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Free community dinner and motivational
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January 15, 2015 |
For a great (and free) dinner and a chance for a
great motivational experience, consider
attending a special evening sponsored by
Boundary County School District 101. This event
features motivational speaker Manny Scott, who
will be in Bonners Ferry for two days next week.
He will be working with area students on those
days, but on the evening of Thursday, January
22, he will give a free presentation to the
public following a no charge spaghetti dinner at
the Boundary County Middle School cafeteria.
Mr. Scott's story is as follows:
In room 203 at Woodrow Wilson High in Long
Beach, California, an amazing story was created
between a teacher and her class of students.
Erin Gruwell had just obtained her degree, and
her first job was teaching a classroom of
students who were labeled "unteachable." These
students were exposed to violence, drugs, and
alcohol first-hand.
Erin worked two extra jobs so she was able to
pay for books for the children's use. These
books included Schindler's List, Anne
Frank’s story in The Diary of a Young Girl,
Zlata's Diary, and Night. These books showed
people enduring through a hard time in their
lives, and how they managed to get out of it and
survive.
Erin had the students keep a journal about what
they were feeling and experiencing in their
lives. These journals were later made into a
book and published as, The Freedom Writers
Diary--How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing
to Change Themselves and The World Around Them.
These "unteachable" students worked hard to not
only better themselves but better their
community. Each one of them graduated from high
school, and went on to attend college. Today
this book of journals is an inspiration that
anyone is able to learn about, they just have to
have the motivation and the desire to want to.
Any teacher can impact a child's life in a
tremendous way and leave an impression on them
for a life time.
Manny Scott was one of Erin’s original students,
and his story is told in part in the 2007 hit
movie, Freedom Writers, as well as in the book
The Freedom Writer’s Diary.
In his journal, Manny began writing—-and
dreaming about—-new, more fulfilling chapters in
his life, chapters filled with healing, hope,
perseverance, and possibility.
Through very hard work, and with the help of
others, Manny has achieved many of those dreams.
In 2007, he founded Ink International, an
educational consulting team that is preventing
thousands of suicides, raising student
achievement, and improving teacher
effectiveness. Through Ink’s online Professional
Speaker Academy, Manny is training people how to
survive and thrive as professional speakers.
He is the author of How to R.E.A.C.H. Youth
Today, a book that shares several practices and
principles that engage, equip, and empower
people everywhere to reach people who seem
unreachable.
Manny is a married father of three, a pilot, a
Ph.D. student, and a busy motivational speaker.
He has given presentations to over a million
leaders, educators, volunteers, and students
worldwide with his authentic, inspiring messages
of hope, speaking to over 125 groups a year over
the past decade.
The event is at the Boundary County Middle
School, with dinner from 5:00 p.m. until 6:00
p.m., and Mr. Scott's presentation following
from 6:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. As mentioned,
there is no charge for the dinner or for the
presentation.
To see the official poster for this community
event, click here. |
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