What We Need Is A Gigantic, Messy

When You Go Into A College Of Education You've Got Aspirations Of Making A Difference In People's Lives, Of Loving Children, Of Working With Kids, But None Of That Is Affirmed In Your College Of Education. Then You Go Working In Schools, Especially In Places Like New York City And Chicago That I'm Most Familiar With, And You Find These Huge Aspirations Are Beaten Out Of You In A Very Systematic Way - And Still People Persevere.

Students For A Democratic Society Was Also Affiliated With The Civil Rights Movement Everywhere.

I Don't Buy The Whole Mythology Of The Sixties. I Think I'm An Intergenerational Person.

I Wish I Had Been Wiser. I Wish I Had Been More Effective, I Wish I'd Been More Unifying, I Wish I'd Been More Principled.

It's Worth Remembering That In 1965, Something Like 20% Of Americans Were Against The War. Something Like 70% Were For The War. So, It Wasn't A Popular Or An Easy Thing To Do.