Comments on: Grace Lee Boggs http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/01/18/grace-lee-boggs/ (bôr'dər-lănd') n. Located on or near a frontier. An indeterminate area or condition. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:02:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Miss Profe http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/01/18/grace-lee-boggs/#comment-70284 Miss Profe Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:57:23 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/01/18/grace-lee-boggs/#comment-70284 People often forget - whether selectively or simply because they don't know - that the last three years of Dr. King's life were transformative years. He was making a shift that many found to be an unfavorable departure from his "I Have A Dream" days. Thank you for sharing. People often forget - whether selectively or simply because they don’t know - that the last three years of Dr. King’s life were transformative years. He was making a shift that many found to be an unfavorable departure from his “I Have A Dream” days. Thank you for sharing.

]]> By: Doug Noon http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/01/18/grace-lee-boggs/#comment-68656 Doug Noon Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:41:56 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/01/18/grace-lee-boggs/#comment-68656 Woody & Newman - yes, respecting multiple points of view is a value that we need to promote in public discourse. I conduct a constant commentary on the talk in the classroom with my students - to help them "see" what I'm thinking, and I encourage them to do the same. Woody & Newman - yes, respecting multiple points of view is a value that we need to promote in public discourse. I conduct a constant commentary on the talk in the classroom with my students - to help them “see” what I’m thinking, and I encourage them to do the same.

]]> By: Newman http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/01/18/grace-lee-boggs/#comment-68647 Newman Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:53:59 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/01/18/grace-lee-boggs/#comment-68647 Great Post Doug! Thanks for remembering the legacy of Dr. King. As a Southerner, I feel his importance to America can't be understated. While I was reading this MLK quote "The Western arrogance of feeling that it has everything to teach others and nothing to learn from them is not just." In the context of your blog, I substituted "Sage-on-the-stage teacher's" for "The Western". That's the impact of his thought on education. This arrogance is not just. Which makes the next quote more thought provoking. "The urban rebellions had also made King acutely aware of the need of young people for community and participation. “This generation,” he said, “is engaged in a cold war with the earlier generation. It is not the familiar and normal hostility of the young groping for independence. It has a new quality of bitter antagonism and confused anger which suggests basic values are being contested." Bitter antagonism and confused anger - WOW! - that suggest basic values are being contested. YES! It's the basic epistemology difference between teachers and students. hmmm My solution would be teach 'HOW to learn' before, or at the same time that we teach 'WHAT to learn'. Demystify (Levine term) the process. Teachers, explain yourselves! Students, wake up and express yourselves! My favorite King Day speech - http://www.djpauledge.com/wewillnotbesilenced/index_firstmovie.html - Carp! I hadn't seen Charlie Wilson's War the first time I saw this. Explains alot. Anyway, keep rockin and thanks for the thought provoking post. Great Post Doug! Thanks for remembering the legacy of Dr. King. As a Southerner, I feel his importance to America can’t be understated.

While I was reading this MLK quote “The Western arrogance of feeling that it has everything to teach others and nothing to learn from them is not just.” In the context of your blog, I substituted “Sage-on-the-stage teacher’s” for “The Western”. That’s the impact of his thought on education. This arrogance is not just. Which makes the next quote more thought provoking.

“The urban rebellions had also made King acutely aware of the need of young people for community and participation. “This generation,” he said, “is engaged in a cold war with the earlier generation. It is not the familiar and normal hostility of the young groping for independence. It has a new quality of bitter antagonism and confused anger which suggests basic values are being contested.”

Bitter antagonism and confused anger - WOW! - that suggest basic values are being contested. YES! It’s the basic epistemology difference between teachers and students.

hmmm

My solution would be teach ‘HOW to learn’ before, or at the same time that we teach ‘WHAT to learn’. Demystify (Levine term) the process. Teachers, explain yourselves! Students, wake up and express yourselves!

My favorite King Day speech - http://www.djpauledge.com/wewillnotbesilenced/index_firstmovie.html
- Carp! I hadn’t seen Charlie Wilson’s War the first time I saw this. Explains alot.

Anyway, keep rockin and thanks for the thought provoking post.

]]> By: a. woody delauder http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/01/18/grace-lee-boggs/#comment-68546 a. woody delauder Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:47:19 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/01/18/grace-lee-boggs/#comment-68546 Great post Doug. I am not old enough to remember The Vietnam War. My Father was there. I have only came upon these ideas recently with the invasion of Iraq. I don't know how we can live our lives and tell another culture that their's is wrong. Americans innability to understand the reasons why other cultures do what they do seems to be the problem. We can hear this over and over with our governments tag words used to describe the war in Iraq. If our government doesn't get it, how can we expect the people to get it. When you try to take away a peoples culture, they naturally revolt. I know I would. Once again, thanks for the post :) Great post Doug. I am not old enough to remember The Vietnam War. My Father was there. I have only came upon these ideas recently with the invasion of Iraq. I don’t know how we can live our lives and tell another culture that their’s is wrong. Americans innability to understand the reasons why other cultures do what they do seems to be the problem. We can hear this over and over with our governments tag words used to describe the war in Iraq. If our government doesn’t get it, how can we expect the people to get it. When you try to take away a peoples culture, they naturally revolt. I know I would. Once again, thanks for the post :)

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