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In The Electric power of a Place, globally acclaimed tutor and self-proclaimed CEO (Key Eternal Optimist) Stephen Ritz demonstrates how, in another of the nation's poorest areas, his students thrive in college and in life by growing, preparing, eating, and writing the bounty with their green classroom. What if we trained students they have as much probable as a seed? That in the right conditions, they can develop into something great? These are the questions that Stephen Ritz - who became a tutor more than 30 years back - sought to answer in 2004 in a South Bronx high school plagued by rampant crime and a dismal graduation rate. After what can only be defined as a cosmic experience when a flower broke up a fight in his class room, he saw a way to begin tackling his school's problems: plants. He flipped his curriculum to incorporate gardening as an entry point for any learning and inadvertently created an international trend. As Ritz likes to say, "Fifty thousand pounds of vegetables later, my favorite crop is organically grown residents who are growing and eating themselves into good health insurance and amazing opportunities." The Electric power of a Place tells the storyplot of a inexperienced tutor from the Bronx who let one idea germinate into a motion and transformed his students' lives by learning alongside them. Since greening his curriculum, Ritz has seen near-perfect attendance and graduation rates, considerably increased transferring rates on point out exams, and behavioral incidents slashed in two. Within the poorest congressional area in the us, he has helped create 2,200 local jobs and built farms and gardens while changing scenery and mindsets for residents, students, and acquaintances. Along the way, Ritz lost more than 100 pounds by consuming the meals that he and his students develop in school. THE ENERGY of a Place is his tale of trust, resilience, regeneration, and optimism. PLEASE NOTE: When you get this subject, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section combined with the audio.
