The Admissions Office at my beloved alma mater, UNC, made the mistake of sending an email congratulating 2,700 applicants on their admission. The only problem is that they haven’t been admitted- yet.
The email was intended to request mid-year grades; however, there was some confusion and the wrong email was sent. They’ve now sent emails acknowledging their mistake.
Dang, it must suck to have been on that emotional rollercoaster.
Check out this article.
How much do we really know about Dr. King? Outside of knowing that he had a dream, what do we know? We know that he married Coretta, that he was assassinated in Memphis, and then what?
This article from the Washington Post says that a lot of students are unaware of Dr. King’s dream. I find that interesting because Martin Luther King is one of the premier subjects if/when black history is covered in social studies classes. Part of the argument is that curriculums are so rigid that there isn’t enough time to cover something that won’t be covered on their standardized tests.
Here’s an excerpt from the article:
“In a recent survey of college students on U.S. civic literacy, more than 81 percent knew that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was expressing hope for “racial justice and brotherhood” in his historic “I Have a Dream” speech.
That’s the good news.
Most of the rest surveyed thought King was advocating the abolition of slavery…
In many schools across the country, teachers say social studies has taken a back seat under the federal No Child Left Behind law, which stresses math and reading. Squeezing history into the curriculum can be difficult, educators say, and taking time out of a scheduled lesson to use a federal holiday — even King’s — as a teaching moment can be tough.”
Any insights? What did you learn about Dr. King in school?
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