Paolo thinks about the utopian school
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something hidden in a corner. The future is something we build in
the present."--Paolo Freire
Paolo's Story by Janet Price, Humanities Teacher International High School at Laguardia Community College PriceJanet@aol.com This piece was developed in the New York City Writing Project's Advanced Institute, Language and the Internet.
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The Issac Asimov
story, "The Fun They Had" reminded me of one of my students who
last spring developed an existential dislike for school. As it
happens, his name is Paolo and he is from Brazil. A nice person and
a diligent student, young Paolo was taken aback by his own feelings.
However, underlying his ennui was a critique of how school is
structured that reminded me of his countryman Paolo
Freire.
Imagine if through a "Being John Malkovic" devise, Paolo found himself in the brain of Asimov's student of 2155, Margie Jones. Would he think the school of the future was an improvement?
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Paolo thinks about the utopian school
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