>>>UN, NYTIMES and the BBC world news... all the markings of blame America first mentality.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0510/p11s02-legn.html
At Evanston, students tend to come from affluent backgrounds, and some are accustomed to discussing current events at home. Even so, many students say the global perspectives classes are having a profound effect on how they see the world.
In Mr. Becker's Middle East class - one of the more popular offerings - students take on a new identity when they begin the semester.
A teen can "become" a Kuwaiti oil magnate, a Lebanese student, or an Israeli settler - complete with a name and a profession. The student maintains that identity for a whole quarter.
"It pushes them to think outside themselves," says Becker, whose classroom is decorated with Middle Eastern pillows, rugs, and art. Most students sit on the floor during class; girls will sometimes borrow a head scarf to wear for a few days.
Rob Fiffer, a junior who took the Middle East course last year, had the role of a Palestinian militant. "I was pro-Israeli settlements," he says of his own political stance. "Now I realize things aren't so black and white."
"It's not surprising that the school has strong participation in Model United Nations, or that, long after their sophomore "global perspectives" year, some students talk about getting daily updates from The New York Times and BBC World News."
Once upon a time, I didn't like the taste of Kool-aid -- but now I love it! Please sir, may I have another?
I wonder if they practiced selling lunchmoney vouchers for answers to test questions, raping foreign students, or perhaps sexually harassing the staff?
Oh how stupid! Yeah this really teaches them about history.
From what I've seen here, it seems that the studies are more current events than history.
I can't find any information on anyone taking an identity as, say, George Washington, or Abe Lincoln, or even Gen. Patton or FDR.
And even the current events are not U.S. based, as if a US perspective is unimportant. They are global in scope. I wonder how many of them have taken identities as Bin Laden or Zarqawi or Kim Jung Il.
Becki