Berkeley diary: The way of the tortoise

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4-22-2010 @ 5:27PM

Trisha said...

Really beautiful and powerful piece, Don. I wish that ambassadorship was something taught in our schools! Your 1000 Dinners idea is a great one - people don't change their opinions or attitude because someone told them to, it really does boil down to individuals learning from each other.

4-23-2010 @ 8:24AM

Jamie Rhein said...

Lovely piece Don. It reminds me of how I feel when I step into an ESL classroom of adults from all over the world and they tell me of their dreams.

Trina, in my experience (I've taught every grade K-12) classrooms do teach these concepts which is one indication of why schools are a hope for the future, particularly when schools embrace diversity.

It's when kids go home that I sometimes worry about. When nastiness comes out of a kid's mouth, I think of that apple and a tree.

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