Stanford campus photo from above

7/26/2002

Well, our course officially came to an end today. I'm a bit sad that it's over. Even though I will be glad to never have to eat ASU cafeteria food again. We finished up the course by helping the kids to organize around another social issue. They chose to organize a campaign to protest the US not signing onto the UN treaty on preventing torture. For more info click here. If you would like to join our letter writing campaign, please let me know. Also, Grisha taught them about some of the negative aspects of activism. In the afternoon, we had a guest lecturer (a high school history teacher) come in and talk about some of the reasons why history textbooks are often biased and leave out important information. Examples from Lies My Teacher Told Me were given. Finally, we had them watch My Dinner With Andre. The last 10 minutes of the class were all tears, hugs, and goodbyes, with one student telling us that this was a "life-altering course" and another that it was her favorite class she had ever taken. That's what it's all about folks.