Comments on: Teaching King http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/01/15/teaching-king/ (bôr'dər-lănd') n. Located on or near a frontier. An indeterminate area or condition. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:49:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Michaele http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/01/15/teaching-king/#comment-19879 Michaele Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:56:15 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/01/15/teaching-king/#comment-19879 Even kindergarten students are emotionally touched and intellectually intrigued by MLK Jr. Students in New Mexico two years ago especially were...entranced. Some of their comments after listening to his ENTIRE "I Have a Dream" speech stay with me still: "Teacher, I like that man. He looks big, and he has a strong voice, but he's not mean." "Mrs. Sommerville, he said I could go to school with my friends, didn't he?" "I like his dream teacher, I like his dream." Even kindergarten students are emotionally touched and intellectually intrigued by MLK Jr. Students in New Mexico two years ago especially were…entranced. Some of their comments after listening to his ENTIRE “I Have a Dream” speech stay with me still:

“Teacher, I like that man. He looks big, and he has a strong voice, but he’s not mean.”

“Mrs. Sommerville, he said I could go to school with my friends, didn’t he?”

“I like his dream teacher, I like his dream.”

]]> By: Miss Profe http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/01/15/teaching-king/#comment-19746 Miss Profe Tue, 16 Jan 2007 07:11:45 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/01/15/teaching-king/#comment-19746 My brother and I visited the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change when I was residing in Augusta, GA. Atlanta is about a 2.5 hour car trip on the interstate from Augusta. Anyway, we found the experience to be very moving and inspirational. We toured MLK's boyhood home, and the neighborhood in which he spent his youth. We weren't able to go inside Ebenezer Church, as it was being renovated, and a new edifice was being erected directly across the street. I have, however, been inside the original Ebenezer Baptist Church. A friend of mine and I attended an MLK program. It's a wonderful old church. I also met several members of the King family, including Coretta, Dexter, Yolanda and Bernice. My brother and I visited the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change when I was residing in Augusta, GA. Atlanta is about a 2.5 hour car trip on the interstate from Augusta. Anyway, we found the experience to be very moving and inspirational. We toured MLK’s boyhood home, and the neighborhood in which he spent his youth. We weren’t able to go inside Ebenezer Church, as it was being renovated, and a new edifice was being erected directly across the street. I have, however, been inside the original Ebenezer Baptist Church. A friend of mine and I attended an MLK program. It’s a wonderful old church. I also met several members of the King family, including Coretta, Dexter, Yolanda and Bernice.

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