…in separate classrooms. This article talks about the growing trend of same-sex classrooms, and outlines some of the arguments for and against it.

I saw the same sex classrooms at work while doing a summer program with the Sunflower County Freedom Project. At first I was uncertain as to how well it would work, but it worked very well, particularly with the middle-school aged students that we were working with. As we all know, the adolescent/pre-teen/early teen age group is one that is just a bundle of emotions with hormones in overdrive. In my opinion, having the students separated allowed them to focus more on their work, and not trying to impress their boyfriend/girlfriend/prospective boopiece while in class. After seeing it in action, I was very impressed, and I would definitely support it in other classroom settings (ie: the public school arena).

So, what do y’all think? How would you feel about same-sex classrooms?

Sotheby’s to auction MLK Collection

On June 30, Sotheby’s will auction the Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection, which includes nearly 7,000 handwritten items, including a draft of the notorious “I Have a Dream” speech. The money from the auction is slated to go to the King estate, which is struggling financially.

The King estate hopes that the collection will be sold to an institution, rather than an individual; and I hope that also. There’s a wealth of knowledge within that collection that should be properly preserved and available to the public. I suppose we’ll see what happens on June 30.