I think?I would rather ask you the questions Why do we need to hear this? What good
will come from it?? In what way will the students be helped? ?From what i've seen
about the speech?the President is?covering territory we as professional teachers
cover every day in class.?Goal setting, the importance of education, etc...?It's
not an historic event. It's not something new. It takes away from the school day.
How will he be able to communicate his ideas?to such a diverse range of?students
grades K-12 anyway? I have been doing library orientation this week with K-4 and I
have to change things for each grade level! ?I read the "menu of classroom
activities" supplied by the DOE that goes along with the speech and?I personally
found it a bit demeaning that they felt the need to tell us how to teach.?There are
enough "education experts."? ?I think it's?not so much the message, but the method
of delivery chosen.?As far as censorship, I haven't heard of a district yet that
will not ma!
ke the speech available in some way at some time, just not at the time of the live
broadcast.?
?
Doug Valentine
Librarian
McKillop Elementary
Melissa, Texas
Doug Valentine
-----Original Message-----
From: Monica Williams-Mitchell <wmitchellm@SETONCINCINNATI.ORG>
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Sent: Fri, Sep 4, 2009 11:14 am
Subject: [LM_NET] Obama's Speech -- please explain
Wiser ones than I,
Could someone please explain the logical argument that supports refusing to
hear this speech? In what way will students be harmed? How can we support
this sort of censorship in any way? I must be missing something very
obvious here. Thanks for your help - and yes, I'm sincerely trying to grasp
this!!
Monica Williams-Mitchell
Seton High School
Cincinnati, OH
wmitchellm@setoncincinnati.org
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