This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The Pine Ridge
Indian Reservation in the American state of South Dakota is home
to the Oglala Sioux Tribe. It's also where Nicky Oulette is in
her first year as the journalism teacher at Little Wound High
School. NICKY OULETTE: "What else would make this a newsworthy
story?" STUDENT: "Human interest?" NICKY OULETTE: "Totally human
interest ... " Ms. Oulette teaches the twelve students on the
school newspaper, the Mustang News. NICKY OULETTE: "They pick
the articles that we write. Sometimes, if we're getting stuck,
I'll kind of guide them along. Say, like, here's a couple of
things that happened last week, here's who we can talk to. But,
especially lately, they've been the one picking the articles.
One girl wanted to write her own column, comparing the weather
to different parts of her own life. One girl wanted to start
writing some song reviews. So now, every two weeks, she'll pick
out a couple of songs and write a review about them." The
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