Thanks for posting this video. Mr. Kozol was my fourth grade teacher at the Christopher Gibson school in Boston. Not fully understanding the implications he made for years, still evolves new thought. He connected with the students, and got us involved with issues of the day and expanded our world by believing as young students we could learn outside of text books. I wonder how much more I would have learned had he stayed.
I had a long conversation with a graduate of busing about the VIC program in St. Louis (She is in graduate school at Harvard presently). She told me something that changed my mind. She said that she was bussed each day into Ladue from the city. She said that if she hadn't been in that program, she would have grown up unaware that there were good white people in the world.
I respect that you don't want to see kids spending so much time on the bus. It is so complicated.
Mr. Kozol spoke at my school tonight, I hope that he can succeed in getting No Child Left Behind repealed. I got to talk with him afterwards, last person to get my copy of his book signed. We had a really nice conversation about NY State Regents requirements being just like NCLB. Just before he left, as he was walking to his car outside he turned to me and said "You have that look in your eye of someone who will change the world." I'm still wondering if he's right about that.
Thanks for posting this video. Mr. Kozol was my fourth grade teacher at the Christopher Gibson school in Boston. Not fully understanding the implications he made for years, still evolves new thought. He connected with the students, and got us involved with issues of the day and expanded our world by believing as young students we could learn outside of text books. I wonder how much more I would have learned had he stayed.
kiheisam 2 days ago
This guy likes busing our students to schools across town to achieve intergration. What a terrible idea. I bet he's never had any kids of his own.
theannapolisman 2 years ago
I had a long conversation with a graduate of busing about the VIC program in St. Louis (She is in graduate school at Harvard presently). She told me something that changed my mind. She said that she was bussed each day into Ladue from the city. She said that if she hadn't been in that program, she would have grown up unaware that there were good white people in the world.
I respect that you don't want to see kids spending so much time on the bus. It is so complicated.
amyeileen 2 years ago
I want to add that the program to which I refer is a voluntary program.
amyeileen 2 years ago
Mr. Kozol spoke at my school tonight, I hope that he can succeed in getting No Child Left Behind repealed. I got to talk with him afterwards, last person to get my copy of his book signed. We had a really nice conversation about NY State Regents requirements being just like NCLB. Just before he left, as he was walking to his car outside he turned to me and said "You have that look in your eye of someone who will change the world." I'm still wondering if he's right about that.
tjm220 3 years ago 6
@tjm220 You will change the world take his word seriously.
MultiCoolmath 3 months ago
If this video was about porno then it would have thousands og views. So sad.
Confucious2012 3 years ago 4