> I am fortunate Wizard to know alot about the Flats. A very dear friend of mines father was a painting historian of the flats. I have seen close to 60-70 paintings ranging from the early 1900 into the late twenties. I have read the book, seen the video and along with first hand stories found it to be facinating. It has a rich history which included the wonderful Irish! This is a point for ART....85 years later, history can be told by someones painting long after math problems have been solved and forgotten about. This was a man who was intelligent and wanted to go to school but had a family and no money...so he painted. I doubt had he been a math teacher, would we have this wonderful visual story of this particular area or would we even know of the man. I believe kids need to learn to read, write, and learn their math. But some kids are more visual than others, they relate to pictures and colors before words and figures, they relate to animals more than toys. they want to play in mud and clay instead of reading a book. Schools need to be prepared for this education also. This is a child who will not be in step with the rest because their drum is being pounded as they twirl around while the flute solo is being played for the more subdued.They are the people who will give us patterns for wallpaper, designs for cars, pictures for our walls and songs in our hearts...the list goes on. Life would be real boring without this group and it has nothing to do with their ability or not to do an equation.
dorie/nokomis > > > > >The Bohemian Flats have always had squatters...let the tradition live on > >with the geese! > > > WM: Not true. The early settlers paid rent, for which they got a > building which was inundated with water every spring and fall. (Book: > Bohemian Flats, available at your public library.) > > >WizardMarks, Central > > > >________________________________ > > > >Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > >Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > > > > REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
