Very nice, but there are lots of teachers working with these kinds of kids. Many of my students are in foster care or 'independant' and have very low self-esteem. Literacy and numeracy is not a priority. When kids don't have their basic needs for food and shelter met then there is no way they are going to achieve self actualization through education. They are certainly hard work - but they can also be very rewarding:) Father Chris from Youth of the Streets is a wonderful human being. One of my friends bought me his book because I work with the 'challenging' kids, too.

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