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Our Visit To Revere High School
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- Date: May 18,2008
Last Friday, Kyle and I had the chance to talk to two history classes at Revere High School. We spoke to two groups of students. They asked good questions and if we were boring them they didn't show it. It was nice to see they knew so much about what was going on. In both classes the talk started off about this site and the background of it and then turned to specific issues. The 2nd half of the second class turned into a Hannity & Colmes style shootout.
Thanks to teacher Jeff Fry for giving us the chance to talk and help spread the word about The Point. It was surreal to be back to the school I attended as a speaker. Other than going into the lobby to vote a few times when that was my polling place, that was the first time I was back in the school since the last day I was a student. If you knew me ten years ago, you wouldn't have pegged me for high school guest speaker. Funny how things work out.
We also did an informal poll of the both classes as to if they preferred McCain or Obama. The first group was about 8-5 McCain, the rest undecided. The second class was around 5-3 Obama with the rest either undetermined or not saying.
Thanks to Jeff Fry for inviting us to his classroom to discuss our blog here at Ohio.com and politics in general. The students asked great questions and it was interesting to hear their opinions on various issues. It was great to see students of different political views respectfully disagreeing with each other and listening to what their opponents have to say. They also asked us some great questions. I was asked in one class if I thought Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas was a viable pick to be the Democrats vice presidential candidate. That was impressive. We discussed the presidential races, Marc Dann, super delegates, gas prices, John McCain's age, and Barack Obama's race. These high schoolers were engaged in what is happening in our country and it was truly enjoyable to talk with them.
11 Responses for "Our Visit To Revere High School"
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Don't you think it's time to change the name of that high school? "Revere" evokes a certain white male, patriarchal vision of America that subjugates girls and children of color and offends the enlightened.
"X High School" sounds cool.
They'll let anyone in these days to talk!
Revere is located where? Interesting that the first class was 8-5 McCain; that speaks volumes of where Revere is located. Apparently the students aren't exposed to mainstream media let alone left-wing media.
Good on you guys for doing this.
Any chance to increase the awareness of first time voters about the political landscape is time well spent. Kudos to you both.
I was surprised that high school students would favor any conservative candidate over a more liberal one. Things must have changed since I was in HS—I thought younger voters were always more liberal-leaning.
Agreed, Ben. You are one of the smartest people I know but definitely not school-speaker material. Glad to see you could defy the stereotype.
And that looks like the same room we had Government in with Mr. Weber.
High schoolers would surprise you in many ways. When I first started teaching in a high school, I was quite surprised at how engaged the students were and how up on the issues a lot of them were. I was also surprised of the amount of conservatives there are in a typical high school. Much like our society, high schools are typically fairly evenly divided. The interesting part is the strength of their convictions.
While it is true that some of them repeat what they hear at home, it does not hold true for most high school students I know.
This was a nice idea to do.
Indeed, it was Mr. Weber's old room.
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