Re: [cel-talk] Leadership in These Times (fwd)

[tednellen <tnellen@IRIS.HOST4U.NET>]

from a teacher in pakistan and my response:
George S this may be just what you need.

have them write letters, make webpages NOW!!!
get therm public and to us, esp so we can share them at the NCTE
convention in balimore in nov, if it is not too late.

you get them to us here we, or i wil make them as public as i can on my
site and distribute tehm ASAP to congress and the people of america.

waste no time, please.

tednellen

share my pics with your students. i do not share the sentiments of my
president and the majority of americans.

Finally collected my pictures of sept 11.

http://www.tnellen.com/

good luck and be safe please.

On Sat, 22 Sep 2001, ebrahims wrote:

> The events of September 11 are a hot topic of discussion in our classrooms
> in Pakistan too. More so because we are a frontline state, with a
> considerable number of extremists. The fact that we will probably be in the
> line of fire , is creating a  general feeling of unrest and unease and this
> will in time have an affect on our students. This could prove to be quite
> unsettling for the young people and we dread the day that  we have to deal
> with their real and percieved fears. I'd love to hear from teachers who have
> ideas about how to deal with the situation.
> Rehmat Ebrahim
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Louann Reid <Lreid@lamar.colostate.edu>
> To: <cel-talk@serv1.ncte.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 9:37 PM
> Subject: [cel-talk] Leadership in These Times
>
>
> > I hope that all of you are coping with the events of
> > September 11 as well as can be expected.  These are tough
> > times for everyone, but especially, it seems to me, for
> > educators who hold many people in their care.
> >
> > A few weeks ago, I asked about leadership dilemmas, not
> > knowing that such a huge one was going to present itself.
> > Now, I'm wondering if we could use this list to discuss some
> > of the challenges that we, as English language arts leaders
> > in classrooms, departments, districts, and so on, are
> > facing.  Even if you haven't found a "solution" yet, it
> > might be helpful to air the situation.  Perhaps we can
> > contribute to thinking about useful approaches to the
> > situations we raise.
> >
> > This is my invitation to you to do so, if you feel that you
> > would like to.
> >
> > Louann Reid
> >
>


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