[etni] teaching "O Captain, My Captain"

From: sara g <saragabai@xxxxxxxxx>
To: ETNI list <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:52:05 +0200

I have been teaching this poem for at least 6 years (in 10th and 11th grade
5 point classes.)
this year (11th grade) was the first time that a few things happened -

1. when i asked them what leaders they could think of who were
assassinated, no one mentioned Gandhi - not the
ones from India, and not Rehavam Ze'evi.

2. When I gave out the poem, one of the girls (usually very bright) said to
me "you know, this is a translation of a Hebrew song." !!!
(she was referring to Naomi Shemer's  translation / adaptation of Whitman's
poem.)

×?×?×?×? ×?×¤×?×?×ª ×?×?×?×¨ ....
(hope the hebrew will come out in the list.)

             sara g

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[etni] teaching "O Captain, My Captain"

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