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  Like most of the class, I was nervous about the first day at Broad Ripple Magnet School.  I had never been in …

Unlike some of the other other mentors, I don’t tend to have the same kids in my group from session to session. …

The hard tile floor was making my lower back go numb. I readjusted both body and mind, trying to encourage a student …

Coming into this program as a non-English major, I had little expectation for how well I would excel as a mentor in …

My favorite moment working in Broad Ripple was working with one of the students I had brought into my group because she …

“Guys, look—it’s Noah!” That’s what I’m almost guaranteed to hear whenever my small group sees me for the first time on any …

“Read this.” Minnie never said those words to me. She had been coming to Butler writers with her cousin for a few …

Ruth and I sat across from one another discussing the United States’ foreign affairs. It was near the end of the day …

These kids make me laugh until my stomach hurts. Every Tuesday and Thursday, as we congregate around our usual table, I can’t …