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Any idea can be brought into the classroom if the point is to inquire into its structure, history, influence and so forth. But no idea belongs in the classroom if the point of introducing it is to recruit your students for the political agenda it may be thought to imply.
Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters.
Jason Babin, Athlete (1980) |
Eric Cantona, Athlete (1966) |
Roger Caras, Activist (1928) |
Benjamin Cardozo, Judge (1870) |
Rosanne Cash, Musician (1955) |
Charlie Dent, Politician (1960) |
John Jewel, Clergyman (1522) |
Patti LaBelle, Musician (1944) |
Robert Cecil, Public Servant (1612) |
Duke Ellington, Musician (1974) |
William Lloyd Garrison, Journalist (1879) |