January 15, 200511 Million Paper ClipsI have been guilty of doing one of the things that I blame other people for doing especially in Iraq. I have complained as have others that we only hear the bad news. I have done the same thing in education. I have always written about the bad things going on because there are so many of them but I have been remiss is talking about the good things and there are many. In this country there many teachers who are educators in the true sense of the word. We don't hear about them because of the same reasons we don't hear about the good news in Iraq. Therefore when I read this story about something good that has been going on in a school in a small town where kids are really learning about the real world I knew I had to write about it. Why would kids from a small town in Tennessee—a town without any Jews—decide to create the world’s only children’s Holocaust memorial? How would the world respond? This is the story that Bob Johnson and his group of McLean filmmakers tell in the documentary film Paper Clips. The story started small but it evolved into a major project spanning several years. In 1998 Linda Hooper and a group of parents and teachers in Whitwell sat down to talk about what kids were learning in school—and what they weren’t. There was one obvious gap: In a town that’s almost exclusively white and Protestant, Whitwell kids knew very little about other people. Linda Hooper is a true educator and her community is lucky to have her. I wish there were more like her in america's schools. Thinking outside the box, trying to make a difference, this story has it all. They even attracted some real survivors of the death camps to come visit, read the whole thing and more. If you get a chance go see the movie, I know I will. |
Control Panel
Historical Documents
Freedom Links
Starhawk - wizard and webhost Archives
September 2008
August 2008 July 2008 April 2008 March 2008 December 2007 November 2007 August 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 December 2005 November 2005 October 2005 September 2005 August 2005 July 2005 June 2005 May 2005 April 2005 March 2005 February 2005 January 2005 December 2004 November 2004 October 2004 September 2004 August 2004 September 2003 August 2003 July 2003 June 2003 By Category Master Index Features
Recent Entries
Livni wins in Israel
Let there be light Ike aftermath Very interesting ho hum 8 oclock and all is well In Ike's Path Palin Power Houston Bar Camp Houston Techfest The Short List
Starhawk Reading Room
Copyright & Usage
All original content copyright © 2003 Starhawk, all rights reserved.
Site Credits
Site Affiliates
Web Rings
Houston Bloggers
< ? Texas Blogs # > < # Jewish Blogs > < LibertyLoggers > JOIN! [ Prev | Skip Prev | Prev 5 | List | Rand | Next 5 | Skip Next | Next ] Ecosystem
Site Stats
|