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with contributions from Jeff Leiken, Howard Gardner

Not long ago, an article in Camping Magazine included an account of how one teenage girl in a training program to be a peer resource counselor at her high school in Santa Cruz, California, succeeded in saving a life.

One of her assignments was to talk to students she hadn't spoken with before, particularly those who seemed off by themselves.

At lunchtime, she spotted a "rather overweight, awkward-looking freshman boy sitting alone. ..." She went up to him and said, " 'Hello! Can I join you?' "

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