I do, too, but what I don’t like is him referring to teachers as “public servants,” because the latter has just about become a protected class of person in this day and age. And it also makes them appear to be government employees...which they are, de facto, but I don’t think most like to think of themselves that way.
Liver cancer here. Just wrapped up chemo 18 this week. My infusion RN said be rational and logical, but no need to freak out over the Wuhan Whammy, so that's what I plan to do. Chill.
Crazy how many of us are dealing with this stuff...
Excellent response (I was about to reply in a similar fashion ;-) ).
I still can't comprehend how a known domestic terrorist became a figure of respect in academic circles. I blame this on being a rational human being.
And as for Zinn, how in the world did a "history" book with no footnotes or endnotes to back up its claims become so legendary, other than because it was mentioned in Good Will Hunting?
It was hard enough assimilating the Irish, Italian, and other Catholics into a Protestant culture. The fact that they were is testament to the resilience of that culture.
I'd say the fact that they were Catholic was more of a prejudice on the part of Protestants, and that they were assimilated because they wanted to be Americans, not Irish, Italian, or whatever, but Americans.
Anecdotally I know this is not true of certain newer immigrant communities, as workers come over here, live 10-20 in a multifamily, and ship their money back to their relatives elsewhere. They want to come here, make money, and then return to their native country.