The Senior Center Tech Club
by Rao Marupudi
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Some bridges are built with patience. Meghna needs twenty hours of community service. Mr. Finch, a 91-year-old bridge engineer, needs nobody's help, or so he says. But every day at 3:30 he stares at an old flip phone, waiting to hear from his grandson at sea. To reach him, Meghna will have to learn something harder than any app: how to teach with patience. A story about kindness and teaching others. Ages 10-13, Grades 5-8.
- Community service — time spent helping others in your town
- Volunteer — someone who gives their time to help
- Engineer — a person who designs how things are built
- Patience — staying calm while something takes time
- Teach — to help someone learn a new skill
- Elderly — older in years
- Generous — happy to give your time or things
- Connection — a bond between two people
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