The spring semester started and enrollment is strong. It’s very good to have students want to participate in the educational process and consume the product we offer. That product, of course, is our curriculum.
The curriculum is a unique product. From a philosophical stand, I deem the curriculum is essential to preserve culture. The content of the curriculum is the specific and intentional elements that are planned, delivered and assessed by our faculty.
The curriculum is where major events are studied and analyzed. In history, for example, students can look at the lives of change agents to see results. Too often history is passive. Too often we do not relate to history; yet, each year I’m glad we take time to reflect on the impact of a visionary leader who believed in a life that was free from conflict. The relentless work of Martin Luther King is now recognized as transformational.
“Let us rise up with a greater readiness – with a greater determination. And let us move on in these powerful days, in these days of challenge, to make America what it ought to be. We have an opportunity to make America a better nation.” Those words were spoken in Memphis, TN on April 3, 1968, by Martin Luther King, in his famous “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech. He was murdered the very next day.
I know this through the curriculum. Many others will know this through the curriculum that preserves culture and inspires us to remember heroes. The lesson is not just in remembering our history but learning from it.
We’re all about learning. Join us.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
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Great post----and perhaps we could add, to the wise words..."the lesson is not just in remembering our history but learning from it.....
ReplyDelete....and ACTING on that new knowledge to create a better future history...."