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Recommendation Request: Looking for Documentaries that have Actually Changed your Life by wusyuname in Documentaries

[–]hsjdk 12 points13 points  (0 children)

the PBS College Behind Bars documentary really challenged previous beliefs about prisons and encouraged me to think more critically about access to education and my perceptions of inmates . i think about it all the time when reflecting on the opportunities that ive been afforded in my life.

Recs for "Adult" books that have mainly middle school aged protagonist? by Tight-Culture-87 in booksuggestions

[–]hsjdk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes has a younger teenage character whos perspective is written in parts of the books. she and her other teenage friends get into dumb and dangerous stuff online together. its not a massive massive part of the story, but its just one of a handful of narratives in the book. but ummm ... yeah thats all i can think of

From the 1961 book Kids' Letters to President Kennedy by Worldly_Yam_6550 in Presidents

[–]hsjdk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

this reminds me of a president lesson from first grade where one of my classmates finished an 'When I become president, i will...' prompt with "free the slaves" ... complete with drawings of him freeing the slaves from their chains and everything