Congratulations on beating Doofus to the board.
About Savage... I had a hard time reading it also because I was so so angry. I couldn't go past the East St. Louis part for a while because I HAD to know what had been done about those schools. I have researched it on the web and found some interesting things. In 97 there was a five week teacher strike about the conditions. The superintendent and all school board members stepped down--forced out. In 99 there was a trial in which the state was sued on the students behalf. They have had a good superintendent for a while but he retired last year. Ernst &Young and Sunocom have given East St. Louis a grant of 2 million dollars to wire every classroom. Their scores have come up since the book was written in 91 but who really cares if they have to stay in buildings such as are described in Kozol's book? I want to know how things are REALLY now.
Nothing has answered that question for me. I will continue to look.
It is emotional. I didn't help you with how to deal with it. Sorry.
Ha! Ha! Randy I beat you to the board. I loved class tonight. I'm very optomistic that this will be a good semester. The only problem I'm having is getting into Savage. I'm way too emotional. Any tips???
I am finishing the last pages of Nickel and Dimed tonight and then starting on Savage...I hope it is a good read. Nickel and Dimed has been quite entertaining and enjoyable.
Boy, you guys have hit it on the head for me. I started to read some of "Savage" last night and just couldn't make myself do it. Then today I picked it up again and have been so torn about it--how can this happen here in America, it makes me feel so guilty about the fact that so many children are forced to be in places like East St. Louis. What willit take to turn the tide?