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 Today’s youth are yearning for help.
They are looking for people to help them learn how to make the
right choices in their lives. What
does it take to be able to make the right choices in your life?
It takes analytical thinking, deductive reasoning, and patience.
Many children are not receiving those key principals in their
homes today. Chess is one of
the most challenging games in the world.
It is a game that requires critical thinking, deductive
reasoning, and patience. These
crucial requirements are also needed in everyday life.
The Cornel West Academy of Excellence will form the Sankofa
Chess Club to use chess to help the young men learn the following:
-Improve Self-Esteem
-Enhance creativity
-Develop
problem-solving skills
-Build
Patience, persistence, and healthy work habits
-Inspire
constructive risk taking that emphasizes importance of learning from
mistakes
-Develop
analytical and strategic thinking by highlighting cause and effect
relationships
-Teach young
men to take responsibility for their actions
The
group will prepare to participate in youth chess tournaments statewide
and locally.
The club is currently in the process of registering with the US Chess
Federation (www.uschess.org)
and the North Carolina Chess Association (www.ncchess.org).
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