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A Foxfire Classroom |
| Section: LIFE / CHILDREN |
| Author: Kathleen Prentice |
| Publication:
The World & I Online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/1988 |
| Size: 2,022 Words, 12,400 Characters |
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Nestled in the tree-covered, red-earth mountains of rural northern Georgia is the Rabun Gap High School. As the late winter afternoon fades, the ringing of the school bell draws teenagers in faded jeans and high-tops toward their fifth-period classes.
Mary Sue Raaf and Shane Holcomb head for language arts in the Foxfire classroom. Uniform, molded plastic student desks are clustered near the blackboard, the teacher's desk in a corner.
A hand-sewn friendship quilt is stretched over one of the painted, cinder-block walls; a map of southern Appalachia covers another. Cabinet tops and window sills are display cases for tools, a butter churn, weathered straw baskets, and statues carved from local trees. Brick and board shelves are heaped with artifacts, folklore books and magazines, and SAT exam materials.
Mary Sue settles in with her composition folder. Shane rewinds a tape in the transcribing booth. Two other students discuss visiting a log cabin in a neighboring county.
An eclectic environment
The learning that takes place in the Foxfire classroom is as eclectic as the environment. Basic grammar, composition, and comprehension skills are mastered by students during the hands-on tasks of writin...
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...n to identify those things they've been uncomfortable with, they realize that now is the opportunity to get it over with for the rest of their lives.
"They ask for more and more. It doesn't happen in every class, but when it does it's something to see. Everything else takes care of itself--discipline, control, motivation. You just let the engine run, put some gas in and fine tune it." vbcrlf
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