154130~GHS Day of Silence a day of mourning—The Day of Silence
at Gilroy High School Wednesday, promoted by the school’s
Gay-Straight Alliance and tacitly approved by the administration
should be viewed as a day of mourning: Despite the district’s
motto, we’re hardly headed toward
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Excellence, the path worth taking.
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Our classrooms should be a place where students learn and participate in the democratic process. What better way for a teacher to show students that they have not just a right, but an obligation, to participate fully, as Americans, in the democratic process? A teacher participating in a civil rights movement certainly is NOT a wasted day of instruction. In fact, participation int he day of silence is a creative and brilliant tool in the teacher’s skillset–it moves the learning experience out of mere textbook learning and into the real lives of students.
Do you really think good teachers teach only through words? They also teach through their actions.
