Its surreal. The campaign that had so much heart and soul behind it.
I rode my bike to work yesterday. I passed by three schools that had really long lines out the door at 8:00 a.m. At my high school people were hugging and talking into cell phones, "this is your civic right, get down here and vote"
Teachers that have taught at my high school said they have never seen so many people come out to vote.
People came out to vote cause they believed in something. They saw and supported Obama's vision for our country
It took Christine, my roommate, 4 hours to vote. She waited and she voted.
Brooklyn was moved last night! All the bars, restaurants, and coffee shops that had TVs were packed with people. The energy in Fort Greene was amazing.
In my first period class today I had them write a reaction to a part of Obama's acceptance speech last night. We were discussing their reactions and I told my class, all students of color, "you are living in history right now, your children and your grandchildren will ask you if you remember this very moment. This moment when America elected the first African American president. Our country has seen so much change in the last 100 years. You are part of something new!"
I felt so honored to discuss this with my students. They get it.
They get that opportunities are now open to them. We get that more change is coming.
I rode my bike to work yesterday. I passed by three schools that had really long lines out the door at 8:00 a.m. At my high school people were hugging and talking into cell phones, "this is your civic right, get down here and vote"
Teachers that have taught at my high school said they have never seen so many people come out to vote.
People came out to vote cause they believed in something. They saw and supported Obama's vision for our country
It took Christine, my roommate, 4 hours to vote. She waited and she voted.
Brooklyn was moved last night! All the bars, restaurants, and coffee shops that had TVs were packed with people. The energy in Fort Greene was amazing.
In my first period class today I had them write a reaction to a part of Obama's acceptance speech last night. We were discussing their reactions and I told my class, all students of color, "you are living in history right now, your children and your grandchildren will ask you if you remember this very moment. This moment when America elected the first African American president. Our country has seen so much change in the last 100 years. You are part of something new!"
I felt so honored to discuss this with my students. They get it.
They get that opportunities are now open to them. We get that more change is coming.
2 comments:
It must have been amazing to share a moment like that with your students. You know how white people so often say that race means nothing, but every other race knows it impacts so much of a person's life. I love this breakthrough for the African American people, it's awesome and it's long overdue.
I agree with Jen; how cool that you get to share this historic moment with your kids in whom you're so deeply invested What an amazing message to them about what opportunities are from THEM!
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