CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — There is a certain satisfaction that comes from creating something with your hands. The Hunter Middle School Crochet Club makes everything from oven mitts to afghans one stitch at a time. And that is a crafty example of “What’s Right With Our Schools.”

“Why a crochet club?” David Moore, Chief photographer asked.

“I have had a crochet club at the last several schools that um I’ve taught at. And it started as just something to offer to kids that were not involved in sports, not involved in music, in theater, in choir, in band, in robotics, in any of the other things that are offered. And it was just something that a skill that I had that I could share with the kids,” Heather Blanchard, Crochet Club Sponsor from Hunter Middle School said.

“I choose crocheting because i

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