Comments on: Charles Dickens/Walt Whitman

By: CharlieMansion

CharlieMansion — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:35:03 +0000

“Facts ….” Billy do you teach facts about how many people Che’ butchered? Do you teach the facts about your past? Do you believe that someone without a JD should be a law school professor?

By: Dan Byers

Dan Byers — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:37:08 +0000

Bill I bet some of those police and service men you killed would have loved to read those books to thier children. I bet thier children would have loved to learn on the father’s laps. I did some reading,

“I don’t regret setting bombs I feel we didn’t do enough…… do it all again… I don’t want to discount the possibility’

By the grace of God America is going to rally and change the terrorism laws and statute of limitations . Petitions are in the works to be presented to laws makers. We sons and daughters of Vietnam Veterans and Vets (Iam Both) will watch you and that nasty whore you call a wife die in prison. If you feel the need to bomb anyone your welcome to try me at 2200 Richmond RD, Lexington KY.

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Thu, 15 May 2008 01:37:19 +0000

Thanks, Bill.

-From a first year CPS teacher

By: Adam Kuranishi

Adam Kuranishi — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:32:50 +0000

I remember discussing this Charles Dickens excerpt in Honors Class. One of the most thought-provoking discussions from that class involved the story of the magistrate. The man who makes the decision to lift his lantern, thus bearing witness to the corruption that was hidden amidst the darkness. I can’t remember what book that story is initially from. Help me out.

By: John Janski

John Janski — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:21:42 +0000

hey atrox,

Yank THIS!!

By: Renee

Renee — Tue, 13 May 2008 03:29:48 +0000

This is wonderful. I hope that I will get a chance to read your books on teaching as well as a number of other educational philosophy books that are out there.

I wonder,
do you know anything of the DuPage Children’s Museum and their philosophies? (which, I believe, are much like the philosophies of many other children’s museums and quite akin to your’s)
I’m curious as to what you think of such places.
I think they’re amazing, and all educational facilities could benefit from some of their ideas and ways to implement the ideas.

By: Tom J

Tom J — Sat, 10 May 2008 19:17:20 +0000

Why does ‘P. McCarthy’ want to “progress us forward into the void”? Bizarre….

By: c. atrox

c. atrox — Sat, 10 May 2008 13:54:16 +0000

Bill,

Thanks for reminding me of that wonderful Whitman passage. I am also reminded of another thing Whitman wrote in the 1855 preface:
“Of all nations the United States with veins full of poetical stuff most need poets and will doubtless have the greatest and use them the greatest. Their Presidents shall not be their common referee so much as their poets shall.”

Oh, and allow me to point out the “P. McCarthy” seems to be his own sad wanker.

By: P. McCarthy

P. McCarthy — Fri, 09 May 2008 21:40:45 +0000

I am wondering why the left must politicize everything. Art, Teaching, Theatre, Poetry, even Religion: everything must be seen from the lense of the leftist politcal actor who is encouraged to throw off authoritative instruction, moral truth and higher expectations and reduce it all to the subjective cry of oppression, relativism and doubt. No wonder a dirty little secret shared by shrinks everywhere is that left leaning people suffer more from depression and anxiety! They have nothing but their own weak selves to use as a force against the maw of life. At least the Right have their Truth, God, Might and Country - maybe all false idols to the Left, but those idols sure do sustain and progress us forward into the void.

By: Lenny W

Lenny W — Thu, 08 May 2008 00:54:05 +0000

Hi Mr. Ayers. I am a student at Lake Park High School, I wanted to thank you for coming in today. I was in the last group of the day, and your session was definatly my favorite out of all 7 speakers I listened to. I am definatly looking forward to either buying “Fugitive Days”or checking it out from the library (Im the one that asked about your book, if you remember)…