Spoken Stories & Written Stories

Michelle, Yoandy, Wanda, Milagro, Cynthia, Sophia, Jacqueline, Veronica, Alex, Damian, 

Emmanuel, Victor, Anthony, Carolina, Michelle, Ashley, Dhrov, Christian Z. Tiffany

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The students engaged in the process of creating a random collective story woven out of the input each one in the circle gave to the group. The exchange of sound bites lasted approximately thirty minutes. They made eye contact, they smiled and laughed, they challenged each other and created a sense of community grown out of the story itself.

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Then, they wrote their own individual short stories from childhood. They were asked to write a fun story to tell; the aim was not to reveal any traumatic memories, but to reminisce on good childhood experiences.

Michelle, Yoandy, Wanda, Milagro, Cynthia, Sophia, Jacqueline, Veronica, Alex, Damian, 

Emmanuel, Victor, Anthony, Carolina, Michelle, Ashley, Dhrov, Christian Z. Tiffany

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They broke into smaller groups and shared their stories with each other. This time they had the opportunity to make each other's stories more intimate. They were able to get to know each other better since now they had shared stories buried in their past that probably no one had ever heard before.

Montage with the students' written stories