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Shimon Schocken's rides of hope

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By philberesford - Posted on 18 November 2010

NB: Originally posted elsewhere on the Global Riders Network and appears via syndication.
Computer science professor Shimon Schocken is also an avid mountain biker. To share the life lessons he learned while riding, he began an outdoor program with Israel's juvenile inmates and was touched by both their intense difficulties and profound successes.

http://www.ted.com/talks/shimon_schocken_s_rides...

@rob, how can I embed a TED video?

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Submitted by Rob on Thu, 18/11/2010 - 11:49.
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Shimon Schoken Riding with Juvenile offenders
Submitted by Jeff on Fri, 19/11/2010 - 05:55.

Wonderful. Thanks Phil for finding this incredible story from Shimon Shocken.

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Quite inspirational
Submitted by philberesford on Fri, 19/11/2010 - 09:48.

Can you imagine the red tape and opposition if someone tried to do the same thing here. It would never get off the ground.

I particularly like this comment though:

When he went from visions of 'I will build a team of "winners" out of these "misfits", to rival Lance Armstrong' to 'i will be here for these kids.'
That is the point where he succeeded.

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