http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4-hEfqpxIg Many people know that I am a Kurt Vonnegut fan. I loved "Slaughterhouse Five," which is based partly on his experiences as a POW in WWII. Not many people though are familiar with his short story "Harrison Bergeron." Written in a time before our school systems became an equal results playing field, I thought… Continue reading Equal Opportunity versus Equal Results
Tag: Civics
Things from My Student Teaching Experience: Martin Luther King Quotes
We should never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was "legal" and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was "illegal." Martin Luther King (1929-1968) "Letter from Birmingham City Jail," 16 April 1963. Every day in our 9th grade Civics class that I am student teaching in, we put a quote up on the… Continue reading Things from My Student Teaching Experience: Martin Luther King Quotes
Legends of Green Isle 