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Teacher Says Hospice Work is Transformative for Teens

Student Lenandra with Hospice patient Ada
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Student Lenandra with Hospice patient Ada

Tonight at 8 p.m. WXXI-TV presents the television premiere of the documentary Beginning With the End.

Local film maker David Marshall tells the story of students from the Harley School who are enrolled in teacher Bob Kane's Hospice Class.

Kane believes the experience is transformative the teens who are allowed to help care for and hold the hands of dying patients.  He believes the profound trust placed in these students helps them to trust themselves more. 

Kane wonders whether this could be beneficial to students in struggling urban school districts.

Click on the audio link above to hear more.

Beth Adams joined WXXI as host of Morning Edition in 2012 after a more than two-decade radio career. She was the longtime host of the WHAM Morning News in Rochester. Her career also took her from radio stations in Elmira, New York, to Miami, Florida.