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COLLEGE VOICES<br />
<strong>Interview</strong> of<br />
Kids’ Standard<br />
Magazine’s Student<br />
Mentors<br />
with Kids’ Standard, I asked my fellow student<br />
mentors to share their perspectives on<br />
this publication as well..<br />
What affect do you think Kids’ Standard had<br />
on the students writing for the magazine?<br />
Natasha Oldford<br />
By: Natasha Oldford<br />
Case Western Reserve University<br />
Cleveland, OH<br />
Student Mentors, Class of 2015, Clarkston<br />
Schools<br />
Camron Razdar<br />
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor<br />
Jay Wright<br />
Michigan State University, East Lansing<br />
Susan Arnold<br />
Northern Michigan University, Marquette<br />
Matt Dargay<br />
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor<br />
Elizabeth Starnes<br />
Oakland University, Rochester Hills<br />
Now children of all ages have a place<br />
to express their ideas and interests.<br />
Kids’ Standard keeps the students<br />
engaged in their learning by allowing them<br />
to pursue information and research on their<br />
area of choice. It helps students improve<br />
their literacy and writing skills outside of the<br />
classroom. It unites the community because<br />
of the wide range of authors and topics. It<br />
highlights what students find important. In<br />
short, this magazine is a fun and exciting<br />
way to encourage students to spend time on<br />
academics.<br />
Even though I have thoroughly enjoyed<br />
my time and experiences from working<br />
Matt Dargay<br />
I think it greatly improved their ability<br />
to express themselves in writing, which, in<br />
turn, will make them more confident in stating<br />
their beliefs.<br />
Jay Wright<br />
Kids’ Standard has offered children an<br />
outlet to explore their passions and utilize<br />
that youthful creativity in subjects they<br />
enjoy. It also makes students more aware of<br />
the outside world and more attuned to what<br />
is happening in the small sphere of their<br />
elementary school.<br />
Elizabeth Starnes<br />
I saw kids achieve their goals and succeed<br />
at a very young age.<br />
Do you think that Kids’ Standard does a<br />
good job in motivating, activating, and celebrating<br />
students?<br />
Susan Arnold<br />
Yes, I really do! It is a fantastic organization<br />
that has been able to inspire so<br />
many students. When mentoring the students,<br />
I saw how motivated they were to<br />
write about their favorite things and<br />
how they were activating their minds by<br />
studying their topics before writing began.<br />
It was nice to give the students prizes<br />
for their hard work and to celebrate their<br />
achievements!<br />
Jay Wright<br />
If I had this opportunity as a child, I<br />
would’ve definitely written an article for<br />
Kids’ Standard. It would probably have<br />
been about the positive and negative<br />
effects of video games on kids, as video<br />
games were a large part of my<br />
childhood. I find it important to represent<br />
a medium and industry that receives a<br />
lot of flak for being a negative influence<br />
on young children. This motivates and<br />
activates.<br />
Kids Standard is an<br />
excellent way to engage<br />
students, and I see it as a<br />
powerful tool that can be<br />
expanded to more schools.”<br />
— Camron Razdar<br />
How did working with the Kids’ Standard<br />
affect your life?<br />
Matt Dargay<br />
It helped me realize the importance of<br />
confidence and competence when it comes<br />
to gathering information and forming beliefs<br />
from them.<br />
Elizabeth Starnes<br />
It was really beneficial to me to know that<br />
my hard work and the students’ hard work<br />
paid off in the end. Students received prizes<br />
and awards. They were supported by the<br />
mentors, Ms. Razdar, and their teachers. It<br />
was also nice to see that if they didn’t make<br />
it in the paper one month, they could always<br />
try again next month. Being a mentor for<br />
the Kids’ Standard was very rewarding, and<br />
it made me think about what else I can do<br />
in college to make my community a better<br />
place.<br />
Susan Arnold<br />
I loved being able to work with all of the<br />
different kids and seeing all of their diverse<br />
ideas. It was also really cool to see how my<br />
volunteering for the Kids’ Standard helped<br />
the kids’ writing become a little better and<br />
how they began to enjoy writing as much<br />
as I do!”<br />
October 2015<br />
19<br />
Publication INC.