New Beginnings #Wattys2015
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The face of public education needed a change and 25 years ago the Department of Education made drastic changes. Instead of rewriting curriculum, the DoE developed a system of correcting student actions by sending them to camp.
New Beginnings is the place that has changed the face of the nation. Students who break any of the rules set forth by the DoE are immediately removed from their school and sent to New Beginnings. This is where change begins and this is when the children sent to New Beginnings discover that the 'new beginning' isn't meant for them.
No one ever returns from New Beginnings.
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