Louie Mahoney Cohn (louie4444@hotmail.com)
Wed, 02 Feb 2000 19:44:36 PST
I already sent her Free At Last, with a note saying, that if this were the
model of education in the country today Columbine wouldn't have happened. I
never heard back from her.
Keep on trying!
Louie
>From: "Melissa Bradford" <mbradford@mediaone.net>
>Reply-To: discuss-sudbury-model@sudval.org
>To: <discuss-sudbury-model@sudval.org>
>Subject: DSM: High School Harm
>Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 20:02:40 -0600
>
>This Dr. Leon Botstein was actually the guest on Oprah Tuesday.
>
>I watched the show, and I was impressed that Oprah was actually willing to
>consider such an alternative. This was one of a series of shows she is
>doing on education, prompted in part, I believe, by what happened at
>Columbine.
>
>I think what is prompting Oprah to give consideration to something radical
>is that she actually bothers to talk to children about what they think is
>wrong with school, and, even crazier, she listens to them and values their
>opinions. Imagine that.
>
>Certainly there were things said on the show with which I disagreed, and
>felt that the solutions presented were not as revolutionary or satisfactory
>to me as something like a Sudbury school. What I appreciated was that
>this
>type of national discussion will hopefully begin to open others' minds to
>more radical educational change than the standard "pay teachers more",
>"have
>higher standards", or the ever-popular "back to basics".
>
>I have to say, some of the things Dr. Botstein said on Oprah made me wonder
>if he had lifted them from Daniel Greenberg! On the other hand, I haven't
>read Botstein's book, but much of what he said on the show sounded more
>like
>reform than revolution. Nevertheless, it is a start.
>
>I've got to get a ticket to the Oprah show so I can give her a copy of Free
>at Last!
>
>Melissa Bradford
>Liberty Valley School
>
>PS - If you want to put in your two cents to the Oprah staff about looking
>into the Sudbury model, go to her web site at www.Oprah.com. I e-mail her
>show every few months in the hope that they will look into it one day.
>
>
>
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