tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118591194093113249.post533027336513180523..comments2023-09-08T02:33:14.345-07:00Comments on jennie englund: MLK DaysJennie Englundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943722538573178226noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118591194093113249.post-82764800912617448662010-01-19T11:38:50.347-08:002010-01-19T11:38:50.347-08:00This is so true. LOL-ing at the fried chicken rest...This is so true. LOL-ing at the fried chicken restaurants.<br /><br />I think it's important to teach everyone that we're all just people, and that we DO have differences, and that it's okay to be different. That we can celebrate the differences, not use them as ammunition for negativity.Elana Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877856005992028912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118591194093113249.post-34353785599978377282010-01-18T19:25:34.149-08:002010-01-18T19:25:34.149-08:00Yikes! I'll bet Steve has issues after that! ...Yikes! I'll bet Steve has issues after that! I was nice/not so nice on an even basis to the entire class. :)Sharon K. Mayhewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07799235347319851345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118591194093113249.post-16501153415894079952010-01-18T19:22:28.305-08:002010-01-18T19:22:28.305-08:00Hope you all had a contemplative, relaxing MLK Day...Hope you all had a contemplative, relaxing MLK Day.<br /><br />Sharon, your story reminded me of something I've not thought about for a long time.<br /><br />When I was a high school freshman, we read "The Lottery," and afterwards, we all chose a piece of paper from a hat. "Steve" drew the paper with the black dot, and we all threw paper "rocks" at him.<br /><br />I still feel guilty about it.Jennie Englundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13943722538573178226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118591194093113249.post-33391781222537721712010-01-18T11:04:26.935-08:002010-01-18T11:04:26.935-08:00This is a great post. I especially loved the endin...This is a great post. I especially loved the ending!Suzette Saxtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06401538008029407734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118591194093113249.post-37395371365084219702010-01-17T14:03:30.537-08:002010-01-17T14:03:30.537-08:00Great post, Jennie! I haven't read HELP yet. ...Great post, Jennie! I haven't read HELP yet. I did an activity with my fourth graders every year. I would have them chose purple or green as they walked in the door in the morning. I gve no explanation as I marked their hands. I spent the morning treating the purples well. I let them sit where they wanted to, only gave them apart of the assignment, let them stand on their chairs to answer questions and lots of other fun things. The greens had to sit where I assigned them a spot, couldn't get drinks or bathroom break with out a supervising purple person. I was much tougher on the greens. OMGoodness! The outrage that occured in my class, it was awesome. One of my former kids (now a senior) found me on fb, and sent me a message talking about how that activity made such an impact on her. I used it to teach about the inequality of racism and how it feels to be on the other side of racism.Sharon K. Mayhewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07799235347319851345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118591194093113249.post-84966635280806618202010-01-17T12:57:09.460-08:002010-01-17T12:57:09.460-08:00I love this post, Jennie. I love the way you made...I love this post, Jennie. I love the way you made this point. I haven't read The Help yet, but I'm dying to. Like you, I am always surprised by how recently the Civil Rights Movement took place. Thank God it did. Racism is one of those things I just don't understand. It makes no logical sense to me. People are people. :-)<br /><br />Thanks for the wonderful post!Shannon O'Donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17299313309059235876noreply@blogger.com