Friday, September 17, 2010

No Need to Wait for Superman; How Heroes Inspire Students In One L.A. Classroom � InterACT

No Need to Wait for Superman; How Heroes Inspire Students In One L.A. Classroom � InterACT

No Need to Wait for Superman; How Heroes Inspire Students In One L.A. Classroom

Sgt. Jason Thomas, 9/11 Hero photo by Lt. J. Higgins

Being a Social Studies teacher is the greatest job in the world. You get the privilege of guiding today’s youth in their understanding of today’s world issues, conflicts, and paradigms through intellectual discourse, debate, and analysis.

You get to make history come alive.

Such was the case this week as we hit the 9th anniversary of the September 11th tragedy in New York City, and