[etni] Fw: re: the war and us
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- Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:42:55 +0200
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From: "Rita Braunstein" <ritabr@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: the war and us
I don't agree with Daniel at all. I happen to love literature
more than anything I might want to teach (have to teach?).
On the other hand, our pupils do not live in Wisconsin or
Minnesota, far away from the realities of the Middle East,
and there is no way they can avoid it.
Allowing them to write during or after a terrorist attack and
not demanding they use that as their topic is a wonderful
way of escaping from the terrible realities of that moment.
However, ignoring the war we have all just experienced and
teaching "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day", seems
unrealistic. I do not intend to discuss the politics or the military
aspects but rather their feelings and actions during that time.
Rita Braunstein
Daniel wrote:
> Friends and colleagues
> Do we really need to address the war issues with our students in English
> class? Many of them prefer not to discuss politics, terrorism, or war in
> the
> classroom. Perhaps we should concentrate on literature, writing, grammar
> and
> avoid all discussion of war. Perhaps we can use English class as an escape
> from the world around us and use it to allow our students to appreciate
> the
> cultural and linguistic beauty of the English language using prose and
> fiction rather than the language of war. Perhaps even some love songs, or
> songs of peace, of life, of courage. We might even get them to enjoy
> English
> class. They get enough of the war talks in history, and other classes. If
> your school is anything like my Yeshiva High School every guest speaker
> talks about either the Shoah or the tragedies of War in our times.
> I believe this might even be appropriate for our students residing in the
> north.They probably have enough support from the pyschologists anyway.
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