Alternative Education and Wholehearted Teaching: Revolutionizing How We Learn and Love

Abstract

Following a circuitous and diverse journey through a nonnormative education that spanned the gamut of our education system—from being tracked into advanced and Gifted and Talented courses, to being labeled Emotionally Disturbed in my teen years and placed into an alternative high school setting—I have discovered the concept of wholehearted teaching and learning to be the key that both saved and altered my life and education.

Keywords:

• Alternative education
• high school
• special education
• wholehearted teaching

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Anne Marie Venezia

Anne Marie Venezia received her B.A. from Montclair State University in January 2021 with a double major in English and Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies and a minor in LGBTQ+ Studies. In addition to her writing, she is pursuing work in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.