Honor a Great Man

[threeflys]

Let's all reflect back on a very great man that had the courage and tenacity to pursue a vision that most thought was foolish or unachievable.
Martin Luther King, Jr, you were a great man and the world is poorer for your untimely death.
Chris

[BubbaZanetti]

here here, its always good to take a minute or two on days like this and think about the good in the world..........

[tessler]

What he stood for and acheived in his short life, is just as relevant today as it was almost 40 years ago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.

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[Kbrick]

What he stood for and acheived in his short life, is just as relevant today as it was almost 40 years ago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.

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I was in eighth grade when it happened, a shop teacher disagreed with me.
I flunked that grading period. The only F I ever got.
Time has proved which one of us was wrong!

[Fritzc]

I was in eighth grade when it happened, a shop teacher disagreed with me.
I flunked that grading period. The only F I ever got.
Time has proved which one of us was wrong!

More specifics please! It always disturbs me when a teacher gets a bad rap with no explanation. Are you saying that a teacher gave you an F because he disagreed with you about what? When what happened, MLK's birth, 15 January, 1929 (celebrated today) or his death 4 April 1968?

[Stuff2C]

Your right about MLK jr and it's too bad a lot of the "new leadership" can't get on the same "I HAVE A DREAM" bandwagon instead of the "i have a scheme".

[kbasa]

Your right about MLK jr and it's too bad a lot of the "new leadership" can't get on the same "I HAVE A DREAM" bandwagon instead of the "i have a scheme".

:nod

Here's to Rev. King.

[Kbrick]

More specifics please! It always disturbs me when a teacher gets a bad rap with no explanation. Are you saying that a teacher gave you an F because he disagreed with you about what? When what happened, MLK's birth, 15 January, 1929 (celebrated today) or his death 4 April 1968?
It was on the occasion of his murder that the exchange happened. Most of the class also followed with the teacher's example.

1968 was a different time than now. There were riots in the Cleveland innercity the year before and Cleveland had elected the first black Mayor of a major American city, Carl Stokes, items that did not sit well in some quarters.

I don't endorse what happened, but it did. I have moved on and I am sure (I hope) most of the others have too. I don't claim to have been a great student but I did better than an F.

Now that is a little heavy, how about those Steelers!