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Related: About this forumCarrboro High Receives Guest Lecture from John Kerry
So within the last two weeks the students sent chocolate-covered strawberries to his house; they wrote him letters; they made videos, he said. We made like 30 videos about, How do we make facts matter more in politics? And last week on a field trip, 19 students knocked on his door in Georgetown.
One of these methods worked because Kerry Skyped with the class Wednesday. He spoke to a classroom full of students from Cones class, students from other classes, other teachers and parents.
With this quantity of letters and amount of invitations I got, you guys made it impossible for me to say no, Kerry said. Im super impressed. Why dont you have the same effect on your senators and congressmen?
Jokes aside, Kerry answered students questions about things like global markets.
If we can do a better job taming the downside, he said. Preparing for job dislocation and creating new jobs, and doing other things, certainly the markets of the future are going to be global.
He also answered questions and opened a discussion about the fake news phenomena, in which false news articles are linked to Facebook so that theyll spread rapidly.
Facebook recently added a feature to report fake news, but Kerry said its important that the feature doesnt encroach upon censorship of regular news articles.
We shouldnt ever allow people to be shut down, he said. You have to control violence, obviously, you want to prevent violence, and all those kinds of measures that can be taken to prevent that, but you dont want to prevent a speaker altogether. When that starts to happen in America, we start to lose something.
He said the most important thing for the class to remember is that those high school students are the future of the country, and they should understand that if they dont like something about the government, they should speak up.
Our governance in America is troubled right now, folks, Kerry said. Ive got to be honest with you. Im troubled by it. I spent 28 years in the United States Senate and Im proud that I went there and Im proud of the work I did there, but Im not proud of the senate right now.
Cone said this was an important opportunity for his students, and says they worked hard to prepare insightful, well-articulated questions.
The specter of having to talk to John Kerry meant that they did a lot of research, they didnt want to seem dumb, he said. So, you were there and they exhibited about three percent of the things that they knew. But that process of getting so excited to impress somebody who knows so much, thats really rewarding. And I think he was very generous in praising the students and all that, so thats got to feel really good.
One of these methods worked because Kerry Skyped with the class Wednesday. He spoke to a classroom full of students from Cones class, students from other classes, other teachers and parents.
With this quantity of letters and amount of invitations I got, you guys made it impossible for me to say no, Kerry said. Im super impressed. Why dont you have the same effect on your senators and congressmen?
Jokes aside, Kerry answered students questions about things like global markets.
If we can do a better job taming the downside, he said. Preparing for job dislocation and creating new jobs, and doing other things, certainly the markets of the future are going to be global.
He also answered questions and opened a discussion about the fake news phenomena, in which false news articles are linked to Facebook so that theyll spread rapidly.
Facebook recently added a feature to report fake news, but Kerry said its important that the feature doesnt encroach upon censorship of regular news articles.
We shouldnt ever allow people to be shut down, he said. You have to control violence, obviously, you want to prevent violence, and all those kinds of measures that can be taken to prevent that, but you dont want to prevent a speaker altogether. When that starts to happen in America, we start to lose something.
He said the most important thing for the class to remember is that those high school students are the future of the country, and they should understand that if they dont like something about the government, they should speak up.
Our governance in America is troubled right now, folks, Kerry said. Ive got to be honest with you. Im troubled by it. I spent 28 years in the United States Senate and Im proud that I went there and Im proud of the work I did there, but Im not proud of the senate right now.
Cone said this was an important opportunity for his students, and says they worked hard to prepare insightful, well-articulated questions.
The specter of having to talk to John Kerry meant that they did a lot of research, they didnt want to seem dumb, he said. So, you were there and they exhibited about three percent of the things that they knew. But that process of getting so excited to impress somebody who knows so much, thats really rewarding. And I think he was very generous in praising the students and all that, so thats got to feel really good.
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Carrboro High Receives Guest Lecture from John Kerry (Original Post)
JHan
May 2017
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You know, whenever I see something like this, it makes me feel very happy with the person
PatrickforO
May 2017
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PatrickforO
(15,109 posts)1. You know, whenever I see something like this, it makes me feel very happy with the person
who is taking the time with the kids. The impact it had on each young person is hard to tell, but in 30 years, there might well be a rising star, someone who is destined to change the world for the better. And that someone might well have been inspired by what she or he experienced with John Kerry.
Good for him!