Comments on: Not necessarily the cruellest month http://allgirls.ncgs.org/not-necessarily-the-cruellest-month/ A blog for the National Coalition of Girls' Schools Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:06:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 All Girlshttp://allgirls.ncgs.org/wp-content/themes/default/images/AllGirlsRSSHeader-sized.gifhttp://allgirls.ncgs.org12440A blog for the National Coalition of Girls' Schools By: arthur goodridge http://allgirls.ncgs.org/not-necessarily-the-cruellest-month/comment-page-1/#comment-379 arthur goodridge Wed, 06 May 2009 17:31:20 +0000 http://allgirls.ncgs.org/?p=24#comment-379 hi sally... good stuff just a few comments... it's not cool to be smart.. is a topic that both girls and boys need to talk about... although i am a writer.. i hate reading about how to write.. it often feels like the author(s) are trying to show you how clever they are.. sometimes the advice is good.. but the delivery is often annoying... i don't read much poetry but is was interesting having different people talk about why they liked a certain poem... since this is a 'girls' blog... why didn't you have pov chin on the front page reading minstrel man.. her story was powerful and compelling.. it might have inspired more readers to go to the video page.. hi sally… good stuff

just a few comments… it’s not cool to be smart.. is a topic that both girls and boys need to talk about… although i am a writer.. i hate reading about how to write.. it often feels like the author(s) are trying to show you how clever they are.. sometimes the advice is good.. but the delivery is often annoying… i don’t read much poetry but is was interesting having different people talk about why they liked a certain poem… since this is a ‘girls’ blog… why didn’t you have pov chin on the front page reading minstrel man.. her story was powerful and compelling.. it might have inspired more readers to go to the video page..

]]> By: Sally Reed http://allgirls.ncgs.org/not-necessarily-the-cruellest-month/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Sally Reed Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:22:32 +0000 http://allgirls.ncgs.org/?p=24#comment-7 In the time since I first posted this, I have watched more of these extraordinary and heart-touching videos. The Robert Frost, the Goethe, the Stanley Kunitz readers. . . they all elicited tears. But also made me glad to be a human being. And how many short videos can you say that about? This collection is truly a treasure. In the time since I first posted this, I have watched more of these extraordinary and heart-touching videos. The Robert Frost, the Goethe, the Stanley Kunitz readers. . . they all elicited tears. But also made me glad to be a human being. And how many short videos can you say that about? This collection is truly a treasure.

]]> By: crichardson http://allgirls.ncgs.org/not-necessarily-the-cruellest-month/comment-page-1/#comment-6 crichardson Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:14:45 +0000 http://allgirls.ncgs.org/?p=24#comment-6 Sally this is an absolute treasure! I love poetry and this website took me back to high school. I used to be to on the Speech and Debate team and it was a truly empowering experience for me. Even though I didn't go to an all girls school, I was able to find my voice through poetry. It helped me develop my self-esteem and to connect with others. I am eager to share this with our girls at AGS. We have been discussing doing a Poetry Slam and this resource will truly help. Many of our girls want to use poetry to express themselves and find their voice. I love that the voices of these featured authors are coming alive through people of different gender, race, and age. Kudos on this find! Sally this is an absolute treasure! I love poetry and this website took me back to high school. I used to be to on the Speech and Debate team and it was a truly empowering experience for me. Even though I didn’t go to an all girls school, I was able to find my voice through poetry. It helped me develop my self-esteem and to connect with others.

I am eager to share this with our girls at AGS. We have been discussing doing a Poetry Slam and this resource will truly help. Many of our girls want to use poetry to express themselves and find their voice. I love that the voices of these featured authors are coming alive through people of different gender, race, and age. Kudos on this find!

]]> By: mthorndike http://allgirls.ncgs.org/not-necessarily-the-cruellest-month/comment-page-1/#comment-5 mthorndike Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:36:50 +0000 http://allgirls.ncgs.org/?p=24#comment-5 Sally, this is so cool! I enjoyed the first two posts...maybe you will inspire me to send one of my girls to an all-girls school! (something I'm theoretically interested in, not sure I can convince them to consider it...we are doing all-girls camp in the summer, which is fabulous). It was actually the experience of having my daughter (then age 11) at an all-girls camp for a month that made me start thinking more about the idea of an all-girls school. There is something incredibly powerful for girls in seeing all the roles in a community filled by girls and women... Sally, this is so cool! I enjoyed the first two posts…maybe you will inspire me to send one of my girls to an all-girls school! (something I’m theoretically interested in, not sure I can convince them to consider it…we are doing all-girls camp in the summer, which is fabulous). It was actually the experience of having my daughter (then age 11) at an all-girls camp for a month that made me start thinking more about the idea of an all-girls school. There is something incredibly powerful for girls in seeing all the roles in a community filled by girls and women…

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