Re: American Education

From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Tue Aug 27 2002 - 07:25:19 MDT


>From: spike66 <spike66@attbi.com>

>It occurred to me that something like what I proposed has been
>done, by James Burke. He produced two excellent PBS series
>called Connections and The Day the Universe Changed. Burke
>explains history in terms of technological development, how one
>breakthru leads to another, creating a new demand for a third,
>which soon follows. His presentation is exactly what I am
>looking for: colorblind, gender blind, culture blind and
>value neutral. spike

While I am a huge fan of both series I don't think for a minute
that they were colorblind, gender blind, culture blind, or value
neutral. Although I think he did his very best (an excellent job)
to be fair.

Brian

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