Rhode Island College

With all the hoopla today about kids not knowing their geography, the question could also be raised about today\u27s businessperson and his knowledge of the world. After all, aren\u27t the buzzwords now the global economy and knowing your place in it

Smolski, Chester

Rhode Island College
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Smolski Texts Chester Smolski Collection
1-17-2000
Are You Geographically Informed?
Chester Smolski
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Urban Studies Commons
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Satan, Satan

Rhode Island College
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Rhode Island Training School Youth Program
10-3-2000
My Days Are Numbered
Satan Satan
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My Days Are Numbered

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McNamara, James

Rhode Island College
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Rhode Island Training School Youth Program
1-1-2000
"PROFOUND INTELLECT KNOWLEDGE"
James McNamara
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Saan, Rah

Rhode Island College
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Rhode Island Training School Youth Program
1-1-2000
That fucking street light
Rah Saan
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Gonzalez, David

Rhode Island College
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Broad Street Studio Youth Program
1-13-2000
Elementary Showcase A Monthly Youth Open Mic
and Emcee Battle
David Gonzalez
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Rhode Island College
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Broad Street Studio Youth Program
7-14-2000
AS220 Broad Street Studio Presents: Elementary
Showcase Featuring: Brother Ali
David Gonzalez
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Schapiro, Barbara A.

Stories Within Stories: A Passion for Reading Psychoanalytically

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Horvat, Krisjohn O.

Spruce Goose and the Pistol Packin\u27 Mammary

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AS220, AS220

Rhode Island College
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Rhode Island Training School Youth Program
11-10-2000
AS220's Broad Street Community Studio Opening
Extravaganza Invite
AS220 AS220
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AS220\u27s Broad Street Community Studio Opening Extravaganza Invite

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Unknown, Unknown

Rhode Island College
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Rhode Island Training School Youth Program
1-1-2000
[Evolution of a Poetry Program at the Rhode Island
Training School]
Unknown Unknown
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The poetry program at the Rhode Island Training School emerged out of classes I was 
co_y~ring as a substitute teacher. In the absence of any specific coverage assignments, I 
used class time to explore the uses of poetic language and the visceral impact of metaphor 
as a way of transferring aggressive energy. As students tended to show an incredible 
amount of interest in expressing themselves as artists, the program evolved into an after 
school mentoring project that provided a more specific forum and a more focused group 
of poets. 
The after school groups are, first and foremost, informal and relaxed. No rules apply 
beyond honesty and trust, and censorship is minimally employed so we can move to what 
· is real. During the early phase of the writing workshops, students are introduced to the 
impact of single words: The exercises we perform together center on how we come to 
understand the subtle shades and nuances oflanguage. Also, early on, I use recall 
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exercises in which students create links between memory and language. Free association 
exercises also help me put my students in touch with their natural linguistic "flow". I must 
note, though, that most of the exercises I employ are loosely structured so that my 
students -can develop their own individual strategies. The most important lesson I have 
learned in teaching poetry here for the past three years is that you don't really teach your 
students how to write. What you do, ultimately, is provide a guideline and watch them 
construct individual methods. of approach. 
At the core of what I do with the young folks at the Rhode Island Training School is 
my desire to employ powerful language as a means of exploring issues of anger, fear, 
distrust and confusion. When students culminate their poetic energies and perform their 
works in front of an audience of community artists as they had on November 12, 1998, 
they begin to realize the impact their language has on the world outside these gates. On 
May 20, 1999, a 170 page anthology will be printed and ready for distribution. The book, 
entitled "Impact", will house 256 poems. We are also planning to expand on a seven 
minute documentary we have made on the poets here, and to transition students into the 
arts community. Currently, we are developing plans for an arts-based charter school 
designed specifically for inner-city youth. 
