Posted on 08/23/2008 2:31:55 PM PDT by chrispycsuf
I just recieved my required reading list for some of my teaching courses, and i have since picked up all of my books. Upon opening the first book, i was shocked to see the name William Ayers. Apparently he is the series editor for a series called teaching for social justice. I dont object to him editing a book, however, i have some reservations about paying for a book, where the money is going to a known terrorist. Though he didnt author the book, he did act as editor and he is acknowledged as an inspiration for the author as well. It feels strange to see this from a government-funded public college, but then i just remember that it is CALIFORNIA. I dont think advice from a terrorist is going to help me become an effective teacher.
I agree completely with Bill here.
Although I suspect we differ considerably on what ends education should be designed to achieve.
You should very much expect that any course containing the words “social justice” is going to be dripping with leftist propaganda.
Maybe you can tell me - what is the definition of “social justice?” I hear the word thrown around so much, but have never heard a proper definition.
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"Their founding document [the Weather Underground's] called for the establishment of a "white fighting force" to be allied with the "Black Liberation Movement" and other "anti-colonial" movements[1] to achieve "the destruction of US imperialism and the achievement of a classless world: world communism."..."-Berger, Dan (2006). Outlaws of America: The Weather Underground and the Politics of Solidarity. AK Press, pg 95.
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For much more on the ObamaRats and the strong communist angle in all this, i.e. the one being largely ignored by both the left AND most of the right-wing media, particularly the more popular personalities like Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingram, Bill O'Reilly, etc, please check out my FR Home page. Everything there is well documented and linked directly to its source. Thanks.
Spending money on such a book is a problem. Spending time and money on a course that uses such a book is a much bigger problem. That’s what I think.
Good luck to you. Remember it's not the method of teaching as much as it is the quality of information and presentation.
Sincerely,
Cordio
One of the best indicators you’re entering the Leftist Zone is dishonesty. Remember the fake indian in Colorado? The “end jstifies the means” concept slithers into slimy minds like a serpent. Kind of like the father of dishonesty...
When I went to school the teachers actually knew how to spell.
dillema?
April 19th-20th, 2002
Chicago Illini Union
828 S. Wolcott
This conference is part of the Center's mission of helping to create a more engaged civil society, working towards social change, fostering coalitions between theorists and activists, and combating anti-intellectualism in contemporary culture. It will be both a celebration of ideas and a rigorous examination of the roles and responsibilities that intellectuals play in society.
I. Why Do Ideas Matter? (a keynote panel)
We introduce the “meta” theme of the conference by hearing “success stories” from diverse voices discussing their experiences intervening intellectually.
Timuel Black, Chicago activist; Prof. Emeritus, City Colleges of Chicago
Lonnie Bunch, President, Chicago Historical Society
Bernardine Dohrn, Northwestern University Law School, Children and Family Justice Center
Gerald Graff, UIC, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Richard Rorty, Stanford University, Philosophy
III. Lunch and Public Encounters
Alternative breakout tours led by Chicago activists. Tours of Bronzeville and other communities, and visits to organizations that are working on partnering theorists with activists.
IV. Intellectuals in Times of Crisis
Experiences and applications of intellectual work in urgent situations.
William Ayers, UIC, College of Education; author of Fugitive Days
Douglass Cassel, Northwestern University, Center for International Human Rights
Cathy Cohen, University of Chicago, Political Science
Salim Muwakkil, Chicago Tribune; In These Times
Barack Obama, Illinois State Senator
Barbara Ransby, UIC, African-American Studies (moderator)
The Center for Public Intellectuals
University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC):
http://www.uic.edu/classes/las/las400/conferencealt.htm
are you sure its is the same Bill Ayers? I knew a Billy Ayers when I was a youngster, Billy was the fattest kid in 6th grade.
http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/weather.htm
EVERYONE should take the time to read the FBI files on Hussein’s Chicago mentors, Weather Underground, Venceremos Brigade, Communist Party, and the PLO.
Seriously, Ayers’s fingerprints were even found in the “bomb factory” apartment.
But there is so much more, this groups’ Cuban, ME, and Soviet connections are stunning
I found a paperback edition of the book on Amazon. It was published in 1998 that lists Ayers, along with Jean Ann Hunt and Therese Quinn. There are 41 used editions that start at $3.44 and go up from there. Is that the same book? If so, you’d be better off paying the least amount for it.
I am an economist that teaches at a major university. In my microeconomics course, I talked about resource allocation and why the free market price system is the most efficient way to allocate resources.
This is the exact opposite of the “social justice” school which believes that the free market price system is discriminatory because minorities have less wealth than whites. Once you move away from the price system, you have rationing which is what the Democrats want.
Ayers is wrong (on many levels) about everything being inherently slanted, biased and political. In the soft areas like English, Sociology, Education, etc., that is not from the truth. Ayers is an intellectual weakling that hangs with the other “Easy A” professors (a good play on “Easy 8”s for you veterans). Hence, I have tried for years to get rid of the soft areas (typically unionized).
By the way, OBAMA WAS NOT A LAW PROFESSOR AT UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. He was a lecturer (which is an adjunct position). And UI-Chicago where Ayers is located is a joke compared to University of Chicago, Northwestern and UI-Champaign.
P.S. I was a Professor at University of Chicago for 8 years.
You might also want to check the libraries in your area and see if they have it on their shelves. This way you wouldn’t have to pay for it at all. Just keep renewing it. I used to do that so I wouldn’t have to pay for a book.
Naw. Think of it as an act of “social justice”, after all
by stealing the book, you deprive a confessed terrorist of support and funds. Ditto the University bookstore that is supporting this sham of a course and it’s terrorist leftist agenda.
Barring that, borrow the book from a classmate or the library, and xerox yourself a copy. Better yet xerox LOTs of copies and hand them out to like thinking classmates.
The problem i am facing is the course does not involve social justice but rather diversity in education
You should find this interesting: Communism For Kids
Give your students the tools for success and happiness:
Foster their sense of independence and self reliance.
Show them how to think for themselves.
If you accomplish that you will have done something to be proud of.
Nice link! Thanks for posting.
It is the same Ayers
OK, this is really sad. I’m looking on the Fullerton Web site for more info about the course, and found a program called “Postsecondary Reading and Learning”
“enormous demand for trained reading professionals with expertise in postsecondary settings - particularly at the community college level.”
“linked to the California mandate under AB 1725 for community college faculty who have either an MS in Reading or an MS in English with certification in Postsecondary Reading.”
In other words, students at community colleges do not know how to read, so let’s produce reading teachers to work at the college level now... WTF have the reading teachers at the K-12 level been doing???
What do I think? In the words of a very well known Leftwingtard ~ “Steal This Book”!
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