Conjunctions, Pronouns, and Ideological Absolutes
A version of this posting appeared in a column in the Daily News of Newburyport
Ultimately, … we must hold every school and district responsible for whether it has provided an education for all children that can be documented to increase choices of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” That is an American education.
Carl Glickman, author and Professor Emeritus University of Georgia
With Pride Month, the ongoing debates connected with policy and identity always get more pronounced. It’s a month when I find myself reflecting on my time teaching an Educational Structure and Change graduate course at the University of New Hampshire; and before that, as a middle and high school English teacher. Dichotomizing Education: Why No One Wins and America Loses by Carl Glickman was one of the seminal readings in the course. It reminds of the power of conjunctions in our language, and how those small insertions in our writing or speaking hold an almost subliminal power. A power of exclusion or inclusion; division or understanding…a power that seemingly “allows only one group to hold the truth and demonizes others.”
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