Troubled Schools: Video Analysis

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This video demonstrates the use of a character-building program in a previously troubled school. The program ‘Character Counts!’ strives to develop the moral building blocks in students by inviting guest speakers to talk to the children, organizing field trips, and having students and parents participate in discussion panels. The results were positive, seeing as the students began to become more aware of their actions and surroundings. Personally, however, this video did not make much of an impact on my outlook towards character. Beginning in elementary school, all the schools onward have had some sort of character building system in place. They shared the same qualities as ‘Character Counts!’, with several pillars that each represented a

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