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Boundary crossers
Who are the boundary crossers in your school or community? What makes them boundary crossers?
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12 / 2006
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Mix It Up Day 2006
How did Mix It Up at Lunch Day go? What worked - and didn't work so well - during your school's Mix Day? Share your experience!
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11 / 2006
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Social divisions
What can you do to address social divisions among students?
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9 / 2006
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Back to School
What can students, teachers and administrators say or do to help make schools more welcoming for students?
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8 / 2006
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Community volunteering
Will you spend time during the summer volunteering your time and inspiring change in your community? If so, what causes will you support?
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5 / 2006
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Media influence
How has television programming or magazine advertising affected you or your peers? Have you ever felt you had to make a significant change
in your appearance, attitudes or ideals? If so, to what extent have you or your friends gone to fit in?
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4 / 2006
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Encouraging social change
Have you, a student or a group of students taken a stand on an issue in your school community to bring about positive change in your school? Is student activism valued and honored today?
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2 / 2006
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Stereotypes in your school
How do stereotypes affect the cliques formed in your school? Have you ever been judged based on a stereotype? How did it make you feel? Have you ever judged someone else? Why?
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11 / 2005
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Has Hurricane Katrina affected you?
Is your school taking students displaced by recent hurricanes? Has your community organized aid to hurricane-stricken areas? Were you, your friends or family evacuated? Let us know how you're involved.
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10 / 2005
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Meeting new people
How do you go about making new friends? Are there ways you've found to kick it to someone new that really break the ice? What's the best opening line you've used?
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8 / 2005
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What makes an informed voter?
What do you think makes an informed voter? Should age be the defining factor in who should be allowed to vote? Will you vote in the next presidential election? Local elections? Why or why not?
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7 / 2005
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Does it matter if your teacher is gay?
If teachers are asked a direct question about their sexual orientation, how do you think they should respond? Do your teachers discuss their personal lives in class? Does it seem like some lives are OK and some are discouraged? Should teachers stand up for their personal beliefs even if they disagree with the administration?
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4 / 2005
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Knowing English in America
Much has always been made of immigrants coming to America with no English skills, but America has a long history of providing chances regardless of mother country or tongue. What do you think? Should English be a requirement of immigration? If you emigrated, or visited a foreign country, would you try to learn the language?
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3 / 2005
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Black History Month
Community leaders are discussing the relevance of Black History Month. Are there Black History programs in place in your school or community? What have the programs taught you that has been relevant or affected your life? And do the programs continue throughout the year or begin and end with February?
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2 / 2005
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Misogyny in rap music
Jan. 20 -- Essence is launching a campaign to stop degrading images of women in rap lyrics and videos. What do you think about the way women are portrayed?
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1 / 2005
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Winter holidays 12-04
What traditions does your family practice during the holidays? Are you encouraged to share those traditions in school?
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12 / 2004
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MIU Day 2004
How did Mix It Up at Lunch Day go? What worked -- and didn't work so well -- during your school's Mix Day? Did you meet anyone new? Will you stay in touch with one another? Share your experience!
Teachers: Share your point of view, too. Send us your feedback at Share Your Story!
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11 / 2004
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MIU 2004
On Mix It Up at Lunch Day, Nov. 16, what boundary lines will you cross in your school? How?
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11 / 2004
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White supremacist music
A white supremacist record company has announced plans to give away 100,000 CDs to young people ages 13 to 19. What would you do if someone offered you a free copy of this hate CD?
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9 / 2004
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Should symbols be banned at school?
Schools in one Alabama county have banned T-shirts depicting the Confederate battle flag or Malcolm X.
Do symbols on clothing draw you to — or make you stear clear of — other students at school?
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8 / 2004
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Are GLBT classmates safe at your school?
A new report by the Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) shows LGBT students suffer routine harassment at school. Does this happen in your school?
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6 / 2004
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Student rights
Keosha Morgan's essay about being told she had to clap for the governor makes us ask:
Have your rights been trampled at school? Or is your school open to student self-expression?
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8 / 2003
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Are kids with learning disabilities disrespected in your school?
In Mentors Offer a 'Spark of Hope' , Patti Dodds says she teaches kids who are dyslexic or have ADD who are "... extremely creative, but getting it from their brains to the paper is a problem."Noticing a stigma related to learning disabilities, she started a mentoring program with Dartmouth students that's been going on for three years.
Do you see this stigma in your school? How do you deal with it? Are there programs like Dodd's where you are? What's the best way to bridge those boundaries?
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5 / 2003
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Are our friends friends with each other?
In this week's Mix It Up essay, Dane Pennerman talks about how his friends Roberto, Melissa and Hakeem used to be friendly with each other -- but not anymore. Dane concludes that communication between groups is the only way that they will ever become friends -- or friendly -- with one another.
Do you agree? Why? How do you deal with friends who aren't friends with each other? What's the best way to bridge those boundaries?
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2 / 2003
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Feminism
In her Mix It Up essay, Brynn Holland of Cleveland High School says feminism is about "a world where people of every race, sexual orientation, class, gender and so on, can come together to dance, talk and be merry."
Do you agree? Why? What does feminism mean to you? Do you identify as a feminist? Why?
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1 / 2003
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Results of the Day
How did Mix It Up at Lunch Day go at your school?
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11 / 2002
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Mix It Up at Lunch Day
How did you "Mix It Up at Lunch" on Nov. 21?
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11 / 2002
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Gender Stereotypes
Have you been faced with gender stereotypes? What were they?
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11 / 2002
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Stereotypes
Have you ever been stereotyped? How did it make you feel? Have you ever stereotyped someone? Why?
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10 / 2002
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Slurs at School
Have you even been called a slur at school? By whom? Have you ever called someone a slur at school? Why?
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9 / 2002
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