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Fall 2010

Competition and Achievement

Volume 2, Issue 1/2

Are competition and achievement related? What does it mean to be a “healthy” competitor? Have we lost sight of the role that ancient values like honor play in our quest for success? These are some of the difficult questions that writers tackled in this issue of KidSpirit.

The Big Question

Does Competition Bring Out the Best in Us?

by Ben Decker

More Stories

Features

You May Begin: A Look at Standardized Testing

by Katie Hartman
Features

My Dad, Greg Mortenson

by Amira Mortenson
Awesome Moments

The Amazing Relay

by Charlotte Chudy
Awesome Moments

A Champion

by Zach Young
Media

A Review of The Arrival

by Anya Dunaif
Media

A Review of The Hunger Games

by Akash Mehta
Media

A Review of Akeelah and the Bee

by Sam Miller

Poetry

My Bubba

by Lauren Gelb

Yesterday I found a picture of me and you,

You were healthy when I was two.

You were holding me tightly with a big smile on your face,

With a look of love that time can’t erase.

I loved hearing your sweet lullabies,

And looking up into your big...

Click to read the whole poem...

PerSpectives

Thriving Starts on the Inside

by Peter Benson
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