AT PS # 25 WE WOULD COLLECT ITEMS IN THE 1940'S FROM THE STUDENTS IN CLASS WHICH REPRESENTED SPECIFIC EVENTS THAT COULD SUBSTANTIATE AUTHENTIC TIME PERIODS...FOR EXAMPLE, NEWS ITEMS, SUCH AS A FILM WHICH MY FELLOW CLASSMATES AND I HAD WRITTEN OUR NAMES REGARDING A RONALD REAGAN FILM BEFORE BECOMING PRESIDENT. IN THE MOVIE THERE APPEARED A CHIMP NAMED "CHEETAH" ...I DON'T REMEMBER MUCH ABOUT THE FILM BUT IT WAS IN BLACK AND WHITE...AND WE HAD TO WRITE OUR NAMES ON THE LONG STRIP OF PAPER THAT HAD ACCOMPANIED A PHOTO OF A SMILING REAGAN AND HIS CHIMP CO-STAR, DOING THE SAME...ALSO OTHER ITEMS SUCH AS HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, POPULAR TOYS, AMD OPINE ARTICLES ESTABLISHING THE POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS CLIMATE AT THE TIME...
THIS MAY BE HELPFUL IN IDENTIFYING WHEN WE CHANGED FROM A REAL WORLD TO A MAKE BELIEVE WORLD...AND THIS ARCHIVAL COULD POSSIBLY STIMULATE IDEAS FOR NEW PRODUCTS IN THE FUTURE AND HOW WE MAY ENHANCE THOSE THAT ALREADY EXIST...AGAIN, THIS WAS AT A TIME WHEN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION CERTAINLY APPEARED TO BE MORE INTERESTED IN THE WELFARE OF THE STUDENT, RATHER THAN JUST TAKING A HEAD COUNT TO ASSURE AN UNEARNED PAY CHECK.
UNLIKE NOW, WHEN TEACHERS ACTUALLY GET PAID FOR BEING DISCIPLINED AS THEY SIT IN A ROOM WITH OTHER DELINQUENT ADULTS...AGAIN IN THE DOCUMENTARY, "HERE COMES SUPERMAN" IT FEATURED A SCHOOL IN HARLEM WHERE TEACHERS PREFERRED RECEIVING THEIR COMPENSATION BY WAY OF COMMISSION AND DEVOTED THEIR TIME TO A STUDENT WHO NEEDED EXTRA ATTENTION AND HELP, OFTEN PUTTING MORE THAN THE STANDARD EIGHT HOURS A DAY AND THE STUDENT BODY HAD A BETTER THAN AVERAGE ACCEPTANCE INTO IVY LEAGUE COLLEGES. AND YES, I AGREE, WE KNOW THAT HIGHER EDUCATION IS A TRAP, SO THIS MAY IN TURN BE A WAY OF CLEANING IT UP, BUT YOU CAN COME UP WITH A BETTER RESOLUTION.
(C)COPYRIGHTED BY GWEN MITCHELL ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 2016 AT 5:42 PM AT THE WEST HOLLYWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY IN WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046.
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