DISQUS

Joy Reeve · 11 months ago

Dear Rick,

I had the opportunity to work in the school system in Hartford County during the initiation and execution of Project Concern.
I share your opinion that some of these children who came to us did certainly pay a price. It was evident that those children who were lucky enough to have been gifted with sports ability surely did well as two of the boys went on to the NFL after being given the opportunity to play Midget Football and then excel in high school.
It also gave the children a chance to achieve academically in a surburban school where the class numbers were smaller and the
ability to get a helping hand was easier. I always seemed to look at the Program one sidedly - how the bussed in students were faring and how it affected them. So wonderful to hear your words of how
this Program affected young life in such a positive way. Surely a Win-Win.

Richard Reeve · 11 months ago

Hi Joy,
The fact of how it effected my formative years only made sense when I saw the Obama's take the stage as a family after the Denver speech in late August. It was a tremendous lived history moment for me, not the speech, but the image of the potential image of the Obama as the first family...only to be undermined in the press by the silliness of the Palin announcement the next day.

Henie · 11 months ago

Dreams take longer than reality...why is that?

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Richard Reeve · 11 months ago

Hi Henie,
I think it because they originate in a non-temporal place. They have their own sense of timing that from within the flow of time, can seem to take forever...patience is truly a virtue from this perspective.

Ursula · 11 months ago

I've never been part of a school integration system like this. My dad was in the US Army so I was always surrounded by lots of diversity.

Thanks for sharing a different point of view!

Yay for Tuesday!

Richard Reeve · 11 months ago

Hi Ursula,
I'm glad my point of view was of interest to you. I think all of our points of view tell an amazing story as they contribute to what will unfold on Tuesday.

Sid Parham · 11 months ago

Richard, Ive always argued that white life would improve as barriers fell. We became a whole nation.

<abbr>Sid Parham´s last blog post..Thank God in my Lifetime</abbr>

Richard Reeve · 11 months ago

Hey Sid, The improvement is there for those of us willing to accept. I'm thinking how Twain in his own humorous way tried to teach the same, knowing as he did this day was not his.

Liara Covert · 11 months ago

It is eye-opening to reflect on how people view things in the past from the perspective of the here and now. Who we appeared to be is not who we really are. Yet the experiences we have bring us closer to recognizing the truth.

Richard Reeve · 11 months ago

Hi Liara,
Great way of giving an overview of how perspectives change overtime. Thank you for visiting. Thank you for contributing.