Education
Beware of the Single Story
I stumbled upon a TED talk today that made me stop to think about the harm we do to a child’s world view when we offer to them only one story, one example, of a culture in the world – whether it be the child’s own culture or that of another country on another continent.
Chimamanda [...]
Brokaw Says: Life is Junior High
My parents, my sister Claire, and I woke up in New Rochelle, NY Saturday morning, had a debate about which train to take to Fordham University for its 164th commencement ceremony, gobbled down breakfast, and walked briskly to the train station. Mom wanted to take the 9:00 train, Dad wanted to take the 11:00 train [...]
