Science untangles the elusive power and influence of hope in our lives
- Written by Richard Miller, Professor of Practice, T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamic, Arizona State University
Traditional dancers celebrate Hari Raya, the end of Ramadan. Photo by Aniq Danial for Unsplash, CC BY-ND
On Erin Gruwell’s first day as a high school English teacher, she faced a classroom of 150 “at risk” freshmen. Most of these kids, statistically, were going to fail. They were tough, their young lives already defined by...