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                    <title>TIGblogs - Kelly Landry's TIGBlog</title> 
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                    <description>What's on the minds of young leaders from around the globe?</description> 
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                    <title>Democracy for 1st Graders</title> 
                    <link>http://freeflow1.tigblog.org/post/17236</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[A local newspaper published a very interesting story about a first grade teacher and his unique teaching style.   He built a small town including shops, a post office, a mayor, currency, and everything.   Then he put the students, the first graders in charge.   They learn how to balance a checking account, how to prioritize, they learn stuff as it's directly applicable to the real world.  The teacher, Larry Wolfe, says the system has flaws but it works well.   For the full article, go here: http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040607/REPOSITORY/406070331/1031.   It encourages independent thinking and self-education at an extremely young age.   That fact that this works for first graders is great evidence that even (gasp) children benefit from freedom and equality in (gasp) the educational system.   I'm going to see if I can get in contact with Mr. Wolfe and see if there's anything I can do to help him out.   Maybe I can convince him to integrate tIg.   I'll Update when I know more.      Peace, Kev]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2004 07:31:00 EDT</pubDate> 
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                    <title>School</title> 
                    <link>http://freeflow1.tigblog.org/post/17003</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[Last Thursday the school librarian told me that this website is inappropriate.   I'm expecting to see it blocked from the school computers Tuesday.   Apparently, this site is a gathering place for sexual predators.   It also has the TIG Messenger, and email and Instant Messenging are strictly forbidden at the school.   (About 20 ft away from me was a girl who was checking her Hotmail while the librarian was telling me all this.)]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2004 12:34:00 EDT</pubDate> 
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