Brian
‘Six steps of separation’ might
be a great one to bring home how close Iraq actually is:
How many steps a student is to a soldier
he knows in Iraq
How many steps a student is to someone who
lost a family member in Iraq
How many steps a student is to a dead
soldier
How many steps a student is to an innocent
civilian killed by an American soldier
etc
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mentira" - Yevgeny Yevtushenko
"When truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie" - Yevgeny
Yevtushenko
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian
McKenna
Sent: 17 May 2006 19:26
To: [email protected]
Subject: [PEN-L] Students do care
about Iraq
PEN-Lers,
Am teaching summer class and am distressed about the apathy of students about
Iraq war. I'll show Hearts and Minds again this term and will dialogue
like crazy with them -- eliciting student voice, legitimizing referential
discourse, making links to everyday life -- but am less optimistic than before.
Yesterday a woman said, "Look we just don't care about Iraq because it
doesn't affect us personally." I looked over the net and found a few
pieces which address this issue like the one below (I also found one by Steve
Lopez in the LA Times but for some reason I cannot download it -- if anyone can
copy it and share on list I'd appreciate it). How would you handle this?
Creating Momentum: Youth and the Anti-War
Movement
Written by Matt Dineen
http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:hNlfGQm9IroJ:www.towardfreedom.com/home/content/view/612/1/+apathy+iraq+war+complacency&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=7&ie=UTF-8
Brian
