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Violet Love Spring/Summer 2008 Couture Prints, Electric Youth

  • Color: Bright shades of turquoise, brown, and black in this fun retro floral print


Violet Love Headbands can be worn wide, scrunched, or narrow with just one headband. Violet Love Headbands are made from comfortable stretch fabrics and are one size fits all. Violet Love Headbands are perfect for taming out of control locks and flyaways. Violet Love Headbands are versatile and can accessorize beach wear, active & athletic gear, everyday wear, and even nighttime attire. Violet Love Headband patterns and styles are limited editions since styles and t… More >>

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The Keys to a Good Education

RECENTLY The New York Times featured a front-page story about Latoya, a 16-year-old high school student. She was 11, she said, when her father began to beat and sexually abuse her. Her mother, who used drugs, had left the family. “Home,” the newspaper reported, “was an abandoned apartment with no toilet, or a room where she was too afraid to sleep.” However, Latoya was exceptional. Despite all of this, earlier this year Latoya was president of the National Honor Society at her high school and maintained a B average in honors classes.

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Young People, Inequality and Youth Work


This is the last book in a series of three dealing with youth work practice, organization and the social and economic position experienced by young people. One of the central concerns in this book has been to throw some light on why certain sites of inequality and oppression, such as those surrounding class, still lack sustained critical practice. It aims to concentrate on an examination of the differences in life chances and experiences encountered. Many of the ine… More >>

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