subject: The argues about the media play in shaping and our perceptions of beauty and normalcy [print this page] As the time for the class meeting neared an end, I paused and asked the students if they wanted to continue with this discussion the following day. I told them that if we continued, they would need to read about twelve pages before they came to class, a memoir I wrote, "Michael's Story: The Struggle to Be Open-Minded." They were unanimous in wanting to continue, and they did not object to the unplanned reading. In our Angela's Ashes unit we examined the art of memoir and the GHD IV MK4 Pink students wrote their own. Through that unit we had made numerous links between "emotion" and "memory" and "truth." We also had talked about the need to be respectful of people's stories in a community of writers. I confessed that I was hesitant to share this memoir with them because it was so personal and honest, reflecting aspects of my life history that I was not proud of. I wrote this piece in 1992 as a way of confronting and seeking to overcome my homophobia, but also as an educator who wanted to challenge others to do the same. I told them I wanted to keep this, for now, within the classroom community, and they agreed.
The argues about the media play in shaping and our perceptions of beauty and normalcy
By: FIRELEAVES
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