Poetry Contest Helps Locked-up Youth Find Their Voices

Emma Brown, Washington Post: Local
Fri, 05/22/2015 - 11:31am

Javon hardly said a word during the time he spent in Liz Reif’s English class at the juvenile detention center in Camden County, N.J. But the day he left the center, he turned in a poem. “I read it and my heart started beating a little more quickly. It was the best kind of surprise to receive as a teacher,” Reif said.

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Topics: liz reif s english camden county n.j but reif read center

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