"Look what I made!" Even as an adult, I experience a great sense of satisfaction when I am able to say these words. While many of my students do well in an academic setting, their exposure to art and handicrafts is nominal, as they are not able to take any fine arts at the school where I teach.
My Early College High School operates with a specific mission: to afford students who might never go to college an opportunity to gain the skills and background to prepare them for higher learning.
They are also given the change to earn an associates degree (at no cost to them), while simultaneously attending high school. Student whose parents have no college experience themselves are given first priority in my school's admissions process.
My Project
Knitting with yarn as well as spinning and dyeing fiber has opened up an entire exciting avenue of creative fulfillment for me. I would love for my students to learn about design, knitting, and how simple hobbies such as knitting are not just mindless pastimes, but are also ways for individuals to grow socially, sometimes professionally, and always personally. My students need yarn, in order to use it to learn how to knit
Many of my students return to homes where no adult is present.
They haven't had the experience of learning a skill from an adult, not related to their schoolwork, that can enrich their lives. Learning to knit may impact these students immediately, and some will incorporate this craft into their daily routines. Others, however, who do not use this skill independently will likely pick up the craft again, at a time in their life when they need relaxation or the pleasure that comes from creating.
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