[etni] Fw: the war and us

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From: Daniel - ydaleph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: the war and us

Friends and colleagues
Do we really need to address the war issues with our students in English 
class? Many of them prefer not to discuss politics, terrorism, or war in the 
classroom. Perhaps we should concentrate on literature, writing, grammar and 
avoid all discussion of war. Perhaps we can use English class as an escape 
from the world around us and use it to allow our students to appreciate the 
cultural and linguistic beauty of the English language using prose and 
fiction rather than the language of war. Perhaps even some love songs, or 
songs of peace, of life, of courage. We might even get them to enjoy English 
class. They get enough of the war talks in history, and other classes. If 
your school is anything like my Yeshiva High School every guest speaker 
talks about either the Shoah or the tragedies of War in our times.
I believe this might even be appropriate for our students residing in the 
north.They probably have enough support from the pyschologists anyway.

Daniel

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