The Idea That Teaching Is

If You Read Martin Luther King Speeches And Sermons In The Last Two Years Of His Life - You Might Want To - –when I Read These To My Students, They Think It's Malcom X Because It's So Radical. And If You Read Nothing Else - If Your Viewers Read Nothing Else - Then The April 4, 1967, Speech At Riverside Church Called "beyond Vietnam," That's Where He Says The Greatest Purveyor Of Violence On Earth Is My Country. And He Connects The Triplets Of Evil, Racism, Militarism, And Materialism, And That Connection Makes Him A Radical.

In Some Ways A Mark Of Good Parenting Is That You Don't Try To Make Your Children Into Little Knockoffs Of Yourself. None Of Us Went Into Business. None Of Us Became Powerful People Like That. All Of Us Pursued Our Own Passions And Our Own Interests. One Of My Brothers Was Filmmaker. One Of My Brothers Was A Teacher. My Sister Was A Librarian.

You Cannot Live A Political Life, You Cannot Live A Moral Life If You're Not Willing To Open Your Eyes And See The World More Clearly. See Some Of The Injustice That's Going On. Try To Make Yourself Aware Of What's Happening In The World. And When You Are Aware, You Have A Responsibility To Act.

[the Whole First Year At University] Was A Great Time For Me And Great Time Of Awakening.

The Idea That Teaching Is Somehow The Delivery Of The Goods Is Such A Misunderstanding Of What Actually Goes On.