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8) the program will be most effective if conducted during
regular school hours.
9) the line between co-curricular (extra-curricular) and
THE curriculum diminishes as interest areas become more
of a part of the regular school day.
10) we should be concerned about the youngster who expresses
no interests and attempt to help him discover some.
From our experience with middle schools we have learned that the real difference is made by the attitudes of in-school administrators and faculties toward children and toward the school. School administrators must be positive, looking at preadolescents for what they are and helping them become what they ought to be. The administrators should not be negative, looking at preadolescents as suspect, always to be controlled, manipulated and submerged. The success of an interest area program depends on the type of leadership and support it gets in a school.