As adults, we tend to think we know what’s best for kids. We’ve been there, done that. And we know how to handle bullies.
Or do we?
Few escape high school unscathed by the effects of some type of bullying. Many carry bully baggage into adulthood, sporting emotional scars made worse by well-meaning adults who advised, “just ignore it and they’ll leave you alone.”
Ignoring it didn’t work then and it doesn’t work now.
The Wintergreen Gorge is a 3,980-foot-long, 250-foot-wide chasm on the edge of the campus of Penn State Behrend. The gorge is estimated to have been formed more than 11,000 years ago at the end of the last Ice Age, when rushing water below the melting iceberg carved through shale and sandstone on its meandering path to Lake Erie.
Today, the gorge is a popular destination for hikers, birders, naturalists, fossil-hunters, and waders who want to cool off in the creek.
The Early Learning Center at Penn State Behrend has maintained its accreditation by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Only 8 percent of all preschool programs earn the distinction.
