Yesterday, we had the WOW! Spring Showcase 2014. Over the past few months, Frank and I have been Citizen Teachers for Citizen Schools teaching a Comic Apprenticeship. This was a very valuable experience that I would recommend. If you have some expertise and want to give back to youth, this will be a most rewarding experience.
Over the past few months, I have learned a lot from these students. It brings me back to my middle school days and what life was like back then.
Citizen Schools is an after school program targeted at low-income communities, so on top of regular school hours, these students have a supplemental post session. To learn more about how you can make a difference, click
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At the end of our apprenticeship, there is a WOW! event in which the students demonstrate what they have learned in their apprenticeship. Our students created their very own Comic Books. They have a lot of imagination and some came up with really great stories. I am definitely going to miss seeing their faces!
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| WOW! Presentation |
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| Comic Book Covers by the students |
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| First Day at Burger King: loved the passion of the comic artist! |
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| Big Foot vs. Chewbaca Part 2: This student made two, I was so impressed! |
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| Robbed: a comic about Bob and Bob. |
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| Chi-Town Shy Guy: graffiti art/sending a message |
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| The Missing Book: very well done, like all the work and though put into this. |
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| Pancake and Attack of the Waffles: Great story, very well done! |
I really enjoyed reading their comics and more importantly, I loved how they enjoyed reading each others.
