Looks like we're on a patriotic track here, so will stay with it for a bit.  I mentioned a while ago that I'd be showcasing a couple of patriotic teaching moments.  One I already highlighted as having occurred during the Boston Pops 4th of July performance at the Esplanade.  You'll have to read it to find out about that patriotic teaching moment. The 2nd "teaching moment" was just something that a friend made me aware...

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As the plunder and profits of    failed politics fades another day into the anonymity    of wealth, power, and privilege, I see before me    in the evening twilight two people talking.    Edging closer, I hear one    confide to the other -   "Today I felt the frustration,    uncertainty and despair of this American Moment.   Today, I lived the hardship,    misery and stress of a proud industrious people   ...

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As I reflect back on "The days of summer" (evidenced by my last post re summer's shades of green and how I'm missing them), I continue to be struck by two profound "patriotic teaching moments".  One goes back to the very beginning of summer ... the heralding in of the season with the Boston Pops annual Fourth of July "fireworks spectacular".  This year, because of weather, it was aired on the 3rd and frankly, having...

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