In the article "A Real Education" written by Barry Boyce in the SHAMBAHALA SUN, he states, "mindfulness practices can increase people’s awareness of their own emotions and their ability to regulate them. This can make it possible for them to reduce feelings of depression and anxiety, and since a “pretty good percentage of teenagers are at risk for depression, it’s important to have it in the educational tool bag."
According to bell hooks in the book Critical Thinking, it is stated that "Sadly, children's passions for thinking often ends when they encounter a world that seeks to educate them for conformity and obedience only...most children in our nation learn to suppress the memory of thinking as a passionate, pleasurable activity" (8) .
In the movie Stand and Deliver it is shown that the students were not taught mindfulness through yoga or any other teachings by their lack of interest in their education; as well as their abundant gang violence and school fights.
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