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Is Foster Care a Good Thing? One Teenager's Opinion

From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
Length: 01:00

After going through foster care, this Minneapolis High School kids wonders about the good accomplished by foster care. Read the full description.

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All items in the What’s Real series are self enclosed w/music on each end written and voiced by Minneapolis High School students.

 

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Piece Description

All items in the What’s Real series are self enclosed w/music on each end written and voiced by Minneapolis High School students.

 

Timing and Cues

in: music
out: UA, then music out

Intro and Outro

INTRO:

Students say some things that surprise you and some don’t. But there’s lots of their minds, which is what we see whenever we listen to the kids’ “What’s Real” series.

OUTRO:

Additional Credits

This program was made possible in part by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund

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